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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: boldy1304 on November 09, 2010, 05:17:58 pm
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any one use a transit connect if so how many miles to a full tank of fuel you getting i got a 400ltr tank in mine it pulls fine but i rekon its not good on fuel thanks guys
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i have a connect but i have only had it a couple of weeks, but i have done 270 mile and there is still 1/4 tank left. The tanks are 60 liters but the fuel light come on where there are still 20 liters left in the tank, so when the fuel light comes on you can get another 80-100 miles out of the tank.
what is your doing to the gallon then?
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well when the light came on i filled it and got 256 miles untill the light came on again i dont think thats that good 54 quid to fill it
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is it a tddi or tdci?
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that works out 25mpg. which does sound pretty poor.
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its a 03 plate tdci the ci bit is red if that makes a differance
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my mates got one he rekons he getting 60mpg thats why i down sized to one i just as well have the bigger van again
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Hi mate,
Ive got an 06 connect with a 500l tank in the back, Get roughly 50 miles to a tenner, Pretty poor i know....
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maybee its the weight in the back then but that is pretty pants really like i say its the same price to insure as a bigger van same price to tax so may as well have a bigger van again i rekon
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maybee its the weight in the back then but that is pretty pants really like i say its the same price to insure as a bigger van same price to tax so may as well have a bigger van again i rekon
The tax on my connect if £115 a year, I thought that was cheap
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maybee its the weight in the back then but that is pretty pants really like i say its the same price to insure as a bigger van same price to tax so may as well have a bigger van again i rekon
the insurances went belly lately .mine gone up nearly 60%
what connect do you use swb or lwb?i have a doblo payload 750kg and i get about 43-45 mpg with 400l tank ,mostly town driving
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its the lwb one t230 lx the tax was the same on my bigger transit
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I've heard the connect is pretty poor for fuel consumption - i used an 07 a couple of years back for courier work
TDCi - it was nearly all m/way driving and barely got 30 to the gallon with virually nothing in the back
that is currently the main reason for not getting one otherwise i think size/payload would be ideal WFP size
vehicle
Darran
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I've heard the connect is pretty poor for fuel consumption - i used an 07 a couple of years back for courier work
TDCi - it was nearly all m/way driving and barely got 30 to the gallon with virually nothing in the back
that is currently the main reason for not getting one otherwise i think size/payload would be ideal WFP size
vehicle
Darran
my 230lx tdci did 37mpg going from stansted to birmingham empty, then back again with my new system fitted and that was doing 80 all the way.
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i will be filling up next week probably, it will be a full tanks worth of work with wfp, alot of stop start stuff will let you know what it does mpg wise,
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maybee its the weight in the back then but that is pretty pants really like i say its the same price to insure as a bigger van same price to tax so may as well have a bigger van again i rekon
the insurances went belly lately .mine gone up nearly 60%
what connect do you use swb or lwb?i have a doblo payload 750kg and i get about 43-45 mpg with 400l tank ,mostly town driving
That is exactly what my doblo 1.3 diesel gives with the same water (400L) I can just about get 500 miles from a full tank.
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I've heard the connect is pretty poor for fuel consumption - i used an 07 a couple of years back for courier work
TDCi - it was nearly all m/way driving and barely got 30 to the gallon with virually nothing in the back
that is currently the main reason for not getting one otherwise i think size/payload would be ideal WFP size
vehicle
Darran
my 230lx tdci did 37mpg going from stansted to birmingham empty, then back again with my new system fitted and that was doing 80 all the way.
are you from stansted then lee have a customer from there that has just moved to Henham do you cover that area as its a bit out the way from me.
paul
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This Is one of the reasons I went with a vw caddy.
I saw alot about these vans not having the best mpg. Figures of around 28 where the average. Some down to about 23 when full.
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maybee its the weight in the back then but that is pretty pants really like i say its the same price to insure as a bigger van same price to tax so may as well have a bigger van again i rekon
the insurances went belly lately .mine gone up nearly 60%
what connect do you use swb or lwb?i have a doblo payload 750kg and i get about 43-45 mpg with 400l tank ,mostly town driving
That is exactly what my doblo 1.3 diesel gives with the same water (400L) I can just about get 500 miles from a full tank.
Same here, 1.3 multijet-D- economy with monster torque! With no water in tank I can get 60mpg if I try or around 53mpg normal driving.
