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As you all know my van is dying so I'm looking at what I can afford.

I have been driving an old shaped Peugeot expert which is an ok size could really do with a slightly bigger van but I can work out of that.

I have had a couple of Lwb transit connects come up within my price range and I've done a quick search that says they are roughly the same size as my expert.

Has anyone got one and can give me an idea on if they are the same sort of size.
 
MWB Renault , the silver one , the dark ones my old one
 

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Nothing that size comes up in my price range. (I am only looking on autotrader at the moment)

All I seem to get come up is Peugeot expert and partners and Citroen same vans (I know the partner is too small)

A couple of transit connects Lwb which of they are roughly the same size as what I have got now I can work out of it and I can get what looks like a better van for my money so I may go and look at them as well.
 
I've got 5k but can possibly go up to 6k if I find a good van.

Most the vans in my price range are gonna be fairly old or have high mileage or both like a 7 year old dispatch with 92000 miles £4995.00, or 8 year old 55800 miles £4250+vat.

Where as if I go for something like a transit connect a 6 year old van 65000 miles £3995 + vat.

So if I can get all my kit in 1 then it will give me a few more vans to choose from.
 
Millsy 82 said:
I've got 5k but can possibly go up to 6k if I find a good van.

Most the vans in my price range are gonna be fairly old or have high mileage or both like a 7 year old dispatch with 92000 miles £4995.00, or 8 year old 55800 miles £4250+vat.

Where as if I go for something like a transit connect a 6 year old van 65000 miles £3995 + vat.

So if I can get all my kit in 1 then it will give me a few more vans to choose from.
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Have a look at Toyota Hiace,s. You can get a 10 plate for 6k. Crap to drive, but bomb proof.
 
Leo21 said:
Have a look at Toyota Hiace,s. You can get a 10 plate for 6k. Crap to drive, but bomb proof.
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I will second that, far from luxurious but mine never missed a beat. Also they are rear wheel drive so you can have a bit of fun in the wet.
 
Nostrum said:
What's wrong with your current van mate?
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Something to do with fuel pump and solenoids or something like that. The mechanic said don't bother repairing it as its not worth it. He said a fuel pump is 1k on its own.
 
By the looks of it my next one will more than likely be French as well!
 
Got my van and last few cars off eBay... It's only a selling platform, same as buying off autortrader or private seller!!?
 
gassafe said:
Got my van and last few cars off eBay... It's only a selling platform, same as buying off autortrader or private seller!!?
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What he said, loads of dealers. It probably gets to a bigger audience, and there's loads of classifieds. Not just auctions.
 
gasmanrob said:
And stay at home in the snow
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I'd rather buy a van that ran reliably and lose maybe two days work every other year. Than have an unreliable garlic munchers van, that spent most of its time in the garage.
 
The trouble is though the engine in a transit is one and the same as that in say a Citroen relay, the components around it differ but ultimately it's the same.

Then there's the hdi engine arguably the greatest Diesel engine ever made again this was a PSA venture and has had huge success.

I'm with you against the French trust me I have to navigate operation stack from time to time, just saying that not all French engineering is too shabby.

Food for thought last time Britain and France worked together on something we were delivered concord..



**disclaimer, I appreciate that in actual fact Perkins and ***mins get to fight out for the greatest Diesel engine ever made, but you ain't squeezing that in an expert are you.
 
Fuel pump smashed up and bits gone into injectors? Did he say there was metal filings in the fuel filter?
 
gasmanrob said:
The trouble is though the engine in a transit is one and the same as that in say a Citroen relay, the components around it differ but ultimately it's the same.

Then there's the hdi engine arguably the greatest Diesel engine ever made again this was a PSA venture and has had huge success.

I'm with you against the French trust me I have to navigate operation stack from time to time, just saying that not all French engineering is too shabby.

Food for thought last time Britain and France worked together on something we were delivered concord..




**disclaimer, I appreciate that in actual fact Perkins and ***mins get to fight out for the greatest Diesel engine ever made, but you ain't squeezing that in an expert are you.
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No, you may have a point. But it's the supporting factors, injectors, gearboxes, ecus, steering pumps. Etc,etc,etc, the list goes on. Almost every time your on here and someone's vans broke down, it's usually French.
 
