I completely understand why Europe loves them though. They don't expect to play truck with their vans and of the Euro vans it's arguably the best one (I hope the Mercedes fanboys take offense to that statement).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJKQjXpGQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc

In Europe, a Ford Transit is just what the local plumber or electrician drives. It's a no-nonsense work tool. In America, thanks to what I assume is decades of media tropes, the same van is portrayed as the getaway car in a heist or the “creepy unmarked van” parents warn their kids about.

It’s as if a hammer were seen as suspicious because it could be used in a crime.

Ford.com says that the 2025 base model Transit "starts at" $47,400.00.

From a quick search, the average "take" in a bank robbery is about 10% of that.

Average gigs for starting bands pay far less. But on the upside, "facing the music" is not as bad in that line of work.

Suggestion for current-day bands and bank robbers:

https://www.carfax.com/Used-Cars-Under-1000_f1

> Out on the road, it rattles and bangs and occasionally jumps out of gear.

> Disconcertingly, there's no seatbelt, the seat itself has an alarming tendency to move around, and the brakes don't seem to do very much at all.

I have a friend who collects and restores classic cars, and it is mindblowing how polished modern vehicles are (despite attempts by Ford et al to fill them with the world's shittest software so that you sometimes have to pull over and power cycle (restart) your car just to fix the GD radio). If you haven't ridden in a vehicle 50 years or older in a while, and you get a chance to, take it!