Van recommendations

[Cammy]

You'd be hard pushed to do better than a Ford Transit Connect. They're very competitively priced for the quality of van. They may not be as pretty as their VW counterparts but being 20% cheaper for similar specs second hand...
I picked up a 58 plate with 25k on the clock and it's brill; not so big it's a pain to park and you can get all your essentials in them pretty easily too.

 

[mogga]

Im thinking of a Transporter, what are they like on fuel consumption mate.

600-700 on £100 fill depending on what usage your doing

 

[stan794]

Been looking about today but can anyone who has a van on a lease give me the run down on the benefits as opposed to buying one on HP, the bloody salesman lost me lol. My plan is to change it every 4 years, had enough of older vans and the problems them bring.

 

[richy3333]

Im thinking of a Transporter, what are they like on fuel consumption mate.

Great. Takes about £90 to fill mine up but then goes on forever on the tank. I have the 140BHP short wheel base model

 

[jpm646]

Buy cheap, buy twice. Get yourself a Transporter. Whilst you think you wont carry much, it soon adds up. Sometimes wish I had a VW Crafter!

Transporters are a pile of ****e I've got an 08 plate one had it from new I've had
New turbo
New flywheel
New side door locking system door wouldn't close
Also they are easy to break in to

Oh and before anyone says about the mileage it's only just coverd 32k

Give me my ford transit back any day that had 100k on it and never gave me any problems

 

[richy3333]

Trade it in for another tranny' dude?

Can't say I've had any problems with mine, maybe you just has a duff vehicle because I've never heard a bad word said about them? Round our way, V-dubs are then only vans that don't rust and let you down in winter.

 

[robassais]

Check out the VW Combo (corsa based van) good carrying capacity small but nippy diesel motor be aware that some small vans might have the space for all your tools and rolls of cable and other equipment but not without going over their max axle loads.

 

[The Finch]

If you looking at buying used there's a few combos and connects about from likes of British gas bt etc also few bigger transits and vivaros, our firm use ford I've got the connect not bad carries what i need had the Peugeot version of berlingo crap no power uncomfortable on long trips there's rumour that we going to be given the option of a swb transit next in which case ladders go inside no howling

I do like the vw vans and my mate has a Mercedes vito which he says is good

 

[jpm646]

Trade it in for another tranny' dude?

Can't say I've had any problems with mine, maybe you just has a duff vehicle because I've never heard a bad word said about them? Round our way, V-dubs are then only vans that don't rust and let you down in winter.

Could well b to be honest the ford dealer near me are ******s the service from VW is 100 x betta but just the van doesn't seam as good to me, fair point about the rust though ha ha.

 

[olliep]

If you want a small van I recommend the Astravan, go for the 1.7s though as the 1.3s aren't very quick. They have quite good fuel economy as we get around 45mpg on a run with a fully loaded van, with roof rack carrying ladders and pipe tube.

 

[billmicheals]

traffic van for me love em .........:24::24:

 

[Umeme_ajabu]

We've had a few different ones at work through just hiring them from northgate.

i thought the vito rolled a bit too much around the corners and the material used to line the back had no grip at all causing my stuff to slide around all over the place.

just been using the new peugeot partner and thought it was great up front, lots of useful and clever storage spaces although not that much room in the back. I think I managed to get 40mpg out of it.

Renault trafic not ideal if you want 3 people in the front absolutely no leg room for the middle man!

Nissan nv200 - looks like it will blow over in high winds but loads of room in the front, quite nippy and it got me from newcastle to cambridge and back with 50 miles left in the tank and only £60 to fill up. The back is spacious enough to fit 2 big cable drums into (the size you would expect 240mm SWA to be on) albeit a bit narrow.

astravan only really room for tools and other odds and ends in the back would definitely need roof racks for steps or containment but great on fuel and quite comfortable up front.

all time favourite though has to be the ford transit. Comfortable and spacious up front, the best standard sound system out of them all, fairly good on fuel with £100 getting about 600 miles and loads of space in the back for everything you need to bring and take away from a job.

never had a VW but have been told they can be unreliable. I would love to have one some day though. I have always thought they were the coolest looking vans around!

 

[silbo]

I have an NV200, got it a few months ago, I'm more than happy, get about 41 mpg average if I take it easy on a long run can get 50 mpg. Got AC, blue tooth, Ipod dock and USB, ply lined, metallic paint. Had an LPG berlingo before and to be honest it wasn't that economical, and before that had an old diesel berlingo non turbo on an 04 and it was useless on a run. It had no go maybe ok on short town runs. The NV200 has plenty of room, has an upright driving position. It does blow about a bit like the previous guy said. It costs me £160.00 plus VAT which I get back over 4 years with a baloon payment. I suppose it is like the poor mans VW. But I think it is ideal. Two side loaders and a reversing camera too.