Ford Transit SWB

[sniff petrol]

Just bought my first van today: 2.5 litres and 80 bhp of pure noise. Always wanted a van for some reason, and with some ongoing building projects and the need for another road-going vehicle in the Sniff household I saw justification to splash out a whopping £500 on this beauty. Needs some stickers IMO.

[Jackp]

i reckon 2 big smilies down the side and one on the front will look smashing

[Rebuilda]

BODGEIT AND SCARPER
or
F I N LEGGIT
on the sides would provide a few laughs possibly?

[Paulle]

Sniff Petrol Traders
Importers of Wine and Tobacco
Trade Enquiries Welcome

[hcanning]

First thing's first, a copy of The Sun on the dashboard

[Swoxy]

Twelve hours and nobody's suggested he takes it on a booze cruise?

[sniff petrol]

Paulle said:

Sniff Petrol Traders
Importers of Wine and Tobacco
Trade Enquiries Welcome

Ha fg Ha.

I suspect I may be blacklisted from hiring vans from them again but I won't be taking this one abroad.

Edited by sniff petrol on Sunday 3rd February 12:39

[Alfahorn]

Looks tidy for the age.

You need a mug and holder for the dashboard and a 4 week old copy of The Sun.

[sniff petrol]

Alfahorn said:

Looks tidy for the age.

My GF laughed when I showed it her and said that, but as far as 12 year old Transits go this one doesn't have anywhere near as much rust as you'd expect. Plus it's had a new clutch and cambelt recently and looks like it's been serviced regularly (nice clean oil and antifreeze)

[flattotheboards]

Swoxy said:

Twelve hours and nobody's suggested he takes it on a booze cruise?

Why dont you go on a booze cruise?

[Adz The Rat]

I love vans!!!

[r5gttgaz]

Last of the decent Transits.

Our van for work, S409 RDT (hope no one on here now owns it) 250k miles of pure thrash 24hrs a day 7 days a week can't remember any major problems at all.

[sniff petrol]

r5gttgaz said:

Last of the decent Transits.

TBH I find the newer (post 2000) shape much nicer to drive but didn't want too much money tied up in a newer one, at this price it should pay for itself after about a year as I must have spent the purchase price on van hire alone in the last 12 months.

[r5gttgaz]

sniff petrol said:

r5gttgaz said:

Last of the decent Transits.

TBH I find the newer (post 2000) shape much nicer to drive but didn't want too much money tied up in a newer one, at this price it should pay for itself after about a year as I must have spent the purchase price on van hire alone in the last 12 months.

We just had to fork out 6k at work to end the contract on our new Transit, in 18 months it had spent 6 months at the dealers getting fixed.

[smeagol65]

needs afew more dints and a hows my driving sticker or amattress in the back maybe then a sticker saying if this vans rocking dont come knocking!

[sniff petrol]

r5gttgaz said:

sniff petrol said:

r5gttgaz said:

Last of the decent Transits.

TBH I find the newer (post 2000) shape much nicer to drive but didn't want too much money tied up in a newer one, at this price it should pay for itself after about a year as I must have spent the purchase price on van hire alone in the last 12 months.

We just had to fork out 6k at work to end the contract on our new Transit, in 18 months it had spent 6 months at the dealers getting fixed.

I have to say that despite 160000 miles it feels strong: no wining noises from the diff, gearbox, engine, starts on the button even when covered in frost.

Already coming into use today picking up some worktops for my new kitchen!

[L100NYY]

I have to admit that I love driving vans as much as I love driving sportscars! Some of my greatest driving adventures have been in big white vans, parp parp!!

[sniff petrol]

My God it's slow though, just got back from picking up the worktops. Probably only took some 10-15mins more than by car but it seemed to take an age, 60mph is an acheivement (but did see 80mph on the clock once) and I just felt like I didn't want to slow down and wanted to conserve momentum at all cost. Going to give her an oil change, check the air filter and run some injection cleaner when I fill up next to make sure she's running spot-on.

[Don1]

Home about a sign saying 'Bunghole plumbers - the right tool for the job'?

[Bucketeer]

sniff petrol said:

My God it's slow
(but did see 80mph on the clock once)

Was this whilst glancing at the opposite side of the clock to where the needle was pointing?
I find the impression of speed is greatly increased by simply driving with your head out of the window. Not sure if you have to declare that on the insurance though.