Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cater on October 17, 2009, 08:43:18 pm
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My little brother thinking of changing his van (Renault traffic) for a VW Transporter, He's about to start wfp! Whats your view guys? Which one is best??
John
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I have a T4 transporter and have had a few problems with it i.e. lock barrels breaking, speedo packed up, fuel indicator/warning is dodgy and I've seen smoke coming out of the steering column just before starting it. but apart from the battery & starter packing up its been reliable ;)
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1-0 traffic then! lol
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the VW Transporter is famous for is quality, you have to be very unlucky to have a duff VW
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Yep that's me all over Mr unlucky I quite accept that although mine hasn't let me down completely I have been unlucky with minor faults, and cost put aside I would buy another one not a t4 though, the gearstick is better on the dash.
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I am looking for another van early next year.
Last week i hired a lwb 130bhp VW model and it was a dream to drive. I have driven loads of traffics and i dont think you can compare the two.
Steve
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I have a T5 swb its drives as good as a car nice high view, great turning circle
I have one issue not as economical as I thought but then that could be I like to hear that turbo whistling !!! ;D
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T5 swb. Will not be beaten for quality and drive (IMO).
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I have a Trafic and its awful. Have a lwb T5 2.5 coming next month. Better residuals, reliability and build quality (IMO)
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I have a Trafic. Drives nicely for a van but they will take a long time to live down those gearbox issues even if they really did rectify them for the 55 plate.
The sad truthg is that although my van runs OK, I simply have never trusted it. It needed a gearbox change at 39,000 miles. The van has now done 78,000 miles (do the maths). I'm dreading what the next few thousand miles might bring. Of course it may be just fine but there's no way of knowing.
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So whats the payload weight of the T5?
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T32 = 1302kg
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I have a Trafic. Drives nicely for a van but they will take a long time to live down those gearbox issues even if they really did rectify them for the 55 plate.
The sad truthg is that although my van runs OK, I simply have never trusted it. It needed a gearbox change at 39,000 miles. The van has now done 78,000 miles (do the maths). I'm dreading what the next few thousand miles might bring. Of course it may be just fine but there's no way of knowing.
I agree. I have no trust in mine whatsoever. I don't know but maybe a 650ltr tank with everything else i carry is a strain on a 1.9 engine. Or maybe i just had a Friday afternoon one. Less than 80,000 miles and absolutely everything has gone wrong with it. Fingers crossed for the VW or i'll be having a moan at Alex ;D
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
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How does that weight compare to a traffic, anyone know?
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
take your racist comment and f*** right off mate.
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How does that weight compare to a traffic, anyone know?
A Trafic (read Vivaro/Primastar) has a payload of just over a ton for the 2.7 tonners. The 2.9 tonners have a payload of just over 1200 kg.
I bought a 2.9 tonner for the extra load carrying capacity.
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
take your racist comment and f*** right off mate.
does that mean flip ;)
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
take your racist comment and f*** right off mate.
does that mean flip ;)
to a mod, of course. :)
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
take your racist comment and f*** right off mate.
does that mean flip ;)
to a mod, of course. :)
Not at all. It means fahr.
Translated that would be "travel right off" ;D
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
tell me what british vans there are then?
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;D
what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
take your racist comment and f*** right off mate.
does that mean flip ;)
to a mod, of course. :)
none on at the mo
all tucked up in their pits , having a fliping lie in ;D
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I have both a T5 and a trafic
Tansporter,
expensive, so need to preserve end of life value
paranoid about scratches, they appear out of nowhere, paint to thin
feel very steady and sure on the road.
quality
Trafic
25 % cheaper
real workhorse, so not too bothered about end of life value
better drive
better features , ie radio controls on steering stalk.
From my point of view, you can get a trafic on the road about £3k cheaper, so for work its a no brainer.
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my preference would be a transit, renaults are cheap for a reason, the build quality is poor, unreliable electrics, transits are similar but you can get them fixed a bit cheaper! 8)
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but that £3k is what you will spend on a gearbox ;) ;D ;D
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but that £3k is what you will spend on a gearbox ;) ;D ;D
Mine will be part ex'd before there are any signs of the gearbox going.
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but that £3k is what you will spend on a gearbox ;) ;D ;D
Mine will be part ex'd before there are any signs of the gearbox going.
sorry dave just my sick sense of humour ;)
how you getting on with my bro?
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what is it with this country - buying KRAUT steel just isnt doing us any favours !! >:(
tell me what british vans there are then?
some of the transits are made in southampton/ im probably old school,but if i was buying new id do my best to buy a van that was at least made here . at least the traffics made here ,in luton / plus all german vehicles hav no character -FACT ( however i do sometimes use a merc 313 and its great but the 311 isnt)