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I've heard the connect is pretty poor for fuel consumption - i used an 07 a couple of years back for courier work
TDCi - it was nearly all m/way driving and barely got 30 to the gallon with virually nothing in the back
that is currently the main reason for not getting one otherwise i think size/payload would be ideal WFP size
vehicle
Darran
my 230lx tdci did 37mpg going from stansted to birmingham empty, then back again with my new system fitted and that was doing 80 all the way.
are you from stansted then lee have a customer from there that has just moved to Henham do you cover that area as its a bit out the way from me.
paul
I do work bearish to henham, do you know what size house it or? Ionia someone who does work there though
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dont know the size of house i can e-mail her details if you want as not going to post them on here, nice lady always pays on time.
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Have the 1.8 tdci swb.had it 2 years now and I love it.I carry 400l tanks and as with any van fuel consumption will dramatically change when weight is put in.with an empty tank I can easily get 50mpg on motorway and 40 around town.works out at about 65-75mpg with tank full when I
working to £10 worth of fuel.it depends how you drive it too.I also have all my exhaust / fuel system flushed annually to conserve fuel.can't fault it at all though as a van apart from not being able to stop water in my footwells!
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i dont get water in my foot wells thats one good thing i suppose what do you flush the fuel system with please or do you take it to be done and at what cost thanks john.
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i had a connect lwb 230 high roof as a hire van for a couple of weeks a while ago now, i thought it was a brilliant wfp van, was as big as i would want to go i had a merc vito and thought that was way too big for me,
fuel consumption seemed ok to me and the engine had good torque to pull the weight and didnt stuggle at all.
dont believe for one minute when i read 60-70mpg loaded up in doblos, my friend had a work vauxhall combo 1.3 which has the same fiat engine and he struggled to get 80 miles to a tenner carrying a few computers and laptops!
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fill my tdci up today, 307 miles, £56, works out to be 30.63 mpg,
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well thats 50 miles more than mine to the tank im watching it again now see if its the same
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well thats 50 miles more than mine to the tank im watching it again now see if its the same
the fuel light came on on 304 miles so i filled it up, it took 45 litres, so there were still 15 liters left in the tank , so really i could comfortably do 350miles before filling up
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Traansit connect are brill.
Just think of mine as a tractor.
It just keeps bon going
350L tank, I get 36/38 to gallon.
Apart from the postman pat jibes I love the van
Brand new caddy out this month.........now that's Hot !!
Mr B
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Gold and Winp®oClean.
regarding your fiat doblo's do you find they have enough pulling power as 1.3diesel?
just intrested my for escort 1.8 will have t go one day 10 years old now :(
I can run quicker than this van can get up hills ::)
thanks lee
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Gold and Winp®oClean.
regarding your fiat doblo's do you find they have enough pulling power as 1.3diesel?
just intrested my for escort 1.8 will have t go one day 10 years old now :(
I can run quicker than this van can get up hills ::)
thanks lee
Yes mine does. The turbo kicks in at about 1900 rpm and gives it the grunt. It's actually only a 1250cc! It will cruise on the motorway at 80 but if you went much beyond that (why would you?) it runs out of puff on hills. But mine is only on the motorway for short hops around Bristol.
When I bought mine new I almost went for the 1.9 which really flies - but the low road tax helped me decide (*) and the fact that the 1.3 is a GVW of 2000kg and able to run legally at car speeds on dual carriageways and single carriageways swung it. (*2)
* The low road tax applies to doblo 1.3 euro4's registered before 1/1/2007 and the very latest range which includes a 1.6 (2010) you'll need to research.
*2 - 2000kg GVW is the maximum allowed to run at 70 and 60 mph but the 1.9 Doblo is 2010 or 2025kg. I don't know about the 2010 range.
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thanks very much Gold, this will go on my must consider list,
was thinking of transit connect, but are expensive compared to other vans in their class, and this talk of em being thirsty put me off!
Also i think the renault kangoo 1.5 diesel (old shape) is meant to be a good van.
Thought also of old shape berlingo too.
Sounds like you have really done your research gold, from what you have said it seems your van ticks all the boxes, low fuel consumption, low road tax, good payload
also i think they have side doors either side plus back doors.
thanks a Gold.
Lee :)