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And the employer will tell you it's the higher speed. Job gets done faster. They won't care, It's not their license
I have a connect as a second vehicle, and i cant fault it. Its just got another MOT with nothing needed and its got 188K miles on the clock. they do rot though and i have welded several patches into the sills over the years.
It says your in Manchester as am i and and the green zone comes into force next year so you may want to consider that before you make the swap as i dont know what engine the Vauxhall has in it but its going to cost you 8 quid a day to drive around the A roads of greater Manchester very soon.
It says your in Manchester as am i and and the green zone comes into force next year so you may want to consider that before you make the swap as i dont know what engine the Vauxhall has in it but its going to cost you 8 quid a day to drive around the A roads of greater Manchester very soon.
julianthegypsy
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Two mates of mine had connects and got shot of them. Rust problems mostly. They also found the same as I did with small vans, which is that a good estate carries almost the same and is far more versatile. I'd go for the smallest van that can take 8x4 sheets. Then it's actually useful as a van...
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Had a connect on hire a couple of years ago.
Faults.
1) carp radio
2) heating either too hot or cold
3) air con made the fuel consumption diabolical
4) rear doors , I think they had been made out of diluted papier-mâché
Positives.
1) erm, it holds stuff in the back,
Faults.
1) carp radio
2) heating either too hot or cold
3) air con made the fuel consumption diabolical
4) rear doors , I think they had been made out of diluted papier-mâché
Positives.
1) erm, it holds stuff in the back,
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I’ve not commented as I had a 04 one which isn’t relevant to the OP. However I agree with the above. Mine was fine for about 6 weeks. Then one day it went “f-u, it’s Tuesday” and it never worked again. For some reason the ECU crapped itself overnight and that was that. It’s a common problem I’m told.
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Friend had endless injector wiring ecu take your pick problems, it was never really cured from new, then they tried to charge him as soon as warranty ended.
He had a lot more restraint than I would have had
He had a lot more restraint than I would have had
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Major selling point since the very first Transit, everyone ever built can carry an 8 x 4 sheet. Bedford CFs and Leyland Sherpas could, but not flat on the floor. I've had 8 x 4s in both my Transit Connects, with both rear doors shut.
Is the 62 plate an old style, or new style?
Old ones fell apart with rust, seats weren't comfortable, and the 1.8 engines drank a lot of fuel.
The newer ones are a reasonable van, and use PSA engines so suffer from the same issues as anything PSA, but they have never really been a popular van.
It's a size of van that essentially has two types of buyers.
Those wanting as cheap a van as possible, in which case they'll likely buy something French or Italian, or those who just have to have something with a VW badge, in which case they'll buy a Caddy.
The current Connect isn't a cheap van, and a Ford badge isn't desirable enough for the trendy crowd, so it's never been popular, especially with fleet buyers.
Old ones fell apart with rust, seats weren't comfortable, and the 1.8 engines drank a lot of fuel.
The newer ones are a reasonable van, and use PSA engines so suffer from the same issues as anything PSA, but they have never really been a popular van.
It's a size of van that essentially has two types of buyers.
Those wanting as cheap a van as possible, in which case they'll likely buy something French or Italian, or those who just have to have something with a VW badge, in which case they'll buy a Caddy.
The current Connect isn't a cheap van, and a Ford badge isn't desirable enough for the trendy crowd, so it's never been popular, especially with fleet buyers.
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I borrowed a mates Connect (with a bulkhead behind the driver) to move house and was disappointed how little load space it had compared to my medium sized 70's estate car.
The load space in the connect seemed to be shorter than the estate but lot taller.
It depends what size / shape your loads are, a set of ladders that fitted in my estate ok wouldn't fit in the connect so I ended up leaving them when I moved house.
The load space in the connect seemed to be shorter than the estate but lot taller.
It depends what size / shape your loads are, a set of ladders that fitted in my estate ok wouldn't fit in the connect so I ended up leaving them when I moved house.
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I can get three metre lengths of bar in my focus estate. If you have a bulkhead in your connect/berlingo/whatever, you can't do that. If you don't have a bulkhead, in my experience the heater can't keep up!
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Fiats are terrible.
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They are soooo slow, pulling out on an A road is frightening. We had a brand new one a few years back on hire I loved the twin sliding doors but nothing else
Not bothered about speed in regards to a van, just wait for a bigger gap at junctions, if I wanted to go fast I’d go in another car, think they’re around 90hp but claim 57mpg, it’s swings and round abouts like everything get the 2.0L of a similar van and get less to the gallon
