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I do my own repairs, such as they are - pre 2007 are pretty reliable. I'm sure someone not as radical as me will chime in. I can't figure out how anyone with a newer van that gets repairs at a shop can afford to eat...to your original question, no sprinter van jobs are not worth getting into...

I'd like to move to Mars and pay no taxes and choose what I want my money to pay for. Sorry, I get this way whenever I do taxes

Uh...cart before the horse? Then you can't afford to buy a Sprinter. You might want to try working as a driver before making a decision, if you can

Geez lately the tone is bordering on socialism. I know, I'm stuck up here in Canada. It would be nice to send a message by bringing the country to its knees but we're simply not on the radar of the average Joe. It would be equally nice to have a real capitalist system to work under, but we get...

One important point - does the company you want to work for have a minimum year for equipment (say nothing older than 5 years) that will factor in

The cheapest one ;) Look on truck talk here or head over to sprinter-source.com and dive in, you'll find out more than you ever wanted to know

Happy 4th of July from North of the border!

Local is a different ballgame, I use that to survive between "expedite" runs. Buying a 3000 dollar sprinter sure helped the profitability

Ok but if you crunch the numbers, and divide your net by the time your job takes, you get an hourly number. Useful only as an idea of what your time is worth. I've been doing that calculation for years to counter wife complaints

(Removed my post, I'm tired of my own complaining) Yep, paid to listen to music and smoke and relax is the only way to think about it...

Co pilot looks quicker, I'll try that for now, thanks Turtle. Can't remember what I had against it, think at the time it wasn't free...eventually I'll have to upgrade my GPS but it still works

Ok did some research. The HD traffic that comes with the Garmin is not rated very good, but it has the capability to connect to your phone data plan and give more detailed and current traffic as well as rerouting (for a one time fee, not monthly) Thanks for the tip...i've ve been told about the...