eppop

I work for a private service in upstate south carolina. we bought a sprinter about 6 months ago and love it. we did buy it used, but for the price and condition (nearly new) it just couldn't be beat. What i haven't seen anyone mention yet (and i very well could've missed it) is the fuel mileage, and with oil prices so high, the benefits are wonderful and financially great for us. We run a 2004 F-450 as our frontline truck for our 911 side and have a 05 F-450, 2001 350 mini-mod, and 95 350 van, alone with the sprinter that is a 2004 for our granny shuffle service. The F series trucks get about 8 mpg, mini gets 10, and van gets 12....but the sprinter gets an average of 18mpg. mechanically it seems very sound and we have had no prob's yet. it has about 70,000 miles on it. I took a patient from Greenville, SC to National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD (about 540 miles each way) last month. We used 1 3/4 tanks and averaged 18.8 mpg on that trip. The only problem we had is the patient compartment hvac unit under the truck has had a wire harness taken off...actually on the way back from our Maryland trip. we replaced it and put it in a place where it doesn't hang down, and have had no other prob's with it.