I've had one traffic and two vivaros. Traffic was crap, but that is Renault for you, nothing major just bits. First vivaro just a clutch, touch wood nothing as yet with this van and it's done 70000
The traffic and vivaro are the same van , they and the Nissan are all built in the same factory .
Yup.
My experience was issues at 90k.
Mate is now having the same issues but is at 155k!
IMHO there are just good'uns & bad'uns.
I have got another Trafic now though. Love them.
Still want the daddy of vans, the Transporter, when funds allow.
Surely the transporter would be the self centered, petulant teenager of vans?!
"look at me everybody, arent i wonderful?, yes i know i dont do anything any better than any other van, and i know i am more expensive, but that is because i am a vw dontcha know"!.
Vw transporter?, do me a favour!
Oh, and by the way, the iveco daily would be the 'daddy of vans', if there was such a thing 
You sound jealous Simon.
People say things like that about the car. But for some people (myself included) they genuinely don't care what other people think of them or their vehicles.
I drive what I drive because I like it. I would love to have a transporter-when I can afford it.
Transporter is just the best van out there.
Looks, 4 wheel drive, beautiful power delivery. The 204bhp Vito is more powerful but I don't like the way I drives. I don't know of a more powerful (standard) van on the market.
Vehicles are very subjective.
But lol@ iveco being the daddy. Iveco vans are for pikeys.
Jealous?, are you for real?, no mate i am not jealous. But then i did work at a vw garage for 3.5 years so am acutely aware of just how over rated vw's are, but am also acutely aware how vw 'fans' cant see past their own opinions!.
Looks (matter of opinion surely?), 4 wheel drive (i'm in north east scotland and go to some pretty 'rural' houses, but have never felt the need for 4 wheel drive), as for power, 180bhp or 200+bhp, what would i need that for?, i am a window cleaner not a boy racer!. I am quite happy with the 90bhp of my transit connect (though a bit more torque would be appreciated!).
Iveco's are for pikeys eh?, not sure about that, but even if it were true, thanks for that, as that pretty much proves my point!. Being a very 'thrifty' people, they dont use vw transporters because they are over priced, complicated and expensive to fix, and not that capacious, unlike their iveco's!.
Have you worked on the transporters?
Any common faults?
I was a valeter/driver not a mechanic. The closest i got to working on them was helping to push them onto a ramp after being being dropped off by a breakdown truck, and sometimes picking up or dropping off their owners (who were often, understandably, rather irate). In fairness, it was usually the bigger engined versions that caused their owners grief, especially those with DSG.
But hey ho, each to their own, and i dont want to hijack this topic any futher. If you want one that is your business, but personally i would rather have the nissan that was the subject of this topic! (along with the many £1000's that i would save!).