Can Anyone Recommend a RELIABLE VAN?

[Admin]

VW Caddy all day long.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

I love transits 😉

 

[thomas donovan]

medium wheelbase transit i can keep my pipe inside get 8x4 sheets and virtually a whole heating system inside and other cars move over when you're heading towards them.

 

[BristolPlumbing]

Got to be a Transit all day long. How many old batterd white transits with one red door covered in rust and dents do you see driving about?

Answer: Loads!

That's because they just go on, and on...

 

[newcastle phill]

Old Transit - the van of choice for pikeys

 

[KGB]

Beware of Caddy van's built 06-10, the 102bhp TDi engines in them (BLS engine code) are very prone to going pop. VW claim there are no issue's with them but Google 'BLS engine' and you'll find differing opinions.
A friend's van just had the conrod escape out through the block, engine destroyed, he'd owned the van from brand new, serviced religiously every 10,000 miles at main agents and only ever driven by himself, was used as private transport never carried any weight, 83,000 miles and game over lol.
Nice van when they are running though!!

 

[plumba66]

Toyota hiace, ask any breakdown man & they will tell you that they hardly have to deal with these

 

[mikey_d]

Mercedes Vito is also a nice choice.. But transits are always good vans had a few and never had much trouble with them this includes a old mk6 with 200k+ keep them well serviced and you can't go far wrong just keep a look out for rust on sills side foot steps chassis and rear leaf spring mounting points.

 

[newcastle phill]

Vitos are a pile'o'sh1te 🙂
Teabags the lot of em.

The only van where the payload goes up by 150kg as the van gets older lol

 

[markfxy]

Got to be a Transit all day long. How many old batterd white transits with one red door covered in rust and dents do you see driving about?

Answer: Loads!

That's because they just go on, and on...

Thats because they rust like f**k and the red door is all that's left of the original van:yesnod:

 

[bright spark]

I'm on my 4th renault trafic now over the last 12 yrs. never had to change anything only tyres and usual service bits. Did about 75k on each then past them on, bought from new.
every1 had their favourites.
Had a transit from new, had terrible probs.
also had a couple of hiaces which were bulletproof too, but that was yrs ago. It was when they had no bulkhead. A lad I worked with nearly got mashed by his own tools in a crash.
Got a trafic with a bulkhead after that. I find them really comfy to drive.

 

[newcastle phill]

Never had to replace anything except 3 vans LOL [emoji1]

 

[bright spark]

Keep em 3 yrs then shift them. Move em on b4 probs. don't need d hassle of a van off d road with bother. As soon as warranty up I get rid. Latest 1 I bought as a demo 3 months old 3k on d clock €4.000 off. 5 yr unlimited mileage warranty on this one.

 

[newcastle phill]

Sounds like a plan

 

[wetdrip]

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