Everyone keeps telling me to avoid the 700 pound van ...

[Jim9875768752143253545]

......but whats the alternative?


A more expensive van that lasts longer costs about twice as much? So whats the point, are both options are about equally expensive?

Cheers!

[Catnip64]

Jim9875768752143253545 said:

......but whats the alternative?


A more expensive van that lasts longer costs about twice as much? So whats the point, are both options are about equally expensive?

Cheers!

A £500 van?

[Jim9875768752143253545]

Thanks how much more would I have to save, is it more than two 500 pound vans? Why not buy 2 cheap ones a new one IF it goes wrong?

Regards

[Hawkshaw]

There is an old saying, originally applied to the cost of running a yacht:

"If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it."

[georgeyboy12345]

Sounds like you are the kind of person that has to learn the hard way.

[magpie215]

£500 vehicles tend to either become a £1500 after youve sorted it out or scrap within short time frames.

It's the bottom of the market your generally buying up someone else's problematic vehicle.

[JonnyWhitters]

Feels like AI bot questions - not to mention the multiple threads and same questions across multiple sites

[RustyNissanPrairie]

I have form with cheap cars -
£500 Cayenne
£500 XC90

I know these are cars and not vans but they've had an easier life than a working van will have had. I'm an engineer with a large workshop and no children (I have time to tinker).

The Cayenne now stands me at ~£2000
The XC90 now stands me at £3000

These cars were in good condition when I bought them but due to their age they need parts (my labour is free). A <£1k van will be worse.

I also run a 2004 Peugeot Partner Escapade - these are good vans/MPV buy too small to live in.....£700 buys you absolute scrap in one of these.

Years ago my we had a good condition MK7 Transit for our own business - it rusted to death. £700 would buy you a bucket full of Transit rust.

The only van I've known of that was cheap and {okay} was my employers works engineering van - 2011 Fiat Ducato. It was battered and destroyed internally. It was offered to me as I have form with cheap cars but I turned it down. It sold to a work colleague for £400. The following week the clutch failed and after that the ignition barrel melted all the wiring. I would never consider trying to live in it - it's absolutely disgusting.

Good luck but you need to consider other directions/choices in life.

[Ind1e]

I agree with the ‘probably AI’ comment but just can’t help myself as I have previous with both cheap cars AND (for a period) living ‘outside’. So, OP the very best of luck if indeed you are real.
Your circumstances will differ but I found myself with a graduate job that didn’t pay enough for the car I needed and accommodation.
I considered Vans, large MPVs and even a Volvo estate. I settled on the best car (with a tow bar) that I could afford and a very small (auction bargain) Caravan.
My employer was ok(ish) with the Caravan being in their car park while I was out in the car working and the large chain gym were ok(ish) with the car/van combo being as tucked up out of the way in their car park as I could manage while I was using my (work subsidized) off-peak membership. Luckily one of the Managers didn’t make a fuss about me staying there overnight but on the occasions she wasn’t working I had to find somewhere quiet, safe, flat - get there late and leave early.
I thought I was beating the system (for about 6 weeks) until I visited my Mum’s house and realised how stressed and uncomfortable I had been and how much I hated the pi55-taking from work and occasional strangers.
A box room in a shared house wasn’t exactly the Hilton but it beat the Caravan hands down.

[MDMA .]

Just go and buy something Margaret. Getting boring now. Why delete the MSE thread after being rumbled?

[AlexRS2782]

MDMA . said:

Why delete the MSE thread after being rumbled?

I don't think OP removed them, looks like MSE forum themselves removed the mutiple threads and account.