What medium sized panel van £6-7k?
Discussion
Okay so budget is up to £7500.
Need a small to medium sized van,
Carpenter/handyman business of which 99% of work is short urban driving,
A decent MPG would be handy but low maintenance costs and reliable to run are more important,
3 seats would be extremely handy as firstborn is due in 5 weeks!
Last van was Vivaro, very first model, cambelt went, taking engine with it and within the year that I owned it it cost be near £2k in various repairs.
I'm out of Vivaros and many reviews back my worries up but is there a particular model that claims better reliability? They're all French built and I'm really not convinced by French vehicles
Which leads me to dismiss the Expert/Dispatch/Scudo/Proace vans,
Everywhere I read those vans are useless.
Toyota Hiace is world renowned as being the most reliable of vans,
I drive a Yaris which has just done 100k with ease,
The Hiace is ugly as you can get in a van but I'm really not fussed,
My only issue with them is the MPG is pretty lame, particularly for urban driving,
Plus a decent one with twin rear doors is super hard to find!
The Mercedes Vito?
Are they expensive to maintain?
Are they reliable?
A normal Transit is slightly to big for my needs,
A Transit Connect LWB is okay but lacking a third seat,
The Nissan NV200 would be a bigger choice than a connect LWB plus better fuel economy,
Have I missed anything else?
Need a small to medium sized van,
Carpenter/handyman business of which 99% of work is short urban driving,
A decent MPG would be handy but low maintenance costs and reliable to run are more important,
3 seats would be extremely handy as firstborn is due in 5 weeks!
Last van was Vivaro, very first model, cambelt went, taking engine with it and within the year that I owned it it cost be near £2k in various repairs.
I'm out of Vivaros and many reviews back my worries up but is there a particular model that claims better reliability? They're all French built and I'm really not convinced by French vehicles
Which leads me to dismiss the Expert/Dispatch/Scudo/Proace vans,
Everywhere I read those vans are useless.
Toyota Hiace is world renowned as being the most reliable of vans,
I drive a Yaris which has just done 100k with ease,
The Hiace is ugly as you can get in a van but I'm really not fussed,
My only issue with them is the MPG is pretty lame, particularly for urban driving,
Plus a decent one with twin rear doors is super hard to find!
The Mercedes Vito?
Are they expensive to maintain?
Are they reliable?
A normal Transit is slightly to big for my needs,
A Transit Connect LWB is okay but lacking a third seat,
The Nissan NV200 would be a bigger choice than a connect LWB plus better fuel economy,
Have I missed anything else?
Third seat limits your choices.
If you rule out he French then you are left with going bigger
Transit
Vito
T5 (big scene tax but better residuals )
I have a caddy but only 2 seats but otherwise reasonable economy and when I've whipped it to an inch of its life some dubber fan will still buy it, a French van will be getting weighed in.
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