Natch. Nothing but smart people on this list.
bp
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On 10/4/2016 12:07 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Oooh that's smart!
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The last two vans I bought we put lights in from Amazon.
LED Lights on Amazon
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017ISF48O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1>
They were cheap and work great. One kit was enough for the
Promaster. Definitely lights things up enough to even work in there.
We had the Transit Connect. I will say we had it set up with
organizers fit for 6 carry holder deals with hinged lids and
dividers. Floor to ceiling and side to side. Great for storing
lots of stuff and also serves to protect the driver from flying
crap. With two doors you could get to them all without getting in.
At any rate, not having been the driver and just the guy writing
the check it seemed to me to be worth the difference. I bought a
Military HUMVEE from Fort Hood to go places nothing else would.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 1:38 PM Josh Luthman
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
I'm thinking medium roof because it's 6', it'd be nice to
stand in it to grab things. The only disadvantage is not
being able to go through a drive through, which is awfully
rare to begin with.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:%28937%29%20552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Bill Prince
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I was going to bring that up. The "original" Transit has
become the Transit Connect. It's essentially a car with a
small van body. Probably an excellent in-town delivery
vehicle and gets outstanding mileage. If your needs are
relatively modest, it can fit into a lot of situations.
The Transit is an E-series van, and comes in short,
medium, and tall varieties. It competes with the Mercedes
Sprinter and the Dodge ProMaster and the like.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 10/4/2016 11:33 AM, Jason McKemie wrote:
A transit connect or transit? One is pretty much a car,
the other is the E series replacement.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Lewis Bergman
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
We had a Ford Transit and just got rid of it. It was
two years old. I can't say anything horrible about it
but the guy who drove it always had something bad to
say. It was to small, couldn't store enough, so low
to the ground it wouldn't go off the highway, etc. Of
course now that he has a brand new Dodge Promaster
that you could park that transit in it "rides to
rough". What a pussy.
Anyway, It got really good gas mileage, had a few
recalls but nothing earth shattering or more than
what seems usual these days. Enterprise fleet, where
we get our vehicles, says they tend to have
transmission problems around 65k to 70k miles. We
didn't experience that and got rid of it at 68k.
It got around 26 MPG HWY and my guy kept it loaded
down. With the heavy load it never squatted. I will
say it does have small tires and is low to the
ground. City and highway it was good. I thought it
was pretty expensive for what it is. I think I paid
$27k or some such. My full size ProMaster was less
and gets about 15 MPG.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:14 PM Joe Novak
<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois/salvaged-vehicles.php
<http://www.dmv.org/il-illinois/salvaged-vehicles.php>
Salvage titles don't get registered in
Illinois... they have to be inspected for a
'rebuilt' tilte.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Ken Hohhof
<[email protected]> wrote:
I assume the hail damage was cosmetic and you
would just live with it. They were pricing
them about 25% off MSRP, but I assume you
lose the incentives like upfitting allowance,
cashback, 0.9% financing that you would get
on a new van. They were technically used
vehicles since they were titled when the
insurance company paid off the dealer whose
lot they were sitting on when the hail hit.
I also suspect the Carfacts history would
affect resale value, since it would show up
as an insurance salvage vehicle, people think
accident or flood damage.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:36 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Suggestions for work vans
Did they fix the hail damage? I doubt
repairs were 30k per vehicle. Might get a
nice price reduction.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Ken Hohhof
<[email protected]> wrote:
I am also looking at Ford Transit, medium
roof 130” wheelbase 3.5L Ecoboost. Trying
to decide if the dual sliding doors
option is brilliant or stupid.
A dealer near me bought up a bunch of
2016 Transits with hail damage, I decided
to pass on that. I think that means a
salvage title.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]]
*On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:10 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Suggestions for work vans
I already have a Tacoma which is great,
but I'm looking for a second vehicle for
a second driver. I'd like to try a work
van to keep everything inside. Maybe
even warm parts for the winter.
I'm looking at the Ford Transit and would
love to hear of any additional
suggestions/experiences.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
