Sprinter for motorhomes £10k max

[HustleRussell]

Trying to help out a friend.

More choice than I thought there would be at £10k.

Is there any particular model or engine that should be avoided?

Does rust continue to be a problem on second generation?

Gut says that total mileage is perhaps less important than the type of use and abuse. Ex-DPD vans for example worth avoiding?

Cheers

[HustleRussell]

Interesting about the paint. Looked at probably 15 white ‘14’ and ‘64’ plate ex-DPD vans yesterday and they were all developing rust on the external bodywork pretty much at random. Nothing that threatens the structural parts but enough that the game of ‘whack-a-mole’ has already begun. Will go and look at some non-white ones.

[HustleRussell]

reddiesel said:

HustleRussell said:

Interesting about the paint. Looked at probably 15 white ‘14’ and ‘64’ plate ex-DPD vans yesterday and they were all developing rust on the external bodywork pretty much at random. Nothing that threatens the structural parts but enough that the game of ‘whack-a-mole’ has already begun. Will go and look at some non-white ones.

I have a few of these vans and I wonder how much of this rust is down to Mercedes and how much is down to poor repair work after DPD Drivers prang them . Perhaps they no longer repair minor bodywork damage , if so it wouldn't surprise me . In comparison to DPD I run a minuscule Business but the sight of almost £30k of Sprinter perhaps a few months old and already badly damaged really gets on my nerves for some reason , if these were my vehicles and the Drivers my Employees I think I would be suicidal , its astounding levels of carelessness and incompetence .

I don’t suppose you have any for sale? There is upward flexibility in the budget for a good van...

By the way, plenty of filler to be found in the sills, flanks and rear doors of many of the DPD vans...

Edited by HustleRussell on Monday 24th May 11:09

[HustleRussell]

Thanks for the post. I would’ve loved to have had the time to assess the options more completely but she dropped about £13.5k with the vat on one of the ex-DPD vans at the end of last week. I hope it will turn out to be a good base for her project.