Cheyneskeezer
Member
been searching hard for a weekend camp capable van for me my wife and 2 year old goin on three for months. Id find a van i liked and fit the bill and it would slip through my fingers. Im down between the 2108 transit 250 medium roof with the 3.7 or a sprinter 4x4 2017 6cy
i have 2 vans i keep going back and forth on. the sprinter is a low top and basic a crew van with a rb bed in back.
the transit is s 2018 med roof with the 3.7 and upfitted by a local guy who seems to do a pretty good job focusing on budget friendly not over the top clean weekend builds.
both are the same price both seem to have their horror stories
ive owned a 2009 4.8 silverado since new and its had its fair share of problems valve job under warranty a tranny out of my own pocket that turned out to be a simple fix and a bunch of rear end problems
the two main issues i can see are the Mercedes with their emissions issues and goin into limp mode requiring to take it to a dealer and fork out the money or the ford transits with the well known driveline issues where they recommend putting the new driveshaft flexible coupling every 30k miles
you seem to only read the bad when you start looking into issues. i keep all my vehicles 10 plus years and take great care of them. seems the ford would be the more cost effective if worse comes to worse scenarios. both come with extended factory warrenties.
i have 2 vans i keep going back and forth on. the sprinter is a low top and basic a crew van with a rb bed in back.
the transit is s 2018 med roof with the 3.7 and upfitted by a local guy who seems to do a pretty good job focusing on budget friendly not over the top clean weekend builds.
both are the same price both seem to have their horror stories
ive owned a 2009 4.8 silverado since new and its had its fair share of problems valve job under warranty a tranny out of my own pocket that turned out to be a simple fix and a bunch of rear end problems
the two main issues i can see are the Mercedes with their emissions issues and goin into limp mode requiring to take it to a dealer and fork out the money or the ford transits with the well known driveline issues where they recommend putting the new driveshaft flexible coupling every 30k miles
you seem to only read the bad when you start looking into issues. i keep all my vehicles 10 plus years and take great care of them. seems the ford would be the more cost effective if worse comes to worse scenarios. both come with extended factory warrenties.