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best medium van

  • 12-12-2012 1:06pm
    #1
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭


    My head is wrecked with it., what Ye recon is the best transit/transporter size van

    Bearing in mind mpg reliability and decent power

    A 85 transit isn't decent power


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  • #2
    ltdslipdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭ltdslipdiff


    07-> Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar with the juicier and more powerful/reliable 2.0 115 bhp dCi engine. Watch out for tie/track rods, bushes, wishbones, leaky crankshaft seals, discs.... did I miss anything?

    Service history with good oil used is a must !!!!!


  • #3
    ltdslipdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭ltdslipdiff


    Those smaller FWD transits are a nice drive I have to say !


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    ltdslipdiff wrote: »
    07-> Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar with the juicier and more powerful/reliable 2.0 115 bhp dCi engine. Watch out for tie/track rods, bushes, wishbones, leaky crankshaft seals, discs.... did I miss anything?

    Service history with good oil used is a must !!!!!

    They are known for having a very soft gearbox too.


  • #5
    R.O.R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,712 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    I know nothing about the reliability as there don't seem to be too many on the road, but I've always thought the Hyundai H1 looks like a decent proposition.

    http://www.cbg.ie/Used-Car/Hyundai/H1/Dublin/5275363

    I think they are 170bhp and RWD, so should be able to move (unless it snow of course, then it could be fun without weight in the back).


  • #6
    dave1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Hiace every time


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  • #7
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    dave1982 wrote: »
    Hiace every time

    Reliable,but horrible to drive.


  • #8
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Hyundai H1
    170hp (you can tune them over 200 if you're silly), RWD, comfy, cheap.

    Watch out as the uk ones are only 115hp. (Often badged iLoad)


  • #9
    Wicklowandy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Wicklowandy


    Ive known plenty of primastars/vivaros/etc. that have needed gearboxes, but the hackney guy round my way has an 07 with 320km on it no problem.

    He has changed box oil every second service. Dont know if theres anything in that, but he wouldnt be a gentle guy on a bus. Maybe just lucky.

    The only vans i rate, purely on driving experience is a vito or transporter, maybe maybe a primastar.

    But if it was mine and i was paying the bills, hiace all the way.

    Havent drove a h100 so cant comment.


  • #10
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    VW T4 TDI ACV, never-mind any of that common rail propaganda

    101hp stock but easily turned into more. 130 with a remap. 150 with nozzles and re-map.


  • #11
    Ronnie Beck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭Ronnie Beck


    ltdslipdiff wrote: »
    07-> Trafic/Vivaro/Primastar with the juicier and more powerful/reliable 2.0 115 bhp dCi engine. Watch out for tie/track rods, bushes, wishbones, leaky crankshaft seals, discs.... did I miss anything?

    Service history with good oil used is a must !!!!!

    Turbo's are prone failure if the wrong oil is used.


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  • #12
    enumbers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭enumbers


    I have to say the vitos are really terrible reliability wise would not touch one. Look after quite a few and in no order. leaking injector seals, broken springs, handbrake setup mincing itself, hvac faults a plenty and main dealer parts when needed are horrendously expensive.

    The vivaro,primastar and traffic are cheap and do the job ok but they are soft as a fresh turd. Everything breaks if there used hard


  • #13
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Citroen Dispatch too small?


  • #14
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    dgt wrote: »
    Citroen Dispatch too small?

    Back to the 1.6 hdi

    Hape of ****e. Prone to everything failure


  • #15
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    Back to the 1.6 hdi

    Hape of ****e. Prone to everything failure

    Twas thinking a much older TD...


  • #16
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    the-a-team-van.jpg

    :D


  • #17
    osheen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭osheen


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    the-a-team-van.jpg

    :D

    Great van did ya ever see the abuse that yoke got and kept going


  • #18
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    I've heard the owner doesn't take kindly to people making him offers for it ^ though. Really bad attitude.


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