Ford transit 140BHP

[james the spark]

Im thinking of buying a 56 plate 140bhp transit sport has anyone got or had one of these what are they like on fuel.

 

[Short Circuit]

James, I have never had one, but a mate of mine has his for sale too - I have wanted a bigger van for ages and it is immaculate - the down side to me is that i have the checked the fuel consumption thingy and it shows that their average is 26 mpg, which to me is too much! I'm too careful (tight) to be spending even more of my hard earned loot on the government!
Mind, they do look the dogs danglies!

 

[Short Circuit]

out of curiosity, how much are you looking to pay, theirs is the same are and I think they want 14k for theirs (59 plate) same area as you live!

 

[james the spark]

The one iv been offered is 4k on a 07 plate and very tidy with 75k on the clock i think its quite well priced but its the fuel and insurance thing thats making me wonder.

 

[Short Circuit]

that is cheap! No doubt the insurance will be crippling too! As much as they look the part, get a plain old tranny with some nice colour coded bits stuck on!

 

[james the spark]

yea insurance would come in at 1160 but old transit still comes to 900

 

[Guest123]

Terrible fuel economy and they monster the front tyres.

 

[Short Circuit]

Terrible fuel economy and they monster the front tyres.

I never thought of the tyres part !

 

[chronyx]

I too am looking at van insurance, everything from a battered old non-turbo diesel Transit, Hiace, Caddy SDI, is about £800. :censored: My motorbike is £300 a year with a couple of grands worth of modifications and the 0-60 time of a Subaru Impreza WRX. (Very slow by bike standards though!)

 

[Marvo]

Is it worth getting insurance if it's only worth 4 thousand pounds? (I don't mean that in a nasty way) I don't bother with insurance for any of our vehicles that are over 6 or 7 years old, you end up paying more on premiums than the value of the car or van.

 

[Short Circuit]

Is it worth getting insurance if it's only worth 4 thousand pounds? (I don't mean that in a nasty way) I don't bother with insurance for any of our vehicles that are over 6 or 7 years old, you end up paying more on premiums than the value of the car or van.

Marvo - not sure if that one is a joke or just that things are different in SA - here you must have at least third party insurance to drive on a road, despite the value of the vehicle. Thats the law. Some poor kids are paying thousands every year for insurance on crap cars that are worth a few hundred pounds.

 

[chronyx]

How do you get away with that? ANPR checks usually flag up uninsured vehicles instantly.

 

[Octopus]

How do you get away with that? ANPR checks usually flag up uninsured vehicles instantly.

Not in South Africa!

 

[chronyx]

Not in South Africa!

Now it makes sense!

 

[Short Circuit]

can you imagine the premiums there - ours are bad enough but doesnt SA have loads of car jacking?