Drove a 2016 Transit 150 all weekend AMA!

"TDIGuy" (owenrosier) 03/07/2017 at 11:42 • Filed to: None

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So my dad just bought a new Transit 150 for his company. Looks just like this one. Spent all weekend driving it because I was buying some furniture for my new house. It is so much better than the older E-250 vans we used to get. I’ve learned quite a bit about it. AMA !

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 11:47

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better than the older E-250 vans

That’s like pole-vaulting a sidewalk crack though

Xyl0c41n3 > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 11:51

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Does it baby?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Xyl0c41n3 03/07/2017 at 11:56

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It MANY baby’s.

And because it’s a panel van you can shove in even more.

Tripper > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 12:01

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Hah, sticking that one in my pocket for later.

Dusty Ventures > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:02

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I too have some Transit driving experience

#DustysDayJob

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:05

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I’m guessing that since you were moving furniture you haven’t gotten a chance to drift it.

Busslayer > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:07

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which powertrain option?

404 - User No Longer Available > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:08

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Does it still have rollover warnings all over the visor, and does it actually feel like it will?

That’s what I felt like driving an E-Series or Express/Savana. Don’t understand why Enterprise keeps renting out 2.5 cargo vans.

Dusty Ventures > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/07/2017 at 12:20

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I can field this one. It won’t really drift unless you have ideal conditions (snow/gravel). If you do it’ll slide around decently with the right amount of throttle and courage, but get it too sideways and traction control will kick in even if you turned it off. It also does handbrake turns on snow far better than something this big should.

Dusty Ventures > 404 - User No Longer Available 03/07/2017 at 12:22

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It has them, but it almost feels like a car. Handling and turn-in is shockingly good for something this big.

Xyl0c41n3 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 12:23

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Is that a “free candy” sign you’re painting back there?

*suspicious look*

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > 404 - User No Longer Available 03/07/2017 at 12:28

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They rent them because they can’t get 1500's anymore.

As far as driving goes, I found the E-Series terrifying—seemed to have a mind of it’s own—but the Expravanna to be quite composed. Didn’t encourage you to throw it around but didn’t feel uncomfortable to drive. Just did it’s job.

That being said I have firsthand experience that an Express can be chucked around... not me driving but I didn’t feel uncomfortable as a passenger. Who knew a 3500 Express passenger could be a drift monster?

jimz > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:28

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The high roof ones are taller than you think. just ask a co-worker of mine who got one stuck driving down the ramp into a garage.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Xyl0c41n3 03/07/2017 at 12:29

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Sweeney Todd the Ice Cream Man

jimz > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 12:29

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Transit is a goddamned sports car compared to Econoline.

jimz > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 12:30

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I was responsible for the Transit’s audio systems.

yes, that’s the best I could do with what I had.

404 - User No Longer Available > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 12:31

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Yeah, the Stabilitrack did make it a bit better, but still wobbly. For my last moves I kinda hoped for like a Transit Connect or NV200. One person condo doesn’t have much large stuff to move.

facw > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 12:31

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I had an E-250 uhaul rental for my last move and I was shocked how much it didn’t suck. Felt entirely reasonable, and had no trouble driving at 80+ (contrasted to a Kia Forte rental I took on the same route, which was all sorts of squirrely, maybe it needed new tires)

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > jimz 03/07/2017 at 12:33

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A Little Tykes car is a sports car compared to an Econowhine.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > facw 03/07/2017 at 12:42

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Either you had very low expectations going in, or the E250 is a totally different animal from the E350. I was consciously scared of it. It wandered all over the place, took an enormous amount of wheel movement to get straightened out again, sounded like it was falling apart and would bounce violently all over the place as any bump.

Perspective--my family used to have one of these.

I loved driving it. Back when I was 16 and stupid I brought it down a windy side street in my neighbourhood at 70km/h without crossing the centerline. I do not condone this. I was an idiot. But the point on the van remains made. Chevy made a better driving van in 1988 than Ford did in 2013, and one that was STILL better than Ford’s 2013 offerings IN 2013.

Dusty Ventures > jimz 03/07/2017 at 13:23

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WHERE’S MY BLUETOOTH? NOT EVEN USB?! C’MON, SON!

jimz > Dusty Ventures 03/07/2017 at 13:27

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you (or whoever bought the van) didn’t get the radio equipped with them :p

that is literally the basest of base radios.

Dusty Ventures > jimz 03/07/2017 at 13:39

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Our base Sprinters have Bluetooth. Y u no make standard?

While we’re at it, please bring me the head of the monster who designed the seat mounts.

TDIGuy > 404 - User No Longer Available 03/07/2017 at 14:59

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Yeah it has those warnings and comparably the new transits are much less terrifying to drive I think most regular people could drive one and not be freaked out.

TDIGuy > facw 03/07/2017 at 15:00

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See the e-250's the business has always had always have 200K plus miles on them so they are a little sketchy 60+ mph

TDIGuy > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/07/2017 at 15:01

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Yeah all of the E-series vans were like that to drive in my opinion, terrible to drive super vague hard to keep composed while driving lots of corrections to keep it moving  

TDIGuy > jimz 03/07/2017 at 15:02

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It really is I got in it expecting the E van and I was like wait, this like like driving a car almost

TDIGuy > jimz 03/07/2017 at 15:04

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The van we bought has a different radio than the one Dusty Ventures showed, the one we have is like a dumed down Sync edition like this

TDIGuy > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/07/2017 at 15:05

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Yeah no drifting yet. I’m sure it will. But not yet it only had 250 miles on the clock when I got to drive it

TDIGuy > Busslayer 03/07/2017 at 15:06

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The one I got was the just base 3.7 V6 with the 3.73 LSD rear

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 15:46

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Does it drift?

Autofixation > TDIGuy 03/07/2017 at 23:50

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Will it drift? I used to drift my parents’ 92 Dodge B350 growing up, got it on two wheels, too.

jimz > Dusty Ventures 03/08/2017 at 06:49

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I’m not product planning. I do integration, speakers, and tuning. someone above my pay grade decides what the options matrix will be.