Anyone bought a VW Van recently?
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bqf said:
I've decided to bite the bullet and buy a van. I'm going to go for either a Transit Custom Limited (WAAAAAAY cheaper) or a VW Transporter.
Base price of the VW is £37,000. Any ideas what I should be aiming at in terms of a discount right now?
Please let me know if you find a VW dealer that's prepared to give you a decent discount on new vans.Base price of the VW is £37,000. Any ideas what I should be aiming at in terms of a discount right now?
Lately they've been asking the same for a year old van than they were offering equivalent new ones, discounted, six months ago.
Have a look on Volkswagen used commercial website. There seems to be a raft of 2019 transporter shuttles around £23-25K, another couple fo K ups the spec to an SE. I would imagine the 5/6 seat versions are similar and it seems the compelling event is the new T6.1 is out so the the T6 is down a little in price.
I've a large family, we all mountain bike, surf & camp so currently stalking a late T6 LWB to fit as much s
t in without needing bike carriers.
I've a large family, we all mountain bike, surf & camp so currently stalking a late T6 LWB to fit as much s
t in without needing bike carriers. cavey76 said:
Have a look on Volkswagen used commercial website. There seems to be a raft of 2019 transporter shuttles around £23-25K, another couple fo K ups the spec to an SE. I would imagine the 5/6 seat versions are similar and it seems the compelling event is the new T6.1 is out so the the T6 is down a little in price.
I've a large family, we all mountain bike, surf & camp so currently stalking a late T6 LWB to fit as much st in without needing bike carriers.
Yes, I've been on the web but they've virtually nothing in the spec I need. It has to have aircon as it'll be in France mostly, and it needs to tow 2700kg, so that rules out the asthmatic engines..... I've a large family, we all mountain bike, surf & camp so currently stalking a late T6 LWB to fit as much s
t in without needing bike carriers. bqf said:
By the way, a Metallic Blue Transit custom, with all the kit - aircon, cruise, bluetooth etc etc is £28,000.....INC VAT
Struggling to look past that at the moment
Tough choice. Struggling to look past that at the moment
My recent dealings with my local VW dealer have been rubbish, really rubbish.
I'm thinking my local Ford dealer couldn't possibly be worse.
bqf said:
By the way, a Metallic Blue Transit custom, with all the kit - aircon, cruise, bluetooth etc etc is £28,000.....INC VAT
Struggling to look past that at the moment
Just factor in the differing amounts of depreciation. Struggling to look past that at the moment
The transit will still probably be cheaper but the difference won't be as much as the headline figures.
I don't have experience of VW commercials but do run a large fleet consisting of over 100 Customs.
We have experienced not insignificant engine issues with the 2 litre diesel in Custom and Transit applications, the latest today is a snapped cam belt at 59,000 miles on a 67 plate vehicle (not due a change within the distance/ mileage).
Main issues are injector and head related and affect this later engine, the previous 2.2 was much tougher.
They are cheap, maybe a reason why..
We have experienced not insignificant engine issues with the 2 litre diesel in Custom and Transit applications, the latest today is a snapped cam belt at 59,000 miles on a 67 plate vehicle (not due a change within the distance/ mileage).
Main issues are injector and head related and affect this later engine, the previous 2.2 was much tougher.
They are cheap, maybe a reason why..
Headlights are dire on the T6 and 6.1 - you want LEDs or the H7 type used on the caravelle / california / shuttle (not sure std on the shuttle).
T6s seem to have EGR problems with the bi-turbo able to ingest coolant via the cooler. I guess like any vehicle you only find problem stories on the internet and dont know the % with issues. The ‘T6 forum’ is a good place to research and ask advice. There are also trade members who sell / lease vehicles.
The thing to look for on VW commercial sales website are vans that are described as Gross non vat qualifying. These are usually previously privately owned (as opposed to business owned) and no VAT has been claimed back, so the dealers cannot re-charge the VAT. Thats why lots of shuttles look good value.
T6s seem to have EGR problems with the bi-turbo able to ingest coolant via the cooler. I guess like any vehicle you only find problem stories on the internet and dont know the % with issues. The ‘T6 forum’ is a good place to research and ask advice. There are also trade members who sell / lease vehicles.
The thing to look for on VW commercial sales website are vans that are described as Gross non vat qualifying. These are usually previously privately owned (as opposed to business owned) and no VAT has been claimed back, so the dealers cannot re-charge the VAT. Thats why lots of shuttles look good value.
Venisonpie said:
I don't have experience of VW commercials but do run a large fleet consisting of over 100 Customs.
We have experienced not insignificant engine issues with the 2 litre diesel in Custom and Transit applications, the latest today is a snapped cam belt at 59,000 miles on a 67 plate vehicle (not due a change within the distance/ mileage).
Main issues are injector and head related and affect this later engine, the previous 2.2 was much tougher.
They are cheap, maybe a reason why..
We have seen similar on vw’s where the Water pump seems to fai, we have seen one transit have injector issues that went ford and they replaced them without quibble, both will have issues but I’d take my chance with the ford.We have experienced not insignificant engine issues with the 2 litre diesel in Custom and Transit applications, the latest today is a snapped cam belt at 59,000 miles on a 67 plate vehicle (not due a change within the distance/ mileage).
Main issues are injector and head related and affect this later engine, the previous 2.2 was much tougher.
They are cheap, maybe a reason why..
I'd had transporters since 2006, bought two Transits in January 2017. Got rid of them within 18months, continually at the dealership. Bought two 9 month old Transporters for the same cost as the brand new Transits, not had any issues with them. I have found Ford customer service to be absolutely useless with the vans and the Mustang that I have had.
silver1011 said:
The Transporter has and continues to be plagued with SCR (Adblue) system issues too.
Not all, only some Transporters and it’s likely down to cheap diesel and short runs.My 204 has been 99% reliable, the only issue was an egr flexi-pipe sorted out the same day it was discovered under warranty.
bqf said:
By the way, a Metallic Blue Transit custom, with all the kit - aircon, cruise, bluetooth etc etc is £28,000.....INC VAT
Struggling to look past that at the moment
mine cost 20 plus the vat last year and has everything spec metallic auto/ac/heated seats/screen (nonworking PoS android auto entertainment) etc, online broker lied and pulled a fast one and pre regd it though, but local dealer seemed like someone you couldnt talk to, and couldn't even price the correct van up.Struggling to look past that at the moment
Dealer network are dire, annoyingly my mechanic who is kind of ford leaning which was a large sway has sold his house and is moving away!
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