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08-02-2022, 02:04 PM | #91 | |||
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08-02-2022, 02:16 PM | #92 | |||
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i did however find a company that made centre consoles and another that made a third seat. |
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08-02-2022, 05:08 PM | #93 | |||
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2 of our sprinters have no middle seat and its so much more convenient to have both my bags down beside me and out of the sun. |
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08-02-2022, 05:19 PM | #94 | ||
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Had to laugh this afternoon, got back from my run to discover they'd given the Staria Load to our Express delivery girl for the day, apparently she didnt like it either.
When questioned on why her response was the AEB was too sensitive, she prefers to brake later and the lane keep assist annoyed her as she tends to drift around her lane, prior to joining us she was a chuck truck chick, need I say more..lol. The warehouse Manager and I had to go and pick up one of the Hiaces from having a service so I suggested we take the Staria and he drive it to see what he thought. As we arrive at the Mechanics shop he plows it into a large concrete slab with steel hanging out of it and caves in the front bumper, he then backs back a few inches, puts it into park and without applying the electric handbrake lets it roll back in for another crack. He looks at me and goes, do you want to drive it back...lol, fark no I said, you broke it, It's yours champ. Got back to the depot and had a closer look, 2 big gouges out of the bar and the skirt ripped in two. As a car guy when I first saw that new van in our carpark last Friday I thought its such a shame that no matter what we buy It'll be destroyed in no time by the incompetents that work there, I didnt think it'd happen before we even signed the contract though. |
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08-02-2022, 05:30 PM | #95 | |||
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08-02-2022, 07:17 PM | #97 | ||
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Crafter Crafter Say no to Transporter with the slow heavy steering ****ty seats and dsg transmission. |
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08-02-2022, 07:22 PM | #98 | |||
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Wish I could send you some pix of our fleet at the volunteering place I work at. A black dot sticker is placed next to recent panel damage. Each vehicle has at least six instances of panel damage and six black dots. No point fixing as they just get smacked up again. Car drivers forget about length and height when they get in a van. Car drivers are the bulk of our volunteers. No so the 4 or 5 ex truckies there ... we are the professionals. |
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09-02-2022, 07:01 AM | #99 | |||
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09-02-2022, 09:44 AM | #100 | |||
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09-02-2022, 09:50 AM | #101 | ||
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I keep wondering why VW stuck with dsg in the Transporter T6/6.1 and went the much nicer 8 speed torque converter in the Crafter...and I believe the Golf now as well....next Transporter is based off the Transit Custom so I wonder if both move to Ford's 8 speed auto or the 10 speed auto when the all-new models are released...actually I don't think any FWD-based Ford's use the 10 speed.
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09-02-2022, 04:57 PM | #102 | ||
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Crafter is more premium and probably costs a shed load more.
As for the Ford 10 speed. I tried it once in a loan v8 mustang ... thought it was two gears too many seemed to shuffle gears unnecessarily. What would I know though. I m a dinosaur who loves a manual box. |
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09-02-2022, 05:15 PM | #103 | |||
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