Interior Space, Model Choice, and Performance

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Sprinter Van Review at 1 year

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The reviewer shares what he particularly likes about the van, specifically the ample head room (he is 6'5"). He states that if he were to buy the van again for road trips and farm use, he would choose the longer wheelbase (177-inch) and taller model. He clarifies that he would not waste money on the rear air conditioner unless it came with a package allowing variable idle speed, which is crucial for preventing damage to the emissions control system if the engine speed isn't varied. He also praises the van's ride quality, seating comfort, storage capacity, and fuel economy, reporting an average of 24 MPG, and up to 27 MPG, dropping to 22 MPG at 80 MPH with the 4-cylinder diesel engine. He notes that the 4-cylinder engine may struggle to maintain extreme high speeds on steep mountain climbs at high altitudes, requiring a slowdown to about 65 mph.

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2016 Mercedes Sprinter Van

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are a lot of stones and a lot of winds so the wind blows stones and rocks up onto the road and it slings them onto your windshield and this thing is huge it's like looking out of a giant HD television screen so that's one of the downsides to this thing is the windshield is a rock grabbing fool now it's also a bug grabbing fool that's okay some of the things that we really do like about the van is I'm six foot five and I have a lot of headroom if we were to buy this van again for road trips and for using for the farm so we don't camp in this vehicle we could sleep in it we have an air mattress back there if we wanted to camp it'd be no problem if we wanted to outfit it as a camper we would not buy this model we would buy the longer model the longer wheelbase I think it's a hundred and seventy seven inch wheelbase and we would buy the taller model would we waste the money on the rear air conditioner no we would not if we're going to make this a camper we would not waste the money on the rear air conditioner unless we got the package that you can order from Mercedes that varies the idle speed so this van has a lot of emissions control system built into it and if you don't vary that speed of the engine then you can damage that emission system so if you do decide to build a camper van get the tall one get the long one and make sure you have the variable idle speed switch so that you don't tear up your emissions control system the van rides great the Vance it's great the van is easy to travel in the van has a lot of storage the van is very capable and the van gets good fuel economy we're getting somewhere on the average of 21 or a maximum of about 27 miles per gallon depending on your speed now if we're setting the cruise control to 80 we're getting 22 miles to the gallon out of this thing it's a four-cylinder diesel engine it's a little powerhouse and it really propels this van well unless you're going up a really tall mountain so we were in the mountains of Utah two days ago and we're cruising up the mountain I had the cruise control set at 80 and I just watched the speedometer just slowly dial down so at times that four-cylinder engine will not maintain extreme highway speeds I would say it's it's very rare that you'll be going 80 miles an hour down the highway but it will not maintain those speeds if you're at high altitude and if you're climbing a steep mountain you're gonna have to slow it down to about 65 it's a truck it's a van and it doesn't have all…

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