recommend me a panel van

[squirrel_hunter]

Bedford Rascal.

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only trouble with vw is service costs,budget about 3 times what a transit will cost to keep on the road, or buy a renult but sell it before its out of warranty as they tend to go wrong soon after

Originally Posted by suzukigt380paul

only trouble with vw is service costs,budget about 3 times what a transit will cost to keep on the road, or buy a renult but sell it before its out of warranty as they tend to go wrong soon after

true but now you can have them serviced and independents and keep the warranty a Home service is circa £100 for every filter going, and the diesel filter is £30...

I like the transits I have driven and they are the only van I have had which doesn't feel underpowered.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by specialone

Are you having a Laff gav ?
Of all the people I know with vans, I know a lot, the only ones that don't have trouble are transits.
Any French van will break down and every electrical item will fail.
Even my mates merc vito has had engine management issues.
Transits work end of .
I've got the connect which I've had 4.5 years and apart from service items the only thing it's had is an exhaust back box and that was for the MOT a few weeks ago, they are great vans but a bit small for my usage tbh, mines done 40k .

My neighbour has a 2002 movano in the last 6 months he's had the complete brake system replaced at the cost of a couple of grand and then he needed a recon engine put in just a month later.
I've had my transit about a year now only things to have gone wrong was a leaking rear wheel cylinder and the fan belt snapped at the beginning of November and it needed a heater resistor thats it. Not bad for something thats covered nearly 150k and is 10 years old!

But I suppose it depends on your budget and what size van you need ?

[Viney]

Off Dogging then WB?

Sod a van get a Unimog

Originally Posted by 454697819

I like the transits I have driven and they are the only van I have had which doesn't feel underpowered.

Bring back the 2.9V6 Sprinter. They had to stop making it as the tyres would overheat and burst on the german Autobahns. A mate used to have one, for a LWB hightop van, it was darn quick for a van. Rough guess, 0-60 in around 10 seconds or there abouts! He now has a 230hp Vito diesel! Thats also very rapid.

Transits are the way forward. Cheap, reliable firly comfotable.

[Wideboy]

Again I've only had bad experiences with transits, mostly driven vivaro's and the Nissan twin (don't know the name) and never had any issues accept punctures

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Bedford Rascal.

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I had one years back for getting the sv about. Yes you can fit one in the back if you take the number player off. And it will still go off the clock

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Viney

Off Dogging then WB?

Sod a van get a Unimog



Bring back the 2.9V6 Sprinter. They had to stop making it as the tyres would overheat and burst on the german Autobahns. A mate used to have one, for a LWB hightop van, it was darn quick for a van. Rough guess, 0-60 in around 10 seconds or there abouts! He now has a 230hp Vito diesel! Thats also very rapid.

Transits are the way forward. Cheap, reliable firly comfotable.

You can also fit a cosworth v6 in a transit so that makes them pretty quick, I also know of someone fitting a Toyota supra engine to am old mk2 transit so about 350bhp as standard!!!!

[_Stretchie_]

Squirrell_Huntress has a minivan you might be interested in

[Wideboy]

oh really?! hmm care to elaborate, on a public forum, where everyone can see??

pictures and diagrams may help with the explanation

Ive had a number of vans in the past, Ive had a

High top, long wheel base transit.
Short wheel base transit.
Peugeot Partner (old shape and new shape)
Vauxhall Astra Sport Van.
And now I have a Vauxhall Vivaro.

Id recommend all of them aart from the Astra, its rubbish!

My Vivaro has a solid metal bulk head!