Nissan NV 3500 vs. Ford Transit 350 // Car Review for MOMS! Car Seats, Cupholders, Strollers + More!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Two Vans enter, One Van Leaves 😜 Let's compare the Nissan NV to the Ford Transit for BIG families!
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I have no interest in a van for my own purposes.....but I have never been so intrigued and entertained. Love your channel and your ability to entertain all.
Here here,absolutely no need for one, yet had to watch
Same! No need for a van, I'm not even sure what these cars are comparable in my country but I still watched the whole video 🤣
haha y'all are hilarious!
100000% same!
Lmfao same - we only have one child. But I want the van 😂😂😂
We have a 2018 transit as well. I only have 4 kids and we got a 12 passenger. I love it for storage and travel. I can drive my friends kids around and my nieces.
Same for us- 4 kids 2017 Transit 350, 12 passenger. Without the back rows we can take all our bikes with us on trips too! Great for carpooling. Terrible in the snow though 🫤
We love our NV, and I would agree, my #1 pet peeve is the dang cup holder. I have spilled SOOO many drinks.
I’ve had my eye on the transit for a while. Our family of 8 would love the space. But can you fit into a chick fil a drive thru?! We need to know!
The mid-roof is 8'4", and MOST drive thrus are at least 8'6", usually 9'!
Love this. You're hilarious!
Your tiny little elf 🤴 king
..😅🤣😅
I SCREAMED "remember, I'm a woman doing that measurement not a man"
Who needs techie car tours when you have Flight Attendant Angie? 😂 I am a single woman with not even 1 child and yet here I am watching the whole thing!
Same! Lol!!!
I’m manifesting a huge family 🤭
I only have 3 kids but I could watch any video you do. You are so entertaining! 🙏🏼
I found this to be so interesting and informative.
It’s good to see them side by side like that. When you’re at the car dealership, it can be difficult to visualize the differences.
When we began camping, we bought a huge Chevy van…there was nothing mini to it!
We had one child for 16 years and then we adopted a 15 year old, so our needs were definitely different than yours!
But the improvements made to vehicles in the past 30 odd years has been amazing.
Thank you for sharing all the information!
We are NVers too and we’re just considering changing to a transit! Literally this is perfect timing! 🙌🏾 long time viewer sis, love ya!
Proud Dad of 7 children under 11. We drive a 2018 Transit-350 15 passenger and love it. We removed the center two seats in the back and left the small jump seats. You can fit a Bob double jogging stroller perfectly in the back between the jump seats. We tried the mini-van, and even the Suburban before I caved and bought the big family van. Save yourself time, money, and some major puzzle piecing car seats and buy the Transit-350. You won’t regret it. Also, ours is a low roof model and just fits in our standard two car garage. Thanks for your amazing comparison video.
I got my 12 passenger transit xlt 2 years ago and love it. I picked it over the NV because of the cargo space! It fits our family of 9 perfectly.
Mom of 9. LOVE our transit. Absolutely love it. Drives like a car. My transit has the butterfly side doors and I prefer it that way with my littles. Much easier to shut, no worries of kids getting smashed in doors. Agree about the bells and whistles, they’re not there, but it makes up for it in other areas. Ours ha leather seats and it’s GREAT. Lol. You forgot to mention the size of the sun-visors. The first time my mom saw them she told me that I could, “Bake cookies on that sheet pan!” 😂
You can extend the back doors It’s that yellow/red tab. You just slide it and they push out and extend.
Yes! I was going to tell her about back doors too. 🥰
@@myhandsrfullofluv4225 I got tickled when she said “I don’t see anything obvious here.” She’s always so sarcastic that I thought she was joking for a second until I realized she wasn’t. 😂 I wanted to hop through the screen to show here because the butterfly back doors are awesome! My husband has used our transit to transport lumber, dry wall, the works. He has said even if we didn’t have 9 kids he’d still want a transit.
Two vans enter…one van leaves…I’m waiting to see the looser leave dejected 🥺
I own a transit. Gas cap cool.but id u look at other transits that gas door is missing! Bad design.
You can open the back doors all the way. The small yellow square right in the middle of the door near the hinge. You pull it out to unlock it and it swings all the way open. But you have to unlock it before the door gets stuck in the open position, if that makes sense.
We just got our transit last summer and we absolutely love it! Without the back row (we have a 12 passenger) we can fit our double stroller, plus our beach chairs, plus our Costco groceries in the back…..easily!
Im here for the inappropriate childish jokes ✨👏🏼😂 12 in 💀
Awesome van! A have a big family and we are always going places. I always rent a vehicle but I wish I owned one!! Beautiful.
