Cloud, silver lining comes to mind

It is a smart looking van but it was designed(not very well) to be a plumbers/electricians or parcel delivery van. I am quite impressed that it averages 42mpg; not that im paying, but even when I severely abuse it I cant get it lower than 37mpg!

I wouldnt advertise that you abuse it pete someone might tell on you lol ....so you going to try offload the van for something abit more bigger ????

When the boss says 'drive it like it was your own car' at least I can say I do   
I doubt it Leighton, im gonna be stuck with it for 9 years   

Not if you break it first pete ... nine years is a long time stuck in a ford ....my mate has a vauxhall combo he gave it to me for a few days last week as i fitted some rear quater windows in it .... quite scarey cutting out the metal panels to fit the glass ... anyway back to the point i thought it was quite quick and wasnt to uncomftable ..

It is quite nippy and handles well but I would trade it for my old van any day, quite like the look of the transit custom but doubt I can have one. I will just have to wait and see...
Why did your mate want the glass put in?

He said he liked the look of the tourer wich is the euro version of it hes had already got the sliding doors with glass in but more of the people carrier version has glass all round so he bought the glass from vauhall and gave it all to me and asked can i do it ... cut the metal panels out from the inside all in all it took me around 2 hours .... what van did you have before pete ???

I had a 60 plate 100ps swb 330 transit. The only thing I wanted different on the old van was a 6 speed box as on the motorway doing 70 it was revving just over 3K

you are so right about that van pete, its truly horrible, very badly designed

many thanks for the lovely cakes and doughnuts, will see you at the meet on the 10th   

No problems Bob, hope you made Dave work harder after leaving him with the bag of doughnuts

Thought you had a couple members come forward for that ????

Just need it done sharpish Leighton
Can't afford to mess about as we need to be open for 1st September and still got lots n lots to do, poor old Dave's been working like a trojan we've both been doing 10-12 hour days

Oh right just a thought have you tried contacting maybe a local college as been looking up for you and they do graffiti workshops in your area...

So things have taken a turn, I may now be given a bigger van again
Some people that make decisions in my company would fall in a barrel of tits and come out sucking their thumbs!

What you getting now pete .... for the record i would like to fall in a barrel of tits

They are considering giving me a transit custom but not sure on spec. Our transport manager wants to have Ford's acceleration control fitted which would suck.

Whats that without sounding to thick ????

Basically it means the ecu controls how much power to give you depending on how loaded the van is; when at full weight it would allow full power but restricts power as the van lightens.

http://www.ford.co.uk/FordFleet/NewsAndReviews/FordForBusiness/2013/July/Debuts-New

So I have yet another new van; a transit custom. First impressions are good. Cant really notice the extra 10hp but can feel the extra 60foot/pound of torque. Its nice to be back up in a higher seating position. Ill pop some pics up at some point.