I was going to bring that up. The "original" Transit has become the
Transit Connect. It's essentially a car with a small van body. Probably
an excellent in-town delivery vehicle and gets outstanding mileage. If
your needs are relatively modest, it can fit into a lot of situations.
The Transit is an E-series van, and comes in short, medium, and tall
varieties. It competes with the Mercedes Sprinter and the Dodge
ProMaster and the like.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 10/4/2016 11:33 AM, Jason McKemie wrote:
A transit connect or transit? One is pretty much a car, the other is
the E series replacement.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com
<mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We had a Ford Transit and just got rid of it. It was two years
old. I can't say anything horrible about it but the guy who drove
it always had something bad to say. It was to small, couldn't
store enough, so low to the ground it wouldn't go off the highway,
etc. Of course now that he has a brand new Dodge Promaster that
you could park that transit in it "rides to rough". What a pussy.
Anyway, It got really good gas mileage, had a few recalls but
nothing earth shattering or more than what seems usual these days.
Enterprise fleet, where we get our vehicles, says they tend to
have transmission problems around 65k to 70k miles. We didn't
experience that and got rid of it at 68k.
It got around 26 MPG HWY and my guy kept it loaded down. With the
heavy load it never squatted. I will say it does have small tires
and is low to the ground. City and highway it was good. I thought
it was pretty expensive for what it is. I think I paid $27k or
some such. My full size ProMaster was less and gets about 15 MPG.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:14 PM Joe Novak <jno...@lrcomm.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jno...@lrcomm.com');>> wrote:
http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois/salvaged-vehicles.php
<http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois/salvaged-vehicles.php>
Salvage titles don't get registered in Illinois... they have
to be inspected for a 'rebuilt' tilte.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af...@kwisp.com');>> wrote:
I assume the hail damage was cosmetic and you would just
live with it. They were pricing them about 25% off MSRP,
but I assume you lose the incentives like upfitting
allowance, cashback, 0.9% financing that you would get on
a new van. They were technically used vehicles since they
were titled when the insurance company paid off the dealer
whose lot they were sitting on when the hail hit. I also
suspect the Carfacts history would affect resale value,
since it would show up as an insurance salvage vehicle,
people think accident or flood damage.
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>]
*On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:36 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
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*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Suggestions for work vans
Did they fix the hail damage? I doubt repairs were 30k
per vehicle. Might get a nice price reduction.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Ken Hohhof
<af...@kwisp.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af...@kwisp.com');>> wrote:
I am also looking at Ford Transit, medium roof 130”
wheelbase 3.5L Ecoboost. Trying to decide if the dual
sliding doors option is brilliant or stupid.
A dealer near me bought up a bunch of 2016 Transits
with hail damage, I decided to pass on that. I think
that means a salvage title.
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>]
*On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:10 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af@afmug.com');>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Suggestions for work vans
I already have a Tacoma which is great, but I'm
looking for a second vehicle for a second driver. I'd
like to try a work van to keep everything inside.
Maybe even warm parts for the winter.
I'm looking at the Ford Transit and would love to hear
of any additional suggestions/experiences.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
