Best £1000 small van?

[BluSparx]

I paid 800 for a X plate Vauxhall Combo 1.7d with 73,000 on when I set up in June not bad but I know I am only running for 12mnths then changing already needing a bigger van to carry the stock in for the jobs I am getting now the business is growing

 

[Festerfly]

i started with an Astra Van, it has lasted me a year and did a great job but i did find i outgrew it VERy quickly.. plus the annoyance of having to bend over and climb in to the thing every time i wanted something from the far end of the van did me in.

So i sold it and have just replaced it with an EX BT Openreach Vauxhall Vivaro. Best move i ever made....

Moral of the story...??

Get something like a Kangoo/Berlingo/Disoeatch etc to save your back.. plus what it lacks in length it makes up for in height.

 

[kevyn]

I have just replaced my old Peugeot Partner it was a cracking van. The height in the back definitly makes up for the lack of length. Bought it for £400 off my old boss and got 2 years out of it (only used it for work for the past 6 months). Outgrown it now tho into a MWB Transit with the semi high roof.

 

[grantr37]

a thousand pounds will get you the road tax and a tank of petrol LOL and you will have enough left over for a bag of chips

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Agree with Festerfly, side door essential if don't want to be off work with back troubles.

 

[baz9799]

Whatever you get mate make sure it has had a cambelt change in the last 10 to 20 thousand miles as if it has'nt and you cant do it yourself your looking at upto £300 plus to get it changed or throw the van away when it snaps, if your willing to risk it and wait for it to snap as repair bill will out strip the price of the van.
I have run a berlingo in the past 1.9 diesel good mpg and highish roof pretty practical

 

[mattmoo1974]

DONT buy anastra the feul pump goes for a pass time 1k to fix.
Get a berlingo/kango somat like that. Very basic 1.9 diesel lump in them same engine in all the vans, So if you get any probs parts are cheap as
Iv got the best of both worlds chrysler grand voyager 7 seater, Pull 2 handles the back bench seat pops out on wheels, and the 2 other single seats pop out with 1 pull on a handle. Its 15foot 4 inchs long(about the same as a tranny) i get 30 mpg, Standard tinted windows twin side doors and the rear door is a up job Oh and the rear seat moves back and forth on runners,so i can get all my tools and the brats in So if you want a daul use van/people carrier id say get 1 of them mate, Theres plenty of older 1s on the bay. Oh and the bench seat with fit behind the drivers/passagers so you get a 5 seater and about 6 foot of clear space(more then a astra etc etc) Just a thought i cant fault the thing. Mr tax man will allow you 40p per mile with it as well

 

[mattmoo1974]

Oh and its 140 bhp it goes like a rocket

 

[Marvo]

How come nobody drives Transit vans anymore? Last time I was in the UK (18yrs ago) there were more Transits on the road than you could wave a stick at.

 

[mattmoo1974]

the new 1s are CRAP, Had a new 1 every 3 yrs and it spent alot of its time in the garage, And if i had to pay for the front tyres i would of sued FORD for there major design fault!

 

[telectrix]

just for interest, here's my chariot, slow, noisy, tempremental, but bought for £800 and gives 45mpg.

 

[mattmoo1974]

"slow, noisy, tempremental" How do you no your vans female?

 

[telectrix]

it's deffo female, hard to start, slow to warm up, but fantastic once it gets going. ( now i'll have the pc gestapo after me for being sexist. can you actually be offensive to a van, ? do vans have feelings? ) and before the RSPCA get on the bandwagon, no frogs were harmed in the making of the photo. it's not a real frog freezing to death on the front grille.

 

[mattmoo1974]

A van you can trade in NUFF Said

 

[telectrix]

this van will not trade in it will be weighed in as it's going to run till it dies a natural death. no more expensive, newish vans for me, spending more time in the renault dealers being " repaired"! than on the road.