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I am thinking of throwing in the towel with my Peugeot Boxer Motorhome as the latest mod to the gearbox has been a disaster. Unfortunately the market is swamped with Fiat Boxer base units and I would rather give up Motorhoming altogether rather than buy another one of these crap units.
I was thinking about a new Ford or VW based unit but the only one I have found is the Ford based Roller Team.
Any help would be most appreciated
Regards
johnc
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Hi We have a Chausson Flash 03 (2008) on a transit and it is great.
It's our first motorhome so i can't compare against others but plenty of power. I think it was rated as the best base in MMM at the beginning of the year.
Our Eura Mobil is Transit based and I wouldn't have it any other way. Like Spence, it is our first MH. But the combination of cheaper servicing, plentiful dealers and the perennial Fiat engine compartment water leaks and reverse clutch judder convinced me that the Transit was best. It has been absolutely fine.
MMM Team chief vehicle tester Dave Hurrell has a new tardis on a new Tranny specially made to his design by Nu Venture. I have had a ride in it and it goes like a bl...y rocket!!
Thinking back to Newbury, not one member of the MMM team there had a Fiat. Does that say something?
Just like helvic/Steve, we too have a Ford Transit MK7 2.2 130 based Hymer Van522.
Once you get used to the stalling when pulling off in 1st it is a lovely drive.
Now it is run in (@11,000 miles) we rarely stall it and the fuel consumption is up to 33mpg! For a 3.5T brick!
We have had absolutely no base vehicle problems and have had it serviced twice in two years, way under the milage service points, just to keep the guarantee going.
We find that we go much faster and overtake easier in the MH than in our other car, a little Peugeot 206 1.1litre.
I had a Hymervan on the Mk6 Tranny. Like others, we stalled it in first gear a few times but once we got used to using extra revs it wasn't a big deal.
The biggest problem we did have was with the window demisters, they were next to useless unless the fan was on full pelt, not sure if the Mk7 has the same problem though.
We have the Auto Sleeper Duetto based on a Mk7 2.4 van, 07 reg, it goes like a rocket, 6 gears, 32-33 mpg, huge payload, no problems at all, we love it. (rear wheel drive)
We live at the top of a cul-de-sac with a fairly steep hill, it will reverse up very sedately with both feet off the pedals on tickover. I have lost count of the Fords I have had starting with a Zerhyr 6 in 1965 and have never had a problem with any of them.
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