Van HELL!!! Any advice very welcome - going to buy a new one.

[Dannypipe]

Well my van won't start. The AA are on the way....but I've had it with the van anyway. It's too small by a long way. (Vauxhall Combo).

So anyone who's recently bought a new or nearly new van, who has any advice on lease hire, or hp or anything at all. Please let me know.

I bought my last two vans at auction. The one before that off a mate....so don't have much to go on with regards to leasing.

I want something pretty big, LWB transit size ideally.

I'm now going to start shopping.

Oh and have about £3000.00 deposit. So not much.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

That is a nice van Tom ist a VW transporter
just more wind up ........ Can not help it !
looks nice , no signs on yet ?

 

[TBServices]

Shame about the colour

Agreed. But it gets me noticed

 

[Gerard17]

Is that a good thing ?

 

[SimonG]

Very nice Danny, was beginning to think you'd bought yourself a Unicorn

 

[SafeGasInstall]

It's a nice van and you enjoy it Tom , no matter what we all say ! Some will say negative things cos they can not even afford one , some others will be negative cos they drive little **** vans and there will be me who is just pullin ur leg

 

[Mike Jackson]

But they're not Land Rovers so they can't be nice.

 

[cr0ft]

Hi OP. My brother used to work in the motor trade and he said they sold more new transit parts than old ones so my advice on that would be to avoid the new-shape transits.

I've owned my VW Crafter for nearly 2 years now. It's 6 years old now and still running perfect. It's cost me nothing in repair bills over the last 2 years. Even the oil lasts for 2 years (that's the service intervals). Quality vehicles and I think when you look a the cost of ownership they are cheaper to own than transits etc. VW's last for years and years so they work out quite cheap. They also keep their value very well and as we all know depreciation is the biggest cost of owning a vehicle.

 

[cr0ft]

The MWB version of the Crafter is perfect too, it's long enough so you can also fit all the copper tube you want inside the van plus soil pipes, ladders, chipboard flooring whatever you want. I've got the Hi-Roof version because I'm a lanky ******* and I like to be able to stand up in the back without hitting my head!

 

[cr0ft]

LOL just read the thread and realised you've bought a van and there's no way to delete my posts - oops!

 

[TBServices]

Is that a good thing ?

Yes, I get nice friendly waves from all my colleagues and my happy customers. They never forget "that friendly young plumber with his shiny red van"

 

[Dannypipe]

Bought a Unicorn!! LOL

 

[TBServices]

Unicorn or Unicron?

 

[villa_tom]

Shame about the colour

Nothing wrong with a red van. Postman pat had one and he did alright

i used to drive a red van when I worked for housing associations and loved it. I was really high up and all the girlies noticed me in my shiny red van and I loved it

 

[Destroyer2813]

Gonna bye your new 1 in red then Tom based on that assumption

 

[villa_tom]

Gonna bye your new 1 in red then Tom based on that assumption

No. I've got style now