What Van?

[Dcf]

I had an 05 trafic from new and had little bother with it.
i also had the inkling that the gearbox was on its way after the linkage cable snapped and left me at a busy roundabout at 5.30pm .never been so glad to hand over 200quid for new ones I tell ye!it had 97000 on it and it was at the age it was gonna give bother.got peanuts on it against a new trafic sport.buying a new van is a minefield really.you wouldn't buy anything if you believed all the bad reports all vans seem to get.what I would say is keep it serviced regularly and don't thrash it to death and it should last the course.the new van gets about the same mpg as the old one and seems to be geared slightly different .i get bt fleet to do the servicing as I find them on the money and very clued up about transit/vivaro vans.
so my answer to the op would be get rid and get something newer cos I think it's gonna cost u plenty in repairs that would be better spent on shiny new wheels!

 

[ruston]

Strima said--problem is now there's too much reliance on computers to run what is basically a very simple machine, designers and eco warriors have had too much input over the years and maintaining a basic vehicle is getting harder every day


I wonder how they think it's eco friendly to consign vehicles to the scrapyard because they are beyond economical repair.

I saw a beautiful Jag scrapped last week because the gearbox is paired to the engine ecu and the customer could not afford the box or the labour to get one out the scrappy and change the the boxes control unit.

You are dead right , to much unnecessary electronic wizardry to keep the wheels turning