Mike
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Just been to pick up our new van, never thought I'd drive anything that was worse than my Corsa for picking up speed on the motorway 
Never drove a proper van before, only an Escort van and a Partner. These are so different when you get upto speed, it's almost impossible to keep em there, learned a bit about slipstreaming on the way on the way home
Couldn't be bothered getting any proper pics so this one'll do
Beast 
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B3KAN
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Roof needs a polish 
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Tom
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Sprinters are rapid, what you on about
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Mike
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Originally posted by Tom
Sprinters are rapid, what you on about
Quite a few people have said that, it's nippy enough round town, but I managed 73 on the way home, hit a hill and it's back down to about 60 
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WU-TANG- DAN
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im thinkin of a theme with 'A' and 'Team' in it!
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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needs about 3 litres of t-cut on it 
What did the graphics say you can still vaugly see them
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Mike
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Not sure, it was some builder's, when we first saw it we just seen the front and was like  it's clean, then we saw the sides, looked as if he'd just polished the front
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gavin18787
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Get a mop and a bottle of t-cut and stand on the roof
tbh work van dont really matter, as long as it goes well and aint rusting in holes all is well 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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G_Man
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My mam and dad have one of these and drove it to Spain, musta got frustrated with the slowness, they are terrible lol
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Mike
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Originally posted by G_Man
My mam and dad have one of these and drove it to Spain, musta got frustrated with the slowness, they are terrible lol
Spain
I was like looking like this  from driving the hour and a quarter back from Stafford
Kinda like it round town tho
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gavin18787
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Good excuse to drive up peoples arses and intimidate them
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Mike
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That's what I was on about with the slipstreaming, I was behind a Vivaro on the motorway and I couldn't overtake, I was doing probably about 1/4 of a mile an hour faster, but didn't wanna slow down cos then you've gotta try and speed up again, so you have to stick behind em, then when you're getting close, the slipstream kicks in and pulls you faster then you stay there as long as poss then pull out and overtake
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james528
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iv got a long wheel base one for work its pritty fast does 100mph ok
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Mike
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What engine?
Our's is only the 2.3d
Everyone I've mentioned it to before we picked it up was saying that Sprinters were rapid, think we got one of the slow ones 
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james528
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im not 100% sure its a 2.1 or 2.2 turbo but its a 05 plate.
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gavin18787
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I remember we were cruising on the M25 on the way back from pvs and this LWB sprinter flew past us, I wont discolse what speed we were going but it wernt slow 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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Mike thats cool
fella at work has a mapped one on a 06 plate, has 200 bhp
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T21SVJ
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Mike thats cool
fella at work has a mapped one on a 06 plate, has 200 bhp
A mapped sprinter .
what else.
next you'll be telling me your gettin a fiat mapped
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mattk
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that is on the agenda actually
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
needs about 3 litres of t-cut on it
What did the graphics say you can still vaugly see them
'AUTOGLYM'
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Mike thats cool
fella at work has a mapped one on a 06 plate, has 200 bhp
I love it
I expected to hate it. We had a £500 Primera before and I hated that, it was just so boring, so I was expecting this to be worse but it's quite fun
I'll hopefully be putting a CD player in it tomorrow, the fella chucked it in cos with the standard radio you have to put the code in everytime you start it so get that sorted and try and sort out the passenger seat belt bolsters cause none of em work, then it's just a matter of cleaning out the back, adding our shelves, and give it a bit of a polish if I can be bothered, although we all know how unlikely that is and it'll be good to go 
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
needs about 3 litres of t-cut on it
What did the graphics say you can still vaugly see them
'AUTOGLYM'
flol
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Charlton
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mod it
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Mike
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We're only looking to have it for about 12 months, till we can afford something newer and better, we paid less than a grand for it, so it was quite a bargain too, most are going for around £1500+
When the next one comes along tho, you never know I get bored easily
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T21SVJ
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mike= polish this cant be right
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