Ford Transit Sport Van 2.2 TDCi Review

I bought my black 2009 Transit 260 Sport Van from Marshalls at Cambridge, traded in my Mazda 5 MPV, only 4000 miles on the clcok, but it just WASN'T Transit. I had been driving an old "L" reg, 1993 "Smiley Face" low roof for the last 13 years,don't do that many miles a year but it was time to upgrade. The Sport van I bought had been modifed inside with a massive great wide full FOUR person seat. It folds down flat if you wanted a sleep out in the van and also folds up flat against the back of the front three seats, giving MOST of your van space back when required and can be used as a full 7 seat MPV when you need it. Side walls and roof lining all fully carpeted and insulated behind the boards and privacy black glass (with sliding vents) fitted in the side sliding door and the panel behind the drivers seat. Would have been nice to have an interior mirror and some glass in the back doors. Hopefully when my pockets are not so deep or my arms get longer :-)

Having six gears, air con , cruise control and a six CD changer with an extra couple of speakers fitted in the back, makes this as nice to drive as any car I have ever owned and is a lot easier on my bad back getting in and out of it than a lower vehicle.

From the back it just looks like an old black van, which has supprised a few Audi drivers on the motorway when they flash me to move over and then see me sitting in their rear view mirror for a lot longer than they expected.

SPARE WHEEL? or the LACK of......very disappointing.

Like I am really going to trust that this squirty stuff is going to work when I need it?I DON'T THINK SO!

I have made up some metalwork which fits from the tie down bracket over the left whelarch and bolted into a couple of spare holes near the rear light cluster (my years of working in engineering wern't wasted:-) and one of my old 14" spare wheels from the old Transit is only ONE INCH smaller diameter than the 18" low profiles normally fitted.

AND this old spare will ONLY fit over the rear disc brake. The front front disc is a larger diameter and it is impossible to fit one of the older wheels, something of a safety feature as far as I am concerned. How many people have you seen driving a front wheel drive car with a "space saver" spare mounted on the front end of the car....SCARY OR WHAT??



Would I buy another Transit if I didn't have this one?



YEP....no problem.