Ok lads I'm looking for a new van as my transit has come to a stage that there's to much spending to do. I'm looking for a newish van but vans are so expensive . I am in two minds to get a smaller van and use my litle trailer when neaded .I do fancy the new shape combo cheap to run cheaper than any new van on the market and the new shape looks good .Any advice lads regards
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Squarehead
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Had to change my transit (rust) was an 06 just got another transit 13 plate. traded van in for £700. new one was 9k pay £175 a month over 5 years i think it is. hopefully last me 6 years then change again to another transit when it's done (rusted). Just like transits. Don't go the trailer option had one come off once, dangerous flying about town.
Next time get a safety chain
jamesthefirst
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My toyota hiace is great and never let me down but if i had to have a transit i would want a tailgatte but i dont see many of them about. Sure it would be a spec option.
Squarehead
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Won't be a next time. First van (mistake) 15 years ago was a Ford courier combo.great van but 5 bags of multi in it and bumper was on the floor. Had a sheet of 8x4 flip off the roof rack in the wind (single sheet) that scared me too. Doesn't stop me though. Forgot to shut transit side door, went round roundabout and no fewer than 4 bags of multi flipped out on the road. Bit embarrassing clearing that lot up with a queue forming. Did the bags split.? .course they f**k**g did.Next time get a safety chain
roryston
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I've owned a corsa van, combo van, used various cars and 2x transits.
Small vans are good for fuel and parking and carrying small tools and materials but any real weight such as 6/7 bags of multi, tools and yourself there a bit useless, even with a roof rack for 8x4 sheets or battens etc they can be easily over loaded and struggle.
I personally wouldn't own another Vauxhall van again the earlyer 1.7 DTI engine is said to be bulletproof but everything around it seems to go wrong or break at some point, oil leaks, water leaks, water mixing with oil due to oil cooler gaskets, brakes are useless especially if you got weight on board, starting problems etc
The later 1.3 cdti engine is also said to be good but the low pressure turbo is wank if your using it to pull weight and the gearboxes like to go, bloke who works for us has had his out 3/4 times in 18 months.
Transits I like there lovley a true work horse, the rust is a nightmare yes but if you find a half about one you should be alright. I can step into my transit every morning and know it'll start "touch wood" there built for work, to take you to work and carry your stuff for work.
Theres other vans out there but I haven't owned them or been around them Volkswagens are nice but id break my heart getting skim all over them
Small vans are good for fuel and parking and carrying small tools and materials but any real weight such as 6/7 bags of multi, tools and yourself there a bit useless, even with a roof rack for 8x4 sheets or battens etc they can be easily over loaded and struggle.
I personally wouldn't own another Vauxhall van again the earlyer 1.7 DTI engine is said to be bulletproof but everything around it seems to go wrong or break at some point, oil leaks, water leaks, water mixing with oil due to oil cooler gaskets, brakes are useless especially if you got weight on board, starting problems etc
The later 1.3 cdti engine is also said to be good but the low pressure turbo is wank if your using it to pull weight and the gearboxes like to go, bloke who works for us has had his out 3/4 times in 18 months.
Transits I like there lovley a true work horse, the rust is a nightmare yes but if you find a half about one you should be alright. I can step into my transit every morning and know it'll start "touch wood" there built for work, to take you to work and carry your stuff for work.
Theres other vans out there but I haven't owned them or been around them Volkswagens are nice but id break my heart getting skim all over them
whitebeam
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Left my side door open, lost 4 bags of bonding....never did find em.
Danny
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Jurek
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as already mentioned get a toyota hiace. pre 06 were made in japan. bang on. like the nissans of yesteryear. never had a problem. toyota is actually a city in japan.
jamesthefirst
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Had mine nearly 13 years and 110,000 on clock and I think it will keep on going but reckon The m.o.t test regulations might fail it one day. Saving up for another.
Danny
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yeah ours was a sack of nuts really... I nicknamed it KP
they are good to be honest... luckily ours did not ever need an MOT
reeves1985
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I recently bought a new Renault trafic sport dci120
I did look at nearly new etc but didn't fancy getting stung with buying and then having to fork out on work as most stuff in the 8-9k bracket had 100k miles on etc
Bought the new traffic sport and it's been fantastic so far
Admittedly I've only done 2k miles in it so it's still breaking in but I paid the vat as deposit and pay £65 a week
Worked out £13,500 + VAT so probably 4k more that I initially wanted to spent but with that I get 4 years warranty and 4 years breakdown (hopefully not needed)
Ive racked it down 1 side and put a false floor in
the sport has also the toys, sat navigation, twin turbos and I've got the reverse camera. Nice silver colour as well.
I can get 6 8×4's in under the false floor all other shite on top.
Long stuff goes in the racking with other bits like screws.
This is the SWB version also
They made the SWB slightly bigger on the new model to get a full 8x4 in flat so false floor works well.
That reminds me u never did get round to putting some pics up that I promised ages ago.
I did look at nearly new etc but didn't fancy getting stung with buying and then having to fork out on work as most stuff in the 8-9k bracket had 100k miles on etc
Bought the new traffic sport and it's been fantastic so far
Admittedly I've only done 2k miles in it so it's still breaking in but I paid the vat as deposit and pay £65 a week
Worked out £13,500 + VAT so probably 4k more that I initially wanted to spent but with that I get 4 years warranty and 4 years breakdown (hopefully not needed)
Ive racked it down 1 side and put a false floor in
the sport has also the toys, sat navigation, twin turbos and I've got the reverse camera. Nice silver colour as well.
