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NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

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NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby BARFLY » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:39 pm

jUST SOLD MY OLD 330 SWB TD LAST WEEK. FUEL PUMP WAS GONE AND WAS QUOTED £1000 PLUS VAT BY TWO GARAGES :( THE WHOLE SORRY SAGA WAS TOLD IN A PREVIOUS POST. ANYWAY, LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE A TOUCH AND HAVE TWO VANS IN MIND. LOCAL DEALER HAS AN EX BT CONNECT FULL SERVICE HISTORY ETC, 88 000 MILES, FULL MOT, 3 MONTHS WARRANTY ( :lol: ) FOR £2 400 INC. VAT. PROBLEM IS I'VE READ A FEW BELOW AVERAGE REVIEWS ON THE NET FOR THE CONNECT. THOUGHT YOU FELLAS WOULD HAVE A MORE UNBIASED OPINION IN THAT A FEW OF YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE ONE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S REVIEWING ON SOME SITES. ANYONE ANY POINTERS? IT WILL ONLY BE USED TO CARRY BAGS OF PLASTER ETC. AND A FEW BOARDS ON THE RACK. MOSTLY AROUND TOWN.

NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY IT BUT THE OTHER SMALL VAN I'M LOOKING AT IS A FIAT DOBLO CARGO :shock: . GETS GOOD REVIEWS NEARLY EVERYWHERE AND IS PRETTY SPACIOUS.


CHEERS

SORT OF THINGS I'M READING:http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews124135.html
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Re: NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby BARFLY » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:49 pm

JUST NOTICED THE TRANSIT CONNECT SECTION :oops: HOW DO I SWITCH THE POST OVER THERE?
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Re: NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby Scotty86 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:52 pm

ask a mod to switch ;) don't buy a doblo there crap and i'm not saying that cause I love transits but I have drove one (the work used to have a fleet of them) and they were terrible always breaking down etc.

If you want a small van other than a connect, try a peugeot partner or vw caddy ;)
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Re: NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby AndyG » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:59 pm

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Ford Transit 120 TDI EPIC Automatic. 0-60 in a leisurely and smooth 12.7 seconds and 1/4 mile in 19.1 seconds. Now where's all these faster? manual Di s?
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Re: NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby BARFLY » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:06 pm

FFS! :o

THAT WAS PARKERS WITH THE GOOD REVIEW :roll: ALWAYS BEST TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO'S DRIVEN ONE!

RIGHT IT'S BETWEEN A CONNECT AND A PARTNER.... :|
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Re: NEW VAN: 04 Ford Transit Connect 1.8 TDi SWB?

Postby ake » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:25 pm

At the end of the day, the Connects is a Ford, the partner is french
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