Isn't that a bit annoying with the transit that you have to leave the door open to fill up with fuel? Tough for passengers it it's cold/wet/windy.
Transits are Known to have tons of issues once you hit 40k on the mileage they also have the engine pushed up in the van which is why it doesn’t have a long nose like the nv in a wreck a transit will crumple they are very poorly made compared to the Nissan.
Mom of 4 here! Loved your video, thank you for such a thorough walkthrough. We currently have an Odyssey, but after the last couple of trips we’ve taken and our 2 oldest being teenagers now I really feel like something bigger would make our lives much easier. I originally watched your video for more information on the NV and now after watching I think a Transit would fit us better.
As a side note, I love your personality. This is the first video I’ve seen of yours, but I can’t wait to see more.
It’s the Elf King for me. 😂 I loved this video.
If you’re in for a project- a family friend always had a van. And she’d take extra carpet (like indoor - a lot of places will sell scraps for cheap) from wherever or whomever they had extra and cut it and lay it down on the floor of the van. It kept the original nice and new and wouldn’t have to change it all that often and if she traded it in etc it kept the original and looked clean. Once she had a 90s teal van with pink carpet - she didn’t gaf it kept things nice and vacuumed and carpet cleaned well! Just a tip they used :)
"If it's morning and you're having wine you should probably see somebody about that."
Great video! Where is your jacket from? 🥰
Very helpful. Thanks for such a thorough comparison! I’d love to hear an updated review of the Transit now that you’ve had it for a while.
You definitely can open the back doors all the way. Its a yellow latch in the door. Have fun! We love ours, we have the tall so its longer, but exactly the same otherwise. Celine Dion🤣, lol.
Awesome job! We don’t need tech info, as Moms we need what works for our Family and Sanity 😂. Dawn 😊
We got a transit this past summer so that we can more comfortably roadtrip with our 5 kids. We got a 10 passenger (driver passenger, 2 seater bench, 3 seater bench, 3 seater bench) and I LOVE. THIS. VAN. The space is amazing. And honestly, bc the height of the trunk matches the height of the car, packing wasn't an issue- i stacked sterilite containers straight up. My only current dilemma is how best to use that shelf above the driver/front passenger. (FYI, do NOT place anything hard up there, it sure hurts to get bonked in the head by audiobook cases when your hubby brakes hard or hits a bump!) I am trying to figure out how to string a bungee or something across so it can become usable storage space for tissues, wet wipes etc. Ideas would be appreciated!
I love the transit! My brother has one, and he has 5 kids. It was so nice when we visited them that we could all fit in one vehicle. We had my brother, his wife, their 5 kids, my mom, my husband, our son, and myself. We were all able to get in/out and around car seats and all the winter coats just fine. It was so nice to be able to stand up and move around. I’m only 5’2” so it was really easy for me. 😂
Jack your hair up to Jesus. I’m done - that’s hilarious.
I have 6 kids and we love love our Nissan NV 3500. We bought ours in 2017 and it has been so fun to customize and also it has just been so reliable. It’s Also a super easy drive.
Great video! We are currently looking for an upgrade. We are a family of 5 with a St Bernard! Trying to find something with more room!
You are SO funny. That trunk measuring joke was 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
😂😂😂"As a woman, I know 12 inches when I see it"😂😂😂
Elf King.......really......Im sure your a great mom and wife....Great video on pros and cons........Im 5'-8"......Elf King....
Lol I thought I was the only one that constantly hit my cup on the gear shift of our NV and spill my beverages. So.many.times!
We currently have the Mercedes-Benz Metris. It has great cargo space for a van but seats 7 like a mini van. However it's 10 inches wider than the mini van and 8 inches taller so it's built to fit adults and doesn't have that dumb middle seat minivans have but does come with the side isle lol its pretty much a big silver brick I drive now but I love it. It's a smaller passenger van but we only have 4 kids and a bernese mountain dog so we needed something that was bigger than a minivan and I think we hit the jackpot
All the little jokes just made this so entertaining❤
For your a.c problem. Maybe it was not a problem of blower but a problem of bubble in the anti-freeze. nissan vehicles have a rather difficult cooling system to purged. Just saying, I don't know the N.V. I did not work on that model.
Im really liking the ford, its like a sprinter without the price tag. The walkway is a huge plus after I take out 2 of the seats.
We have Diono Radians as well, and I have read in a couple of places that they don't install very securely in Transit seat forward facing... that they wiggle around due to the placement of the seatbelts. They say rear facing installation is fine. Have you found this to be a problem? Thank you!
