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transit custom

Post by shadrack » Fri May 22, 2015 5:56 pm

as above anyone got one, thinking of buying a new custom 155 sport to replace my van any experience welcome,
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Re: transit custom

Post by graemeX5 » Sun May 24, 2015 7:06 am

Hi Shadrack

I know very little about the but found this link reviewing the new transit custom

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http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/ford/transit-custom
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Re: transit custom

Post by Horizon » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:03 pm

[quote="shadrack"]
as above anyone got one, thinking of buying a new custom 155 sport to replace my van any experience welcome,
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I've just replaced my VW Caddy with a Ford Transit Connect 2014, slightly off topic as you were asking about the full fat transit. But  I can say the new series transits are a massive improvement on the old model.
I suspect the connect is Focus based,  it is far superior to the Caddy. Very quiet, fantastic 6 speed manual, the dash is superb, the sound system is second to none SYNC voice activated USB/ Phone, USB, where you can select tracks from the iPhone, voice activated phone dialling . Spent the first week riding around in 4 th gear on the motorway as its so quiet. Steering must be electric as its so easy to manoeuvre .
Go and test drive, makes the Beemers feel dated. Good lookers too
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Re: transit custom

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:41 pm

But can they still crack Warp 9.9?
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Re: transit custom

Post by Horizon » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:49 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
But can they still crack Warp 9.9?
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Unfortunately I find with the 90 PS engine it's not a throw you back in the seat sort of performance, and does suffer from turbo lag somewhat, but compared to the competition it's a good all rounder, and being a ford, should be bulletproof.
As mentioned in my previos post, pretty impressive for a van
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2011 Kia Sorento KX3  2.2D 60 Plate Auto in black ( mine )
BMW E83 X3.  3.0d M Sport, 2008 in black ( now gone )
BMW E93 330i Convertible  Msport  2007.  ( Now sold )
VW Golf 2.0 TDI 140 GT 2010 ( now sold )
Now Sold 55 plate, X5, 3.0 D Sport. Silv

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Re: transit custom

Post by shadrack » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:02 pm

im going to arrange a test drive, just had mine painted again on rusty bits as looks bad imo, so un sure on weather to try and get till march out of it or swap in september as previously planned, problem is its a 16-20 week wait on the custom sport
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              1964 vw beach buggy
              1988 e30 325i convertible

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Re: transit custom

Post by Denis O » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:11 pm

[quote="X5Sport"]
But can they still crack Warp 9.9? whilst sitting 1 inch from your bumper
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