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Fuel economy isn't a new thing
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I HAD TO smile at the article on the new ECOnetic model of the Ford Transit achieving 39.2mpg ('ECOnomy heaven', CM 18 June).
I bought my last new Transit on 24 December 2002 — a two-litre diesel — and it has never done less than 40mpg. On occasion it would do more... the salesman said it would, and it did.
Even towing a trailer at a maximum GTW of 3.5 tonnes, it always did at least 30mpg. I've always been a steady (owner-) driver and my servicing dealer noted back in 1996 that I looked after my motors.
Ford was selling these vans with the lower-power 75 PS engine at a substantial discount even then.
I have been retired from work for a year or two now, so the van is now personal transport with side windows and rear seats fitted. My grandchildren prefer it to our car. It will be seven years old this Christmas, and it still has its original exhaust, battery and brake pads, needing only one tyre and two number plate light bulbs replacing.
My previous Transits — bought in 1996 and 1999 — did 228,000 miles and 125,000 miles respectively.
How about that, then?
DS Boyes Bra mley Leeds