This was a very helpful video to get a good mom tour of these vans! Our family needs to size up with a new baby coming (very soon!) and we're weighing the pros and cons between the Nissan and the Ford. I'm curious, one year out from having a Ford, do you have an update? Are you still happy with it and finding it to be an improvement for your family over the Nissan?
highly enjoyed this review! you made me giggle. I think I have said the same thing before about looking like I'm there to fix your AC or deliver packages with the NV. lol We are going to look at one Friday. I'm losing a lot of fun bells and whistles with my 2020 Pacifica, but I miss having a truck and I cannot seem to bring myself to even look at a Ford. I just can't. It's such a neat looking vehicle. Until they come out with something else, I'm going for the NV.
Very informative. So glad to see the information about the gas access needing to have the door open to fill. Not a fan of that, in NJ we can't pump our own gas so that is a drawback to consider, waiting on an attendant in say the heat or winter with needing the door open the whole time.
As a car mecanic, I can tell you that all the wiring in the front door of the the transit have a lot of problem. It is not tough enough. I see a lot of transit coming at my shop because the door lock from the front door and the window switch (things like that) doesn't work anymore. Everything go through the BCM so even if the switch fro the window is directly on the door, you will not be capable of opening the window because of the broken wire's between the dash and the door.
As a car guy, I am very disappointed you didn’t go over the horsepower and torque figures, also; no mention of if I could buy this to pick up chicks. Tho, I think you heavily implied it could do well with the MILF demo. Lmao
I can’t wait to get one of these! We’ll have around 5-7 kids, maybe more!
but please share where this pull over is from- so cute!!!
You’re so funny and amazing and pretty and I love you 💕 😂
Oh and Angela, you probably know by now, but the yellow thingies in the back doors have a switch that unlocks the door so it swings all the way open and around
The van does a weird pressurized thing where you need to open a window or door to close the slider; otherwise you will get it fully closed only part of the time, unless you have a family of ufc fighter champions. It took me a minute after we got ours to figure out this was a normal thing. Tell the kids it’s more of a pull out and over thing so they don’t mess up your slider by trying overly hard to pull it hard to the left to open. When they close it, tell them not to hold the latch or it may just hit hard and bounce back open. Just pull the latch to start the close and then use the handle or the side of the window frame to finish it. Same as any manual slider, but you have to train everyone to stay clear and watch hands when closing (although if you open a door it does close nice and easy). And automatic door feature is available but I don’t think they had built hardly any before the pandemic so I’m not sure if you can get that without ordering. The slider can have rattling issues etc., so I say all this because you don’t want to be crazy rough on it.
Do you mean the Transit or the NV? Did you mean one had the option of an automatic door?
@@DukeJillandEden I haven’t looked in a while but ford was offering an automatic door as an option right as all the Covid hoo ha was getting going. I swear I saw some people show they had one but it was extremely rare, and not sure if the option remained since the manufacturing issues started coming into play
@@DukeJillandEden the transit at least at one point started having the automatic door as an option but I think they were rolling it out when the cocos hoopla all occurred and the manufacturing was affected
First of all, I love this video! We're a family of 7 moving from the Odyssey to a Transit. Our family could all fit in the Odyssey but it's tight with all of us and we never have room for a friend or three like we do with the Transit 😍 Indeed, these vehicles are hard to come by unless you're ordering them from the dealership! We snagged ours used by sheer luck! My favorite part with the Transit is I can literally walk from the drivers seat to the back to help buckle my kiddos in. It's amazing! I'm a shorter gal (5'2") and do not have the extra tall one like you do. Being able to fully stand sounds delightful but we have very cold winters here in Minnesota and I love parking in the garage 😬 Thank you for taking the time to make this video, Angie!!! As always, you're such a delight!
Same for us! We have a caravan and while we can all fit it's tight as our older boys getting bigger.
We have a 2017 Nissan NV we bought in 2018. We LOVE it! We also expect to get a transit eventually as well. Sad, the transits were super cheap to buy back in 2018 , not anymore. Now with Nissan NV no longer being made, transits are really are only visble choice for our next van. In our case, we keep our vehichles permanently meaning the van we own will be in our family for decades. I got my 1999 Honda CRV when my 2nd oldest was around 3-4, and I STILL have this CRV and son will be 25 this fall! I drove all my kids in this thing, crazy but true. And funny too we upgraded our 2004 Honda Odyssey with our 2017 NV but we STILL kept the Honda too. I like to get around 25 years out of a vehichle and we do! 😳😉😍😁😁😁😁😁
25 years is IMPRESSIVE!
