I really like my 2004 cargo T1N. Even at 322,000+ miles it has yet to let me down. (Knocking/touching wood furiously as I type )
I liked the 2004 so much that I bought a 2006 passenger model. So for 2 years now I've owned 2 each Sprinters. One set up for passengers, the other more for cargo.
While we were towing our boat to Montreal Quebec with the 2004 I commented to my wife that maybe I made a mistake. Our 2006 at 170,000 miles is in generally great condition, but it is 12 years old now.
I recall that while driving the 2006 in some areas out west (Death Valley being one of them) I was feeling pretty isolated and questioning whether being in those places while driving a 12 year old van at what would be *normally* considered high miles for a vehicle was really the best choice for my money.
Even with my maintenance screw-ups the 2004 continues to be reliable. Certainly the 2004 would have provided the service that we needed for the past two years rather than owning both a 2004 and a 2006. (Let's hope my 2004 learning curve saves the 2006 from similar experiments.)
So to the subject of this thread.
Being that the 2004 is still running strong, was buying a 2006 T1N a good idea vs running the 2004 basically into the ground and then replacing it with a petrol powered newer, but used Euro style van?
So far buying the 2006 has worked fine for us... there is some real joy to be had by owning both a passenger and cargo Sprinter at the same time. That said, it does add expense to maintain an extra Sprinter. I really am interested in forum comments.
vic
I liked the 2004 so much that I bought a 2006 passenger model. So for 2 years now I've owned 2 each Sprinters. One set up for passengers, the other more for cargo.
While we were towing our boat to Montreal Quebec with the 2004 I commented to my wife that maybe I made a mistake. Our 2006 at 170,000 miles is in generally great condition, but it is 12 years old now.
I recall that while driving the 2006 in some areas out west (Death Valley being one of them) I was feeling pretty isolated and questioning whether being in those places while driving a 12 year old van at what would be *normally* considered high miles for a vehicle was really the best choice for my money.
Even with my maintenance screw-ups the 2004 continues to be reliable. Certainly the 2004 would have provided the service that we needed for the past two years rather than owning both a 2004 and a 2006. (Let's hope my 2004 learning curve saves the 2006 from similar experiments.)
So to the subject of this thread.
Being that the 2004 is still running strong, was buying a 2006 T1N a good idea vs running the 2004 basically into the ground and then replacing it with a petrol powered newer, but used Euro style van?
So far buying the 2006 has worked fine for us... there is some real joy to be had by owning both a passenger and cargo Sprinter at the same time. That said, it does add expense to maintain an extra Sprinter. I really am interested in forum comments.
vic