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The trafic/Vivaro/Primastar are all Nissan made so problems will be rare really, jap engineering and all.
Quote from: Spruce on December 18, 2012, 05:25:32 pmPSA hot dip galvanise every van body assembled. The body isn't completely dipped, but I can't recall where the 'cutoff' point was/is. I'm not sure what Fiat do with the Ducato/Relay/Boxer vans though, as they are build in the Fiat factory.The lower body of our Xsara is also galvanised and that is virtually rust free.Hi spruce, thanks for that information. On old vans I think it stops at the bulkhead , and I did have some rust in the engine bay.
PSA hot dip galvanise every van body assembled. The body isn't completely dipped, but I can't recall where the 'cutoff' point was/is. I'm not sure what Fiat do with the Ducato/Relay/Boxer vans though, as they are build in the Fiat factory.The lower body of our Xsara is also galvanised and that is virtually rust free.
i had a fortnight in Southampton about 5 yrs ago and when driving in traffic a big transporter loaded up with new Transits was alongside me ,i noticed rusty water marks on the sill of a brand new van
I wanted to get a Transporter initially, but they were another 2 grand on top of the price of a VW Dispatch. So I thought nah. So far my Dispatch is doing very well, no problems. Bit thirsty in the winter weather but oh well.
If you can afford it-VW Transporter T32 174bhp sportline. I think majority of people on here would agree. If you can't (I couldn't), Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar IMO. SWB holds a 1k flat tank with space at the back for a reel. 115bhp from the 2.0 150bhp from the 2.5As I said, I'm on my second and love them, just my opinion though, I don't like Ford and couldn't afford VW.A mate has a Master that he really likes, he's got 1300litres. Bit too big for domestics though really.
Quote from: [GQC] Tim on December 24, 2012, 12:11:28 pmI wanted to get a Transporter initially, but they were another 2 grand on top of the price of a VW Dispatch. So I thought nah. So far my Dispatch is doing very well, no problems. Bit thirsty in the winter weather but oh well.I know that specs change, but Citroen tried the petrol trick in about 2003 with a small production run of Hdi diesel Picasso's where they overfueled the Hdi engine to warm it up quicker. There were so many complaints about heavy fuel use in the winter that they reverted back to the old ECU mapping that just allowed the engine to warm up in its own time.The Exclusive C5 and C8 though ran a supplementary diesel water heater (Webasto) to warm the car interior up quicker, but some customers moaned about that as well. We have found on our 2.0 Hdi engines that the fuel we use makes a big difference with fuel economy. My Relay will run better by 6 MPG on Shell and Esso when compared to supermarket sourced fuel. (We've kept detailed records of fuel type against mileage for about 3 years, so this is more than just coincidence.) I definitely know which fuel is in the van when I come up Saltburn bank with 1/2 a tank of water on board.