new shape trannys your thoughts

[noddy]

sorry if this topic as been on befour but i just dont no what todo

i run three wreg smileys one with 450k on the clcok and it may be time to up date the fleet, ive had a 03 plate on demo it was so nice to drive and very quick BUT
ive heard so many bad things about them like clutches beeing 500 pounds a time ect ect ect im a better off stop with what ive got ? the old vans have served me well and still going stong ! new ones look nice old ones last forever ? your veiws please ?

[Valsheda]

HIYA MATE , DONT KNOW WHAT THE PRICE OF PARTS ARE ON THE NEW VANS , BUT MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS BROTHER HAS JUST TRADED HIS OLD TRANSIT IN FOR A NEW ONE AND LOVES IT,

BUT THEN SOMETIMES ITS BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW WITH ANY VEHICLE

[FredTransit]

Don't mend something that isn't broken..............

[Valsheda]

THEY WERE SOME GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM THERE FRED

[mototech]

I used to work as a transit specialist in a ford dealers and we seen our fair share of transit defects, problems where mainly based around the rear wheel drive models the front wheel drives where relatively problem free but there are alot of new transits on the road that are trouble free we only got to see the bad ones, some of these new ones are passing 180,000 mark and seem to still be going strong.

[transitgeoff]

the new ones are tougher than you think.

[mototech]

Id have to agree with that

[madmark]

if its a work tool and you can aford to change to newer then i would do so! depending on your type of work ,if people se the vans alot (customers etc) then new and clean always gives good impreshions! i know fred will not agree!

[john leeman]

we run 3 transit's a luton mk3 "F" reg, a 80 swb smiley "P" reg and a newer 51 reg with 76k on already this is the best one to drive fast smooth good brakes and good on fuel but so comfy a pleasure to drive. things move forward in business, I love all transit's they just get better.

[Neil]

well around where i am a lot of builders have newish vans and big adverts to i run round in my old mk1 or mk2 and no advert yet i have a years work waiting maybe there all transit fans if they like what u do it wont matter if u pull up with a horse and cart neil[/quote]

[FredTransit]

well around where i am a lot of builders have newish vans and big adverts to i run round in my old mk1 or mk2 and no advert yet i have a years work waiting maybe there all transit fans if they like what u do it wont matter if u pull up with a horse and cart neil

I have noticed this with the fashion business, call them bread van or milk float people, as they wouldn't know a MK2,3,4 or sphincter from a hole in the ground.........

[ghplumb]

I have a Mk6 125 ps TDCi fwd it is great in a strt line goes very well corners are a bit lairy though.
The new one with the six speed box and 135 ps engine rwd is supposed to be awesome so i have been told these are mwb & lwb only though.
cannot fault the new shape as long as it is a good spec engine not the 75 or 80 ps . The LX model comes with EW . EM . Htd Screen & mirrors not a bad cd stereo. would have another one but would probably go for the 135 ps rwd

[winterheating]

[quote="ghplumb"]I have a Mk6 125 ps TDCi fwd it is great in a strt line goes very well corners are a bit lairy though.

i've drove at least 10 other mk6 transits from low roof, to large minibuses and none of them seem to handle as well as mine, it was even better with wide alloys and goodyears on.

now with the tdciengine in its great.

As for the reliability, i think people don't have confidence in todays materials, ie a lot more plastic and what seems like flimsy metals, but in reallity them materials are far more robust and stronger.
The same with engines, who would of thought 20 years ago you could get 130bhp easily out of 2litre diesel.

[lostpaul67]

Who would of thought 20 years ago you could get 130bhp easily out of 2litre diesel.

BMW get 204bhp out of a 2 litre diesel albiet with twin turbo

[chubba676]

i dissagre with winterheating as ive had never had any probs with alot old cars vans ive had a accident in both newer cars and van they just basically fell to bits lol and as for the engine all it is a computer nowadays not really much you can do yaself anymore unless u got all the stuff for it i prefer older for reliability