A Burning Question About Ford Transits

[Mally]

Wow ten years ! Hardly an epic .

 

 

 

 

Was a 2002, we bought it 2007 for 4K used it until the newer one turned up cheap in 2017.

Sold it for just under 1K, 168,000 miles. Many with a trailer on and fully loaded.

It's still going strong, had a bit of welding on the spring hanger, body excellent condition.

Still miss it. Photo is when we sold it.

 

 

[Squirrel2]

Tim Hunkin on the reliability of his Transit in 'Why things go wrong'..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jL0WAIJ8yng

 

Skip to 7:40 for the Transit bit.

 

 

Squirrel2

[Cavcraft]

What kind of van is this? I can't tell, other than that it's not a Turkish Transit because the copper is looking straight at it without vomiting.

 

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/509380/m90-closed-ways-due-fears-blazing-van-gas-canisters/

 

 

Yes! Another pile of shit off the road.

[eddyramrod]

It appears I might have been worrying for nothing.  A bloke has been arrested for arson!  One of the vans even made the local paper's website: lovely night pic of the fire brigade at work dealing with it.  I did speak to the supplying dealership and they found no recalls that apply to this model, no TSBs, not a word.  Clearly it's not something that had been brought to their attention before.

Thank you everyone.

[SiC]

That certainly was an unexpected plot twist.

[5speedracer]

Smiley transits are still one of the best things to drive sideways, the new ones aren't nearly as fun ( especially as a lot are girl wheel drive ).

1980's CF vans for maximum Ari Vatanen poor impressions.