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Vito/traffic/transit

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Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 7:21 pm
Gents I'm in the market for a van for my wifes expanding business ! I'm just not sure which 1 to get!!!!!
Needs to be a crew cab as it's going to replace the family car ! And needs to do 5.8million miles to get gallon :D :dance:
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by Gazeddy on Tue May 29, 2012 7:53 pm
transit all the way mate. worked on all 3 and transit is most reliable and when it does break is easier to fix
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 7:54 pm
Family car not being my truck by the way ! Wouldn't swap her for a gold bar :-)))))
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 7:56 pm
Iv looked at transits yet !!!!! Will have a wee look tonight ! We only have 3k to spend on 1 as that wipes the business account clean out hahaha
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by Gazeddy on Tue May 29, 2012 8:21 pm
vito then all the transits in the 3k price bracket wont be worth the money
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 8:28 pm
Everything at that price range looks goosed to be honest ! I'm feeling we may be best sitting on the cash ! Another £1500 gets you so much more !!!!!!
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by RatCav on Tue May 29, 2012 8:36 pm
Remember the Renault Traffic, Vauxhall Vivaro, and Nissan Primastar are all the same van.
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by wideformat on Tue May 29, 2012 10:46 pm
I would prefer a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by Gazeddy on Tue May 29, 2012 11:02 pm
if you can find a petrol/lpg transit youll get a steal. nearly bought a 55 plate for 850 just because people dont like the lpg/petrol ones
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by frontlee3 on Tue May 29, 2012 11:09 pm
dont by merc we have them at work no room in the cabin and they are very epensive to repair and to be fair they are heaps of poo worse thing they did bought new mercs give me a good old tranny anyday :thumbup:
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by jimmybhoy on Tue May 29, 2012 11:23 pm
Was in the same predicament a few months ago. If You can find one get a Renault Master, i couldnt find anything that wasnt Fookt, Dented or Rattlin like an old junkie.
I ended up seeing an immaculate Citroen Relay 35k for 3 Grand, had to travel to midlands to buy. Guy was as good as his word on description, alternator buggered when i got home, he had a new one fitted, top man & well worth the money (was searching for 3mths) Good luck, as that is probably what it will come down to in the end. :thumbup:
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 11:29 pm
"Rattling like a old junky" that has to bee the best line iv ever heard ! Classic
So bottom line at the minute is don't touch a Vito ! A fancy a traffic being honest
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by justdan on Tue May 29, 2012 11:33 pm
LPG tranny ! Sounds like a band! A round of applausefor " driving with elbows by the amazing LPG TRANNY "

Will av a wee look at the LPG 1 , Iv no problems with gas !
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by frontlee3 on Tue May 29, 2012 11:47 pm
must get it mucky
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by furball on Wed May 30, 2012 12:12 am
If it was my money I wouldn't touch a new shape transit with a pooey stick. I've had several through work and they've all been nothing but trouble. One of our lads had a vivaro and pound for pound it was more powerful and better on fuel.

Depending on how much stuff you need to carry the VW Transporter might be worth a look too.
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by RatCav on Wed May 30, 2012 10:03 am
Have to admit I borrowed a Vivaro once and it was brilliant to drive, and know a friend who has the renault version and again swears by it. My old job I had a Movano (big sister transit size) and it did everything I wanted it to do. It was abused and just kept on going.
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by 4x4 bobby on Wed May 30, 2012 11:20 am
What about a Mercedes Sprinter i had 2 hire ones and they were superb and bloody quick!
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by PaulHooligan on Wed May 30, 2012 11:25 am
I loved my sprinters. Put the fear of christ up many a car driver as he looked in his rear view mirror :shock:
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by 4x4 bobby on Wed May 30, 2012 1:23 pm
There terrific Paul. I know i shouldn't have done but on the M62 at about 02:00 one morning nothing on the road i had one of them to 110mph frightened me to death so i backed off quick. :shh: To be fair is was very stable at that speed aswell. :mrgreen:
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Re: Vito/traffic/transit by PaulHooligan on Wed May 30, 2012 2:29 pm
Cant fault a sprinter well maybe a little expensive to repair but hey its a commercial. Picked one up from leicester once and the bloke who took me up there couldnt get away he remembers looking up in his rear view doing 90+ on the M1 and all he could see was Merc badge!!! Brakes are good too :D :D
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