We have four T/C's. It's just a Focus. Complete pieces of shit.
One with tons of electrical problems that no dealer can fix. They
replaced the entire fuse/relay box and wiring harness for like $4k.
Still isn't fixed.
Another lost reverse. Had it fixed, then the whole trans went a couple
months later.
But wait, there's more! Yet another. Tech got assholed by an old lady.
Back doors smashed in. Less than a week later, the trans exploded.
I'm sure the 4th isn't far behind.
Then last year, our 2010 E150 started guzzling oil and tore itself
apart. Had to have our mech swap in a new motor.
Now, I think GM is horrible, but Ford is nothing but disaster after
disaster. Found On Road Dead is very fitting. GM = Gimme More (money to
keep fixing our piss poor engineering).
On 10/4/2016 1:38 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
being small it has the benefit, since i use it primarily for
infrastructure of forcing me to keep it semi orderly since there is no
room for excess
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com
<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> 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
<lewis.berg...@gmail.com <mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com>> 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 <jno...@lrcomm.com>
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
<af...@kwisp.com> 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:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of
*Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:36 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*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
<af...@kwisp.com> 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:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On
Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:10 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*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
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