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New Peugot Vans

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watdeadlyone
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New Peugot Vans

Post by watdeadlyone »

Anybody finding that there is not much legroom in them.
I have been using one for two days now and legs are sore as I feel cramped up inside them. Seat back as far as I can get it and am still all hunched up. I am 6ft so god help anyone over that in one of these. Surely H&S were consulted before agreement to change to these vans (there again probably not)
I have more room in my own fiat panda than these things
oypostie
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by oypostie »

What's a new van. Over 4 years now since we last saw one :so there
DGP1
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by DGP1 »

You must be sitting incorrectly............ask your manager for the 'Sitting in the van safely' briefing and then everything will be fine :wink:
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fishtank
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by fishtank »

DGP1 wrote:You must be sitting incorrectly............ask your manager for the 'Sitting in the van safely' briefing and then everything will be fine :wink:
Better than that ask the World Class Mail Champion to instruct the safety pillar to draw you a little sketch of how you should sit properly in a Bipper.

It will look a bit like this. :neutral:

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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by DGP1 »

fishtank wrote:
DGP1 wrote:You must be sitting incorrectly............ask your manager for the 'Sitting in the van safely' briefing and then everything will be fine :wink:
Better than that ask the World Class Mail Champion to instruct the safety pillar to draw you a little sketch of how you should sit properly in a Bipper.

It will look a bit like this. :neutral:

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suz67
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by suz67 »

oypostie wrote:What's a new van. Over 4 years now since we last saw one :so there
my van is an 04 plate combo,today just tripped over to 112000 miles,its absolutely knackered,but 6 months ago rm spent 2 grand fitting a brand new engine!!!! dare not go over 50 mph it feels like it will shake it self to bits,got no spare wheel!! reported it but told it did have one once so cannot have one,asked what do i do if i have a puncture,no answer :d'oh! :Applause
briantwigley
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by briantwigley »

We just got 2 of them. The only thing I can say is they smell nice, that new car smell.

They look like this.

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Lincox
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by Lincox »

Oh blimey, the Romec guy painted the wrong thing gold. Should have been the postbox. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
Pinky 1
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by Pinky 1 »

Crikey, that's posh. Our's look like this :shock:
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DGP1
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by DGP1 »

briantwigley wrote:We just got 2 of them. The only thing I can say is they smell nice, that new car smell.

They look like this.

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That's a Fiat.............which should look like this
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glenfiddich
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by glenfiddich »

i like my bipper it plays mp3 cds :thumbup
PhilthyPhil
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by PhilthyPhil »

We have some Peugot Partners rather than the Bippers. They seem ok, better than the combos anyway.
fishtank
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by fishtank »

PhilthyPhil wrote:We have some Peugot Partners rather than the Bippers.
I think the business has realised that the Bippers were a mistake.
Any of our Bippers that have been killed in action have been replaced by Partners.
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Stormproof
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by Stormproof »

All our Bippers have been given to self convey duties rather than the P & L duties they were meant for. You can't fit 2 deliveries in them with the trolleys and all the large packets :cuppa
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DGP1
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Re: New Peugot Vans

Post by DGP1 »

Stormproof wrote:All our Bippers have been given to self convey duties rather than the P & L duties they were meant for. You can't fit 2 deliveries in them with the trolleys and all the large packets :cuppa
Our Combos aren't big enough for 2 duties, they are seriously talking about Transits for all our van shares :roll: or they could change the duties into singletons and then they would be big enough :hmmmm

It's difficult when you have one of the largest amounts of packets in the country but they still can't see it.
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