@@angela.braniff We get super attached to our vans and cars and we joke that we should get classic plates for my CRV! 🤣 One car loan paid off super fast and then no more payment till I'm decades older works for me. With many biological and internationally adopted kids. ( with one stuck still in China since 2020 we STILL wait for 😥) ages, almost 27-9 and us considering getting back into foster care once again after decades away from it..we still need another van, so Thank You again for making this video!
There is also an air intake under the rear seats, it sucks up every crumb, pice of trash, and lots of dust. That will affect the cooling abilities!
We are cramming our family of 8 into an 8 passenger odyssey. Only one kid isn't in a car seat or booster 😂 now if I can just stumble upon 50k I will go for the transit! 😅 I would be interested to hear the MPG on both!
The comment about woman vs man measuring 😂😂😂 had me rolling. It's so very true
I think you should just start reviewing cars, I was laughing out loud. Great review!!
You don't have to be geniuses to know, transit it's way much better than NV Nissan , MPG transit also way better including reliability and cost of maintenance.
I started following you from watching your earlier van video! So funny because this is not your usual content but i love everything you put out
I know this was posted a while ago but do you get snow where you live or know how well the NV 3500 drives in the snow?
Finding myself watching this after finding our baby #4 is actually baby #4 and #5. We will have 5 7 and under all in cat seats and the pacifica just isn't cutting it!
Eu sou brasileira, isto me lembra que no Brasil há 5 categorias diferentes de carteira de motorista, então se a veículo entrar como Minivan ainda é uma categoria comum, mas se o veículo se registrar como van é preciso tirar outra categoria de habilitação de motorista, geralmente é o quê os brasileiros levam em conta na hora de optar por um veículo maior ou não.
We recently moved from the NV to a Transit mid roof too. Great review! I’m a mom to 9 bio/adoptive/foster children. We have goats, horses, chickens and dogs (including a Great Pyrenees). I homeschool some of our kids too. I never knew we could outgrow our NV, but here we are 😆
I feel like you guys should be best friends lol you have so much in common!
@@mandaleemilly6367 haha. Maybe 💁♀️
Except home interiors, beauty and fashion aren’t my strengths at all 😅 But some friends compliment each other’s strengths, right?
We need a van and this video came on time. I'm going to replay when the little ones go to sleep, so I can really get the details. I'm already voting on one. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks so much for sharing Angela.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Fun video! Also - your hoodie!! I think I need this in my life - where did you get it?! Have a great day everyone!
I was looking for this comment 😄 Was also wondering where it was from!
Do you have to climb into the passenger seat or is it lower to the ground like a minivan?
Reason I ask is we are a family of 8 and are about to start taking care of my father and he needs a seat he can just sit into and not climb or have a great fall and have to pull himself out.
Thanks in advance
Love this video! We just had our 5th baby and are in a Honda odyssey.. planning for a bigger car asap. 😂
No carpets? I'm in! I'm all about anything you can pressure wash.
Not all Van reviews need to be technical they are vans, there is occupancy space to be concerned about.
How could you disrespect your short king like that? 😮😮
Are you able to pull your camper with the Ford transit?
This was so nice to see them side by side! We have 4 kids right now and our mini van is getting to the end of its life. We are currently trying to decide if we get another mini van or a larger passenger vehicle
Love watching your videos Angie! You always crack me up. I’m considering upgrading from our Kia carnival mini van. We have 5 kids right now and I hate that I can’t haul their friends along. My biggest concern is that we enjoy traveling and visit cities often. Also visiting the city often for court hearing for our foster babies and I’m worried how in the world you fit in the parking garages? Is it possible? Or must you find parking elsewhere? 🤔
The mid-roof does not fit in most parking garages, you'd want to find out in advance if they have oversized vehicle parking available.
You're my fav!! Dont need a van but here I am anyway! 💞
Who taught you "that's what she said"??? 😭😭😭😭
Does the transit have similar set up with tethers??
i know this videos from a month ago but, those yellow "things/buttons" in the back doors may release the hinge to further open the doors, mine do!!!! :) not the exact model, mines older but 15 seat ford. :)
u know 12 inches when you see it huh lmao
Parents care about period
Parents period catte about
SUPER helpful, thank you!! Don’t have too many kids for the Odyssey, BUT I’ve got tall teens now, and travel sports in our future. Thanks for this video! ❤
Hi transit drivers! My hubby drives one for work and I found a cell phone holder specifically for that triangle spot. It keeps his phone in a great location and is out of the way. Also made in America! We found it on the A-Tach mounts website. We also ordered magnet holder and a new phone case with built in magnet. He said it has been the best because he lives in his van and doesn’t slide all over the place.
Yes!!!!! Having a phone mount makes a world of a difference! ❤ We put one in our transit. But I’m about to look up the one you’re sharing in your comment. 🙌 Thanks for sharing!
