what van?

[dwgas]

I am looking at pre reg transporters any one got opinions

 

[Leo21]

I want one. Put a link up.

 

[villa_tom]

I want one. Put a link up.

That makes two of us 🙂

 

[Leo21]

That makes two of us 🙂

Three, group buy?

 

[dwgas]

Expensive £15 k 6 months old 4000 miles [h=2]2.0 TDI 102PS[/h]

 

[michael c]

Expensive £15 k 6 months old 4000 miles [h=2]2.0 TDI 102PS[/h]

Yeah i tried looking for one but best i could afford was over 10 years old. Theres one for sale at min with 200k miles and they still want about 8.5k for it

 

[michael c]

Dont get it all reviews i can find on the relay and the boxer are great but all the ones on the fiat are terrible! Its the same van, i'm properly confused now

 

[Leo21]

The only reviews worth listening to are from people who have owned and ran them for a few years. New road tests aren't any good, for starters your not buying new.

 

[michael c]

Thats the reviews im trying to find mate apparently they are prone to water on injectors and faulty egr valves but i think they have been recalled to sort

 

[michael c]

Found out the difference between the fiat and the other 2, the fiat uses a different engine hence less reliable

 

[pipefitter]

I had a fiat 'doblo' once ..never again totally unreliable..bought a new transit in 09 have it serviced every 15000 & never had a problem ...touch wood

 

[PlumbersMate]

I've got a Fiat Doblo Michael to be fair it ain't been to bad but now I think head gasket has gone. Literally want to run into the ground and then when it goes dream van is either Transporter or the new Transit Custom.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Sell him your van plumbers mate !!!

 

[PlumbersMate]

He can have it for a bag of Doritos and a flux brush

 

[TBServices]

He can have it for a bag of Doritos and a flux brush

Chilli heatwave I hope?

 

[PlumbersMate]

Chilli heatwave I hope?

Clearly you have taste. Could eat them all day

 

[michael c]

Is that delivered mate

 

[PlumbersMate]

Lol have to be collection only, but somewhere about 50 miles from my house so you'll break down before you reach me to get your brush back (Doritos will be gone before you drive off)

 

[michael c]

Haha fair enough mate. Considering auctions now

 

[HTG-Apprentice]

Our company supplies our vans to us through a lease company, last year they renewed the contract and we all got given brand new 12 plate fiat vans all with about 10 miles on,
brilliant! .. or so we thought!
Fiats have been nothing but grief, auto locking keys inside vans, false oil levels, ignition failure in 2 vans, mechanical engine failure in 1 van and a few arrived with dents from the factory! My personal expeirience is with a Fiat Florinio, which was featured on the
installer monthly magazine, don't belive what they wrote about it and take it from a
up and coming heating engineer, there bloomin terrible!

 

[Meady]

Was the false oil level on he dip-stick or electrically on the dash?

 

[michael c]

Just bought a mwb boxer today in silver seems a lovely van. Thanks for all the advice lads.

 

[vern]

Just bought a mwb boxer today in silver seems a lovely van. Thanks for all the advice lads.

Nice one pal where's the pics?

 

[REDSAW]

Just bought a mwb boxer today in silver seems a lovely van. Thanks for all the advice lads.

bet you cant wait untill next week when you can take it out.lol

 

[PlumbersMate]

Gonna need some pics Michael

 

[michael c]

Will get some better pics later today it has a couple of minor cosmetics (1 small scratch, 1 small piece of laquer peeled off and a small crack in passanger mirror plastic) bought from evans halshaw for only really a few hundred more than private and cheaper than some small dealers and i got a fair price for the last one so im chuffed.

 

[michael c]

TThis is my van lads

 

[Destroyer2813]

Looks smart gonna need to add your pictures when its racked out

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Speak to dannypipe , and see his van ! He had just got new one and is been done really nice inside

 

[michael c]

just trying to decide how to do racking mate unsure at min. Got a mate offering to do wood racking for me but got to go visit him in scotland to get done. you got the pics of yours up yet?

 

[joni os]

Toyota HiAce for reliability. Previous van did 320K miles no major problems.(P reg). Later model with D4D engine, timing belt runs off fuel pump, makes timing belt change simple. Remove battery, timing cover, easy access, one hour job. Van vault for security, behind bulkhead, with sheet of ply over vault and wheel arches to cover additional toolboxes, and deter envious eyes, loading area on ply for radiators etc. Only drawback, shortwheel base model does not take 8x4 sheets. Happy motoring.

 

[Leo21]

Toyota HiAce for reliability. Previous van did 320K miles no major problems.(P reg). Later model with D4D engine, timing belt runs off fuel pump, makes timing belt change simple. Remove battery, timing cover, easy access, one hour job. Van vault for security, behind bulkhead, with sheet of ply over vault and wheel arches to cover additional toolboxes, and deter envious eyes, loading area on ply for radiators etc. Only drawback, shortwheel base model does not take 8x4 sheets. Happy motoring.

At last someone who knows about vans. Toyota are brilliant. You know what they say in oz, if you want to go to the outback take a landrover. If you want to come back take a landcruiser.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I like the landcruzer very much

 

[PlumbersMate]

Can you still buy hiace? I mean new ones?

 

[Leo21]

Can you still buy hiace? I mean new ones?

No, the engines don't meet the new emissions. Some dealers have still got some hanging around. There doing a new pro ace Wich is a Peugeot with a Toyota badge on it. Avoid.