I can get 6 8×4's in under the false floor all other shite on top.
Long stuff goes in the racking with other bits like screws.
This is the SWB version also
They made the SWB slightly bigger on the new model to get a full 8x4 in flat so false floor works well.
That reminds me u never did get round to putting some pics up that I promised ages ago.
robbiboy1970
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why buy a new van ............???????????????????
sat nav??????????? unless you work away from home....
reversing camera ????????????????? have you passed your test
twin turbos ??????????say no more
six 8x4s..................................?
sat nav??????????? unless you work away from home....
reversing camera ????????????????? have you passed your test
twin turbos ??????????say no more
six 8x4s..................................?
reeves1985
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Because it worked out cheaper than leasing and the used market was selling tat for about 8-9k
So 2 extra years finance at roughly £10 a week more
For something that has a 4 years warranty and breakdown
Made sense for me
But each to their own
The op was asking for opinions and I gave him mine
Vincey
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How much is the finance per month if you dont mind me asking, feel free to pm it if you dont want to post it up
robbiboy1970
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fair do's
reeves1985
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Nah I dint mind I've nowt to hide lol
Mines £271 a month over 5 years with vat as deposit
So if you take it over 52 weeks £62.
I love mine as well mate
Can I ask where did you get the seat cover from?
The only thing that annoys me is that tab under the seat when you have a long length in means the seat can't be sat on
I keep meaning to cut it off lol
Vincey
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Off ebay I'll try find a link they are leatherette about £130 they come in 3 sections for each seat so can still flip down and up the desktop middle seat..good to wipe down as well at the end of the week
roryston
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That's a very good deal, you could fund that money easily by sticking that extra on a job or two.
Or even work a Saturday to pay the finance
Vincey
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You will have to pick your van type seats but this is the page , think they change the colours to black and silver but you could send them my picture to see if they still do them all black.just make sure they are in 3 separate sections if you still want to use pull down desk seat ... Not a double cover
Don't think the seats vary but may be they do as that's how they list them, mines sportive model
Vincey
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Just do it mate you look like you got enough work coming in all the time and will find the money , I wasted ten years debating weather to get new, driving around in a s**t van and then paying out for repairs,
No better feeling than having everything organised in me new one and absolute pleasure to drive to and from work it cheers me up, even going to quotes I don't want to drive to at night I don't mind going in the new van.
It's gave me a new spark for work
roryston
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I was considering it before I bought the transit I got now, I'm glad I came across this one spent 3 weeks looking at bangers and rot boxes (for my budget) this one came at the perfect time and was exactly what I wanted. I needed a bigger weight one to tow my 4x4 with and it ticked all the right boxes.
But these things are few and far between I couldn't go through all that again so in a few years time I'm going to definitely look into new.
Vincey
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Nice one , lol sorry I read your previous post like you was thinking of getting a van , the transit sounds cool , all the best with it
reeves1985
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Cheers pal
I'll have a look at them.
I need something as at the minute I'm making do with a towel lol!
I agree about the new vs rot box
I have a combo for 5 years can't fault the van and sold it for £300 less that I bought it for 5 years ago.
Never cost me a penny but that was luck more than judgement and was just starting to wear to a point of costing a fortune to keep on the road.
Plus you couldn't swing a cat in it!!
Got the trafic racked out now and a false floor in and suits me perfectly!
As you say if you can't earn £65 a week to pay for it you shouldn't be doing the job!!
reeves1985
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Here's how I've racked the back out with false floor and shelving down one side.
A bit of organised chaos!
8x4's fit underneath
Vincey
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reeves1985
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Looks well that mate
See how long it stays like that lol!
Always ends up a s**t tip mine haha
S a plastering
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what did you use for the false floor mate 18mm ply?
reeves1985
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The false floor was made with 4x2 for the long supports from the wheel arches forward and just behind the wheel arches to the back
Then for the cross supports I used some old steel box section (old council green posts) on top of the timber.
To brace the space where the wheel arches are I used cls (happened to be same size as the steel)
So because it's all braced and supported well I only used 12mm ply for the floor itself.
It's going nowhere.
It needs bracing because even with 18mm the span is too great it would sag under constant load from gear and tools.
The way the back is you need the full width more or less between the arches to get a full proper 8x4 sheet in so I had to get a bit creative with the bracing there.
The original plan was to run 4x2 all the way front to back just inside the arches and cross brace with box section but became aparrant that you couldn't do it like that as you need the width arch to arch.
Originally my mate was just going to knock me up a full frame from box which would negate any need for clever bracing but he was real busy and I needed it doing asap so set about it myself.
All your basically doing is running front to back with timber and cross bracing all the way along bracing the width by using steel it stops the sagging issue and the bracing between the arches with timer give added support to that area as that's where I put all my bags of gear
There's enough room to get 6 8x4 sheets of plasterboard in.
I work alone generally so that's plenty for me any more and I get a delivery.
It takes the hassle away from only needing a couple of boards and having to wait on delivery which you can look a little amateurish booking a delivery for 1-2 boards