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Ford TransitDescription: The Ford Transit has been the biggest selling commercial vehicle in the country since its launch in 1965. Newest Review: ... detritus, and three or four large bags and suitcases filled with clothes. I initially chose the smallest Transit with the low ... more More Ford card
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by r_welfare - written on 24.03.03 (Very useful, 2560 readings)
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A few months ago I had my first chance to drive a van “in anger” – something I always wanted to do, ever since, at the age of 5, I rode in the cab of a late 70’s Transit Luton van driven by my dad when we moved house. Then, a few years ago the band I played in had transport in the shape of an H-reg Transit LWB minibus, but this one had somehow sneaked out of the factory games with a Granada 2.9-litre V6 engine. This thing absolutely flew (although it was limited to 88mph because the tyres couldn’t take anything faster) and sounded like, of all things, a VW Beetle on steroids. So, when I moved to Guernsey in August 2002, I decided to hire a ...
by rbrian - written on 07.06.02 (Very useful, 2340 readings)
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I drive a new, front wheel drive, short wheel base transit. The front wheel drive format increases space in the rear significantly, by lowering the floor approximately 100mm over rear wheel drive variants. The space in the back is, of course, enormous - it's a van, after all. What surprised me most when I first drove it was how quiet it is, though this is improved by the bulkhead seperating the cab from the loadspace. On variants without the bulkhead, the noise reverberates around, but it's still not bad; you can talk comfortably at 70mph. Another thing which is not usually associated with vans is driving pleasure, but the transit provides it, ...


