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General Car Chat / White Van Man for the day
« on: 19 November 2013, 09:56:40 »
Hired this at the weekend to move out of my flat, now in Kingston until we get the house.
61 plate 3.5 ton Luton Transit, when I first picked it up, my god how it bounces around
Rides a lot better with some decent weight in the back, but empty the ride is appalling. Liked the arm rest, general driving it was not bad, but it made a lot of noise, at 70 could barely hear yourself speak.
Did around 130 miles in it in total, to around £35 of diesel. So not too bad I thought, but after a very, very long day off emptying my flat, unloading van at Kingston and another drop off I was nackered. Climbed into the 3.2 at around 11PM after a long day, bum warmer on, popped it in D, drove down same roads as earlier in the Transit. Was like riding around in silk compared to before, silky smooth power, silence driving. Ahhhh.
It's put me off a diesel manual though, I found myself constantly changing gear and such a narrow power band.
61 plate 3.5 ton Luton Transit, when I first picked it up, my god how it bounces around
Rides a lot better with some decent weight in the back, but empty the ride is appalling. Liked the arm rest, general driving it was not bad, but it made a lot of noise, at 70 could barely hear yourself speak.
Did around 130 miles in it in total, to around £35 of diesel. So not too bad I thought, but after a very, very long day off emptying my flat, unloading van at Kingston and another drop off I was nackered. Climbed into the 3.2 at around 11PM after a long day, bum warmer on, popped it in D, drove down same roads as earlier in the Transit. Was like riding around in silk compared to before, silky smooth power, silence driving. Ahhhh.
It's put me off a diesel manual though, I found myself constantly changing gear and such a narrow power band.
- plus some idiots put an LPG tank in my 2.2's boot, so lacking space needed. 
- no fuss
