Idle Banter For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour - but if any post isn't suitable it'll get deleted real quick). There's also a "U" rating so please respect this. Newbies can also say "hello" here too. |
|
Thread Tools |
27-09-16, 08:49 PM | #11 | |
Evel Knievel
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Eastleigh
Posts: 4,641
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
Quote:
I'd have a T5 anyday but you cant justify the price of them. Probably one of the better vans that's been produced in the past 10 years. My daily drive is caddy, second one i've used and by far the best quality van I've had. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. |
|
27-09-16, 09:00 PM | #12 |
Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Kington Herefordshire
Posts: 916
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
Thats what i think about the budget vans, im sure i can get something half decent if not low mileage for my budget eventually.
|
28-09-16, 06:12 AM | #13 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country
Posts: 7,750
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
Quote:
One did a series of a infamous MTV show and the other one was usually overweight. One of the reasons I don't like the T5 is because had 1 break down in a loading bay, 2 leaking in the same spot and the 4th detonated after 12 months and needed a new engine Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk
__________________
RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi |
|
29-09-16, 06:13 AM | #14 |
Evel Knievel
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Eastleigh
Posts: 4,641
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
And I bet they were shagged? There's a reason you see transports and caddys with 200k+ on the clocks. I know three other people who have experienced the vivaro effect and all of them got rid within a year.
In the trade world with tools and vans you get what you pay for and it's as basic as that. Ford have tried to up there game to try and compete with modern vans but all they've done is polish a turd, it's still the same agricultural van underneath. Last edited by Wideboy; 29-09-16 at 07:25 AM. |
01-10-16, 10:31 PM | #15 |
Noisy Git
Mega Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Halifax/Leeds
Posts: 26,645
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
Vivaros are an unremitting bag of sh*t. 100k says fook all. Camchain throwing, turbo munching, gearbox shredding pile of toss.
I don't really think it's the agricultural problem with fords, they're not that bad to drive. It's the reliability design flaws that cause problems. They've been problematic since the old smiley-face version came to an end. My merc vito has done well north of 200k and is highly agricultural due to having a slightly retuned industrial water pump/generator engine. Not fast but they last forever (until the bodywork rots out...). Sadly it all went to bollox with the common-fail CDI engine replacing the proper diesel lump.
__________________
Currently Ex Biker
Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat |
01-10-16, 10:32 PM | #16 | |
Noisy Git
Mega Poster
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Halifax/Leeds
Posts: 26,645
|
Re: Thinking of getting a vw transporter
Quote:
I had a skoda with the 1.9 in it, it was thrashed to fook with 200k on it and still sounded fine. I was going up and down from yorkshire to scapa in it sat at 3000+rpm for 10 hours at a time lol.
__________________
Currently Ex Biker
Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat |
|
Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Help: Our parked car damaged by car transporter, 6 months on the guy is messing us round | Paul the 6th | Idle Banter | 22 | 01-05-15 09:47 AM |
Anybody on here run a late ish VW Transporter? | Specialone | Idle Banter | 10 | 06-08-12 02:39 AM |
TVSF/Soho Massive AR08 Cargo transporter | Stig | Soho Massive | 4 | 20-06-08 08:45 AM |
Transporter ... St Johns??? | Blue_SV650S | Idle Banter | 2 | 08-11-07 06:53 PM |
VW transporter/caravelle | the white rabbit | Idle Banter | 5 | 17-06-07 12:59 PM |