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Transit or Primastar

  • 14-06-2015 9:42pm
    #1
    jeff79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    Opinions please on a 2011 Transit or a primastar 2012 which one to buy


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  • #2
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,775 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Drove a transit for four years and always found them very agricultural.

    Drove a friends recently and it had changed little.

    Engines are noisy and sluggish. Guy that works for me bought a '10 transit and moved it on in three weeks as he couldn't listen to it and was thirsty too.


  • #3
    jeff79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭jeff79


    Thank you for your input Brian most helpful


  • #4
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,775 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Check out the gearbox with the primastar, they are a nice drive but some models had gearbox problems. Any lads I know driving them like them, even long journeys are comfortable.


  • #5
    No Voter And Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭No Voter And Proud


    I had a 2014 transit on loan from a friend there for about a month last year as he was out of the country and I had to move a lot of equipment.

    Loaded she was doing less than 30 mpg (bear in mind there was lots of agricultural equipment in the back so I was probably pushing the DGVW) and empty returned about 40. Low spec, everything feels plasticy and there was no creature comforts. Oh and the seats were very uncomfortable even compared to my Orion.


  • #6
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    I'd rather a transit. Looks better than a primaster imo. We have and had a lot of transits in the family. Didn't drive them much at all, but they were fairly comfortable, fairly trouble free, and are fairly ok on diesel. The smaller they are, obviously the livelier they are. There is a noticeable torque difference between driving a standard transit, with a lwb double axle one, as I'd imagine there is with the small swb low roof ones.


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