I'm thinking medium roof because it's 6', it'd be nice to stand in it to
grab things. The only disadvantage is not being able to go through a drive
through, which is awfully rare to begin with.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
> 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> wrote:
>>
>>> 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> 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] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:36 AM
>>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>>> *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
>>>> Direct: 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> 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] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:10 AM
>>>> *To:* 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
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