Nostrum said:
Fuel pump smashed up and bits gone into injectors? Did he say there was metal filings in the fuel filter?
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He didn't do too much it's been on a computer and test driven. He said the problem is that because it is an old engine (it's the 1.9d not a hid) the fuel pump is 1k and if it has caused further damage the price could spiral. So I'm assuming that it is a lot worse otherwise he would of gave me a price to fix it.

It is still running and I hope it carries on for at least 2 days otherwise I'm going to have to hire a can for a couple of days.
 
when we were looking for vans, i always found that the transit conects were very expensive.
 
Oh the other thing is he said the gearbox feels funny.

He's right as well as you can move the gear stick from 5th to 1st and it will still be in 5th lol.
 
Injectors are usually Delphi or Bosch as are most of the bolt on components in all makes and models, pumps, valves, motors etc.

Personally, I've had more issues with VW vans than French, but that's my experience. They all break. I've not long replaced 4 injectors on the connect, and had a few problems on the transit I had before I replaced it.
 
Millsy 82 said:
Oh the other thing is he said the gearbox feels funny.

He's right as well as you can move the gear stick from 5th to 1st and it will still be in 5th lol.
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If it's still running can you at least trade it in so you don't lose what the van is worth (ish)

Personally, you'll still run the risk with a £5k van of problems, you can lease an NV200 for about £150 a month? Brand new, no road tax to pay, under warranty, bing bang bosh.
 
What sort of mileage do you lot look for?

I was told by someone years ago that 100k is nothing on a diesel that has been looked after.
 
Millsy 82 said:
What sort of mileage do you lot look for?

I was told by someone years ago that 100k is nothing on a diesel that has been looked after.
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On a very well looked after vehicle I'd consider 100k just about worn in. I'd want to see full stamps and clear oil though
 
Nostrum said:
If it's still running can you at least trade it in so you don't lose what the van is worth (ish)

Personally, you'll still run the risk with a £5k van of problems, you can lease an NV200 for about £150 a month? Brand new, no road tax to pay, under warranty, bing bang bosh.
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Not a chance am I having one of those! Lol.

I had one as a rental end of last year and it was shocking!

I do know what you are saying but I prefer knowing that it is my van and if I scratch it it's not going to cost me a fortune when it goes back in a couple of years.
 
Millsy 82 said:
What sort of mileage do you lot look for?

I was told by someone years ago that 100k is nothing on a diesel that has been looked after.
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I've heard that to, low mileage vans used for short journeys are worse. In town use the running gear has to cope with all the torque, when on a motorway at 70 there's virtually no torque.
 
It also sounds like a tank so I think people will know something is wrong with it. If the sound doesn't tell them if they see the check engine light on it will soon tell them! Lol.
 
Leo21 said:
I've heard that to, low mileage vans used for short journeys are worse. In town use the running gear has to cope with all the torque, when on a motorway at 70 there's virtually no torque.
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Yeah the vans I've used for service and maintenance had a lot more problems than when I did a lot of motorway driving.
 
Burn it, tell them you had £5k cash in the glove box as well, and you got whiplash trying to put the fire out
 
my primastar is going back off lease end of next month - god only knows how much they will charge, but at the end of the day its a site works van and is expected to have some minor damage bump and scrapes. Good news is im getting one of these electric thingies insteadMITSUBISHI-OUTLANDER_PHEV_Ext.jpg
 
missplumb said:
my primastar is going back off lease end of next month - god only knows how much they will charge, but at the end of the day its a site works van and is expected to have some minor damage bump and scrapes. Good news is im getting one of these electric thingies insteadView attachment 22217
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If you turned up to site in that you would get abused!! Looks more like a Chelsea taxi!!
 
Try and pick up a used van from a hire co. Just picked up my 2010 lwb hi roof transit from u drive. Done 150k but runs like new. Serviced every 6 months at least
 
Riley said:
Try and pick up a used van from a hire co. Just picked up my 2010 lwb hi roof transit from u drive. Done 150k but runs like new. Serviced every 6 months at least
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And those hire vans are the fastest things on the roads.
 
missplumb said:
true, but my jobs changing so only need to carry a few tools so no need for a big van but i do need to be able to go off road when necessary
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Would love that job, looks much more comfortable then my van!!
 
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