Comments on: VW Transporter: Evolution of the Legend

By: Dazzle 58

Dazzle 58 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:10:55 +0000

had t 25s for at least 15 years, first one was normaly aspirated diesel ,had to follow anythingh that did 40 miles an hour as you couldnt overtake it ,then had an auto petrol 2.1 for a while , much better but a little juicy so got hold of a turbo diesel caravelle .best thing since sliced bread ,kids loved it ,have carried 8 and luggage on hols, take middle seats out and take rubbish to tip, and or go to vanfest for weekend and sleep to soak up the whole vw transporter thing!. keep on truckin!!!!!!!!!!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:42:07 +0000

As an owner of a '68 Split and avid fan of everything VW I was enjoying reading the article. That was right up until you wrote the bit about the old rust buckets 'water cooled' engine firing into life. As '68 was the change over year from Split Screen to Bay Window you could be talking about either however, neither were water cooled. Come on, If you are going to make something up for the sake of an article at least do the research.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Why not also try the original T4 forum http://www.vwt4forum.co.uk/ (now a £10 per year subscription - but good things don't come cheap!)

By: Dougie

Dougie — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:33:55 +0000

Why not visit VW T4 Transporter community - T4 -T5 Club UK
Fun - Friendly and sociable home of the T4 and T5 Transporter
If you own a T4 or T5 Transporter we can arrange a magazine-esque full page feature on your bus at http://www.t4club.co.uk or http://www.t5club.co.uk

By: JeremyH

JeremyH — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:23:04 +0000

I'm glad you are all enjoying your Transporters. I like mine to a point and it does go well. I have had a 2005 model T5 174 Window Van from new, which is very useful but I would stop short of praising reliability. It was generally OK up to around 3 years old and 70k miles, notwithstanding the respray of parts of the galvanised body due to bubbling and a few relatively minor items such as the gear cable circlips detatching at 175 miles from new because the German builder didn't want to crack a fngernail by pushing it on properly! Result - no gear selcetion!!.. when climbing a steep hill near home!!! However, at just over three years old, between around 70k and 100k, there was a water pump, oil cooler, driveshaft, turbo and gearbox failure, all at separate and inconvenient times. I almost had VW on Speed-Dial. Apparently, all faults except the gearbox are not unusual. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen?! It's a myth; I run several Hondas dating from 1990 to 2008 and none of them have given aything like this sort of trouble. The most serious fault was a sticking rear brake cylinder caused by a seal being dislodged during a service. If only Honda made a van with a rmovable seats and 1 tonne payload, or VW made a Transporter with Honda reliability. On a more positive note, the VW is a lot better than the new '03 Mercedes Vito 112 I had for a year before, which was so bad it went after 12 months because I couldn't afford the lost time having faults fixed and I didn't fancy the respray offered due to random rusting on the bodywork. 1700 miles travelled and 91 hours lost to have warranty work done in a year is not good, but Mercedes apparently thought it was acceptable!!. I did have Gerard Mann, the Mercedes dealer, on Speed-Dial at the time!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:12:12 +0000

We've had our 25 for 5 years, been to France, Belgium and Holland for hols over the last three years - this weekend we're off to Wales for a fortnight - and you're right nothing else will do...

By: The Road is Life! | influx

The Road is Life! | influx — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:23:14 +0000

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By: Chris P

Chris P — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:19:39 +0000

We've been home one hour from a 10 day holiday in N. Devon in our 1971 bay-window VW Dormobile. We've had it ten years now and its the best vehicle we've ever had. It may not be the fastest (read it DEFINATELY isnt), or have the greatest acceleration, but its the BEST !!!! You have to have (or had) one to understand. Vanfest is next !!!!!

By: Vanorak01

Vanorak01 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:20:44 +0000

Off to France - 13/08/2009 in my VW T25 - running VW's since 1972 - Whole family transported/Holiday-ed/collected & dropped-off - NOTHING ELSE WILL DO!!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:43:36 +0000

Water cooled? Surely not? I thought all those early models were aircooled, like VW cars?