Warning Watch Your Speed

[ciderdaz]

ciderdaz read my comment,check the link out I drive a caddy and thought it was a small van too,apparently its a transit HA!

I have checked and you are correct but it is ridiculous!!!
1 part says 'car derived' and another part says 'under 2 tonnes'
VW make the Touran, which is a caddy with seats and its under 2 ton so it meets both requirements but my log book does say 'panel van'

Just another money making scam!

 

[snowhead]

I'm surprised the number of times this comes up and the number of people who still don't know about it.

It's been around in it's current form since before most people on this forum could drive.

The O.P must have a new Partner as the old one was car derived, Pug 306 estate, you could see the rear seat support behind the drivers seat.

Caddy is definitely goods, it's over 2 tonne, as are all Connects, New Partner, New Belingo, Vauxhall Combo

 

[UNG]

What absolute bull****... I never knew vans were limited in such a way...

What's really stupid is that a Transit Connect is limited to 60mph on a dual carriageway, but a Ford Tourneo, normal Transit but with seats in the back, is classed as a car so can do 70mph!

I would be very surprised if a Ford Tourneo is classed as a car as it is derived from a van

Then again I'm sure there are some anomalies in this ruling but generally if the vehicle was produced and sold as a van first then the manufacturer later produced it as a car then the lower speed limits apply

 

[snowhead]

Tourneo is not restricted it's not a goods vehicle it's a passenger carrying vehicle, neither are Landrover of any model (except the Old Discovery commercial with no side windows) or 4x4's as they are classed as dual purpose, not goods vehicles.

 

[Earthstore]

Tourneo is not restricted it's not a goods vehicle it's a passenger carrying vehicle, neither are Landrover of any model (except the Old Discovery commercial with no side windows) or 4x4's as they are classed as dual purpose, not goods vehicles.

There you go, I think snowhead has hit the nail on the head, "Side windows", if it has panel sides it is a van, no matter what it was derived from.

Look up the speed limit for a Transit minibus, and what is the difference between this and a van, windows...

A chassis cab with a luton on may be an interesting one though, it has windows all around in the cab.

 

[hubsy]

I have a professionally made sign on the rear of my van, stating the 50MPH limit on single carriageway.

It helps to stop people trying to 'push' the van to go faster.

Found it on ebay.