Oooooossssh my new vans :-) blackwatered

[Blackwater Graphics]

shot of the back of them

 

[tbdevpaul]

NDO9 is already out and about earning money to pay for these graphics

 

[ChrisL]

Looks top class work ... How many vans have you got in the fleet Paul tbdevpaul

 

[tbdevpaul]

Looks top class work ... How many vans have you got in the fleet Paul tbdevpaul

6 vans 3 cars Chris. Need shares in Tesco fuel

 

[ChrisL]

Thats some going ... are they all getting treated to black water?

 

[tbdevpaul]

4 of them already have. The others were done previous to Andy being used and were full vehicle wraps by Black Sheep

 

[tbdevpaul]

And another one with the new improved front end

 

[Graham2]

Trade post surely?

We've 8 vans to get stickered up in the not too distant future, must give BW a crack at it.

 

[tbdevpaul]

Trade post surely?

We've 8 vans to get stickered up in the not too distant future, must give BW a crack at it.

Promoting Blackwaters fine work only

 

[Graham]

Borrowing one of these tomoz for the weekend to get my gear up to the wedding show and home again.

 

[tbdevpaul]

Borrowing one of these tomoz for the weekend to get my gear up to the wedding show and home again.

be careful she's sharp on the boost

 

[Woodcutter]

Looks great!

 

[CR]

Looks great Paul. Said it before but our guys still say these are the best vans we have had to date!

 

[Graham]

Great service so far here

 

[tbdevpaul]

Great service so far here

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Ha that's the guy that's getting the new one lol

That ones only a 1.6 so he is getting an upgrade in power !

 

[tbdevpaul]

Looks great Paul. Said it before but our guys still say these are the best vans we have had to date!

Just a great size and really nice to drive although we did have a new transit custom out to test drive and its a class above, the interior and the drive is exceptional for a van, 2.2TDCI too

 

[RCT]

You can special order the Toyota ones with the option of a 160bhp engine. They go very well compared the 1.6 90bhp.

New boxer van due out end of June Paul. Facelift and looks a decent spec.

 

[tbdevpaul]

I had a good look at the toyota one at one of the country shows last year. That's the only 1.6 we have, not too bad but the mpg is better with the bigger item.

What's the new boxer look like ?

 

[Woodcutter]

All our vans are the 1.6HDI and they aren't great on fuel, especially the Dispatch which is only a 90bhp version. It's averaging 29/30mpg!

What else is out there that gives good economy?

 

[RCT]

Only seen spie shots so unsure yet. Only got the message on Tueasday about the new one, as I seen they had only stock supplies of the current model available on the last few 'supply bulletins'. No exact specifications and weights etc yet, but not too far away. I might go for a chassi cab one as the sprinter is getting long in the tooth, so I'll be watching closely.

 

[tbdevpaul]

All our vans are the 1.6HDI and they aren't great on fuel, especially the Dispatch which is only a 90bhp version. It's averaging 29/30mpg!

What else is out there that gives good economy?

New connect is pretty good chopper, most of the big vans are terrible. Low twenties in our lwb boxer

 

[tbdevpaul]

This was the custom LWB we had out

 

[Woodcutter]

New connect is pretty good chopper, most of the big vans are terrible. Low twenties in our lwb boxer

Hopefully won't need another van for a couple of years anyway, so will have to just suck it up! Ha!

 

[stevieturbo]

Often the driver has the biggest effect on fuel economy !

Who drives the vans ? The likes of a 60mph speed limiter could make a huge difference to economy if they do a lot of miles.

And given speed limit for all the vans posted above is 50mph on Singles and 60mph on dual's, maybe not a bad idea ? ( unless you're owner/driver of course )

Motorway is full 70mph..lets face, there arent that many miles here anyway

 

[RCT]

All our vans are the 1.6HDI and they aren't great on fuel, especially the Dispatch which is only a 90bhp version. It's averaging 29/30mpg!

What else is out there that gives good economy?

Big vans aren't that great and you won't see the mpg in the book over here, if your drivers are stop starting and town driving. Hiace vans loaded with tools are 20mpg ish, my merc sprinter 2.2 5 cylinder does 23mpg (measuring litres to miles) and the other new shape rotten bucket of ***** 515 sprinter we have only does 20mpg and its a 4 cylinder 150bhp engine, but it does pull 4 ton most of the time.