VW Camper van - where to buy?

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filski666

3,841 posts

193 months

Wednesday 10th June 2020
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mikeiow said:
rustyuk said:
Robotron-2084 said:
The only issue/s with a Cali is they are all swb, suicide side door and you can’t put them through the business.

I looked long and hard at them before I got my Kombi, I’d still like one, but not until the kids have left home.
A kombi is treated as car for tax purposes unfortunately
But sadly not for speed limit issues, I believe!
I know speed is a minor irrelevance for campervan, but I’d like to at least have the option to do 70 on a dual carriageway without risking my licence....never understood why a Kombi cannot do 70 but a VW shuttle/caravelle is allowed 70....

....I know: another reason I should stick with camping hehe
If it has a second row of passenger seats behind the driver, has side and rear windows, it counts as a "dual purpose vehicle" and car speed limits apply. So as long as your Kombi has the rear window option ticked - you can do 70mph

edit -full definition:

dual-purpose vehicle
a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage both of passengers and of goods or burden of any description, being a vehicle of which the unladen weight does not exceed 2040 kg, and which either—

(i)is so constructed or adapted that the driving power of the engine is, or by the appropriate use of the controls of the vehicle can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle; or
(ii)satisfies the following conditions as to construction, namely—
(a)the vehicle must be permanently fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel;
(b)the area of the vehicle to the rear of the driver's seat must—
(i)be permanently fitted with at least one row of transverse seats (fixed or folding) for two or more passengers and those seats must be properly
sprung or cushioned and provided with upholstered back-rests, attached either to the seats or to a side or the floor of the vehicle; and
(ii)be lit on each side and at the rear by a window or windows of glass or other transparent material having an area or aggregate area of not less than 1850 square centimetres on each side and not less than 770 square centimetres at the rear; and
(c)the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the back-rests of the row of transverse seats satisfying the requirements specified in head (i) of sub-paragraph (b) (or, if there is more than one such row of seats, the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the back-rests of the rearmost such row) must, when the seats are ready for use, be not less than one-third of the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle


Edited by filski666 on Wednesday 10th June 17:17

Robotron-2084

480 posts

50 months

Thursday 11th June 2020
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My Kombi is a T32 4-Motion, unfortunately it's classed as a commercial and is limited to 60 because it's over 2040kg therefore not classed as dual purpose.


tighnamara

2,189 posts

154 months

Thursday 11th June 2020
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troika said:
Good work! Cali discounts (T6) were typically 5 - 9%, so lower than the transporters. I know someone who’s ordered a new 6.1 Ocean with 8% which seemed pretty good.
That’s a good discount on a 6.1 can you give the name of the dealer as I know someone who is looking at the moment. PM if not possible to post on line. Thanks

troika

1,867 posts

152 months

Thursday 11th June 2020
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tighnamara said:
troika said:
Good work! Cali discounts (T6) were typically 5 - 9%, so lower than the transporters. I know someone who’s ordered a new 6.1 Ocean with 8% which seemed pretty good.
That’s a good discount on a 6.1 can you give the name of the dealer as I know someone who is looking at the moment. PM if not possible to post on line. Thanks
He ordered from Breeze, pre lockdown. Demand is currently very high so would be interesting to see what’s available now. I’ve bought 2 Cali’s from Liverpool and had great deals.

tighnamara

2,189 posts

154 months

Friday 12th June 2020
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troika said:
He ordered from Breeze, pre lockdown. Demand is currently very high so would be interesting to see what’s available now. I’ve bought 2 Cali’s from Liverpool and had great deals.
That’s great, thanks.

troika

1,867 posts

152 months

Saturday 13th June 2020
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tighnamara said:
That’s great, thanks.
Crikey, I’ve just had a look at the latest Cali market. Prices are rock solid. Seems it’s the vehicle of choice coming out of lockdown!