If I knew how to share a photo of it I would but I’m not tech savvy lol
So in your opinion, at what point would you switch from a minivan to a larger van? Like 5-6 kids or tough it out in the van until your family is over the typical eight seater limit?
This is what I would like to know. We have 5 kids one more on the way and I really don’t want to give up my Honda Odyssey ❤
Lol same here. We have 5 kid's with one more on the way, I really don't want to give up my Toyota Sienna. 🤔
We made the switch when kid #6 arrived. Love my transit (I have the 10 seater)
We switched from the Honda Odyssey to the Nissan NV when we had our 6th kid. Fitting 5 kids in the ody was getting really tight and our oldest was almost a teen when #6 was born, so he was getting very tall. The NV has been great! We did choose it over transit because of the tow capacity, it does great towing!
We have been looking at the transit 350 xlt. We have teenage twins in wheelchairs plus another set of twins. We currently have a handicap minivan and if we go anywhere there isn’t any room for luggage. Thank you for posting this!!!
What year is the Ford?
Oh if only the UK had vehicle spaces for these vehicles. We still have spaces for a 1980's mini. I would buy one - but Biggest I have gone was a 1996 Volvo XC90 - She unfortunately went to the scrap heap in the sky after MANY years ( I miss her still ) - so now I have a Hyundai 2011 - many issues. One thing with big cars - GET ONES WITH SLIDING DOORS !! I missed a trick.
Love the transit!!!! how could you walk from the front to the back while moving???? with the full row of seats? TFS and take care...........enjoy your new baby!!!!!!
We have 4 kids and a high roof 15 passenger transit with extended length. Only have 9 seats in it because one child uses a power wheelchair. Had a lift put in the sliding door side of the van. We still have so much room for equipment, extra wheelchair, and luggage in the trunk area. Can stand up fully at 5’11”. So functional and I enjoy driving it very much!
1. Thanks for the prompt to pour a glass of wine.
2. Don't you judge what time of day I watched... and drank.
3. Getting AC to the way back of our Suburban was an equal nightmare. We needed to get it fixed every single summer, lest we cook a child.
4. There is always time for a quick karate kick.
On the back doors pull the yellow pulls. And the doors open all the way. I have a 2015 Ford Transit 350. My side door is not a sliding door. Ours is a two door. You can tow with the Ford Tranist 350. My is also a 15 passenger van.
You’re 5’8?!?! I’ve been watching you for years, how have I never caught this?! You and CR have always given me short vibes lol I seriously would have thought you were 5’2
Thanks for this video! We only have 3 kids, but are a bmx family. I'm hoping to upgrade my Escape so I can haul all the kids, bikes, and Great Danes. 🤣
Single lady from Norway sitting enjoying this at 2:30 am 🤣 Love your energy and spirit, and pretty interesting ❤ Love and blessings from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴
32:53 - The dogs in the background!!! LOL!!! SO CUTE. I'm an empty nester but still loved this video - hopefully Nissan and Ford have listened to your video and see what Moms are looking for
We had a 2021 SL NV (last year before they discontinued them), nothing changed since 2013, AC still doesn't work, no added features, only thing is they are built horribly now and are not the reliable vans that they once were. There is an aftermarket AC kit manufactured by an NV owner that decided to address the problem, it helps significantly, but costs $500 and requires ripping out the entire interior of the van to install. We also had a 2020 transit and we absolutely loved it, so much more spacious, more features, way better for carseat installation, and double the MPG.
Transit, hands down.
You can easily add a “rear view mirror camera” system that clips over your current rear view mirror.
They've been (along with the creepy white Chevy vans 🤣) in the back of my mind. We currently have 4 kiddos, but may soon outgrow our little Mazda 5, and need something to pull as well! Thanks for this video, super helpful
Not sure if I am giving duplicate info., but, in our transit, if you open the back barn doors and look at the lock lever, it says lock and unlock. Pulling towards yourself will allow you to fully open those doors. Pushing it away from you keeps the door from slamming shut while you are putting things back there.
I hope this is helpful and not just saying something someone else told you.😜
I just got a Chrysler Pacifica and although I love it… I think they need to hire a mom to help them with design on a few things. I don’t have 8 kids but I have 1 and 1 on the way, 3 nephews and my 88 year old grandma. I got a little too excited about getting a new to me car ( I had my previous car since 2005) and a really good deal to notice the little flaws in design that would annoy me later…
I appreciate the honesty right up front. Now I don't have to watch the video I just send the link to my wife and I'm off to go watch technical in-depth explanations on the interworks of this machine.