dawki Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Hi all I hope your all well I am seriously looking at changing my current Auto-trail on a Mercedes base motorhome for a newer motorhome I see there are quite a lot now built on the new transit and I was wondering if any of you have one and could share your likes/dislikes do you have manual or Auto /horse power /MPG etc? very many thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Our van is based on a fiat with the 9 speed auto on a 140hp engine, but we have 5 x 16 seaters based on the Ford 1 Iveco and a merc the transits have all covered over 250,000 miles and generally speaking have been very good. Biggest fault being the Adblu but we put this down to using cheap adblu we now only use from the pump. economy wise average is 28 and when I drive I can average 32 on a easy day and that’s with 12 to 16 passengers normally. All of them are manual. I did have a Ford transit custom with the 170hp engine auto that one would normally return 30ish to the gallon. drive and ride is far superior to the Fiat the iveco has been a nightmare costing a fortune to keep one the road its a 29 seater. the big older merc is amazing with its 30 seats definitely a plodder and extremely good on diesel considering its size. goven the choice I would have a Ford based pvc / small MH if one was available ( we like the Malibu pvc only available on fiat at the moment) den Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawki Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Hi Den very many thanks for that information it’s very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Hi l have autotrail f68 on a Ford automatic 170hp which returns thirty plus. Drives far superior to fiat's and Peugeot. Had both with previous vans. Grumpyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 This (rambling) 2022 MotorHomeFun forum thread may be of interest. https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/transit-wheelspin-is-it-just-us.273798/ It's perhaps worth mentioning that Transit is currently available in front-wheel-drive form with 6-speed manual transmission or 6-speed automatic, or in rear-wheel-drive form with 6-speed manual transmission or 10-speed automatic - however (as far as I'm aware) all recent Transit-based coachbuilt motorhomes will have been built on a FWD chassis. It's also likely that Transit-based motorhomes will not have 'camping-car' tyres as standard OEM fit, so won't require the ultra-high tyre pressures recommended for Boxer/Ducato/Relay equivalents that have CP-marked tyres. There's an in-depth Transit van review here https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/ford/transit/2014-review/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyman Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Good morning Further to the tyre question on transit based motorhomes my Autotrail F68 has Michelin CP's with pressures between 55 & 60 PSI. Grumpyman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawki Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Many thanks Derek&grumps mpg sounds very reasonable very interesting reading the discussion on the link I’ll be going from RWD sprinter to FWD transit with two electric bikes In the garage or on rack so I might for the first time have to be careful about driving on wet grass etc etc are you liking your F68? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 24/03/2024 at 12:01, Grumpyman said: Good morning Further to the tyre question on transit based motorhomes my Autotrail F68 has Michelin CP's with pressures between 55 & 60 PSI. Grumpyman. Are those the tyre pressures you have chosen to use, or are they specified by Auto-Trail or Ford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyman Posted Thursday at 10:31 Share Posted Thursday at 10:31 Recommended by Ford on the tyre plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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