what van/vehicle?

[J@mes]

older disco commercials can be had from £1500

I looked at the Pathfinder when looking for a new car, but the disco 3 beat it in just about every category other than price and reliability! doh!

 

[J@mes]

ok if you want to be working out of a cortesy car most weeks while it's in for repairs. if you want 4x4 go for a Jeep Cherokee

drivel, I owned a 300TDi for 2 years and all it needed was a £35 ignition barrel.

 

[lish70]

Ref golf, I narrowly avoided defeat by a dog licence this morning. Not surprising after 4.5hrs kip and a killer hangover. The charity golf sounds a great idea, I usually play in a couple each year. My only fear is Leeds may be a little too far for me but never say never.

 

[lish70]

mmmmm food for thought. Would I be guessing right that i'd struggle for space in either a Kia Sportage or Hyundai Tuscon?

 

[J@mes]

I don't think they really have any more space/ use than an estate car to be honest. Only reason I mention the Discovery commercials is because they have blanked our rear windows for security, come with bulkheads fitted for your safety and obviously look like and drive like a normal discovery.

Yes they rust if you get a bad one but they hold their value well and are very useable for what you want - car, van, camping wagon, dog carrier.

I used mine as all 4 when I had it!

 

[lish70]

The disco would be perfect like the Pathfider commercial but stepping up to either of these would I fear stretch the budget in respect to tax, fuel and initial layout a little too far.

 

[accordfire]

mmmmm food for thought. Would I be guessing right that i'd struggle for space in either a Kia Sportage or Hyundai Tuscon?

Hyundai Santa Fe
Luggage capacity SAE (litres) - seats up (3rd row seats down) 969
Luggage capacity SAE (litres) - seats down 2,247

Kia Sportage
Luggage Capacity Litres (Seats in Position) 564
Luggage Capacity Litres (Seats Folded) 1,353

Kia Sorento
Luggage Capacity - Seats in Position (litres) 531 (5 Seat) 111 (7 Seat)
Luggage Capacity - Seats Folded (litres) 1546 (5 Seat) 1525 (7 seat)


The Hyundai Tuscon isn't made any longer. Nearest seems to be the Hyundai iX35

Luggage capacity SAE (litres) - seats up 591
Luggage capacity SAE (litres) - seats down 1,436

To give you an idea of broad comparison, a latest generation Ford Mondeo Estate has 530 litres of space with the rear seats in place. Skoda Superb Estate has 633 litres.

 

[accordfire]

The disco would be perfect like the Pathfider commercial but stepping up to either of these would I fear stretch the budget in respect to tax, fuel and initial layout a little too far.

Consider contract hire perhaps?

Somewhere like:

Nationwide Vehicle Contracts

You can float around, choose cars or vans, and customise a quote for mileage, service, options on most of their motors - think they can do nearly new too. They're pretty helpful, and they'll do personal as well as business.

 

[Guest123]

What about a double cab pick up???

 

[J@mes]

^^ good shout, Mitsubishi L200's can be had for £2000 now, but again the fuel consumption is not great but it does do everything you need - car, van, dog lugger and camping!

 

[Guest123]

If I didn't need a van it's what I'd have as an all rounder. The new Ford rangers are meant to be brilliant.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

what is your budget? what about a discovery commercial?

Loads of room in the back, normal car up front, great for dogs and camping!

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poor on fuel (30mpg) but good on parts prices and don't ruse like the older ones do!

I looked for one of those a couple of years back, the only one i could find was bright orange (no problem with that ex RAC), but they wanted an arm and a leg for it. Cracking vehicle but rare as rocking horse **** and so command top money. Ended up with SWB Low roof Transit Connect.

 

[lish70]

mmmm just been looking at a Nissan Navara fitted with the Avenger work-style canopy. I understand the new Navara has had a recall for some reason so all new orders are being delayed at the mo and would take at least 3 months to get hold of one. Prob worth the wait... but would I dare stretch my budget that far?

Bill you're a star!!!! do you happen to have detalis of how many litres of tools i'm likely to accumulate?

 

[accordfire]

Lish

You're very likely to end up accumulating one litre more than you have space for - that's an unwritten rule, like gravity.

Mostly, I reckon an estate or good sized hatchback can get people on their way - 500 litres or so of space is enough to carry a fair amount. Plus you have the flexibility of the back seats going down.

Its nice to be "purpose built" though too - and something like a Navaro, or L200 or Ranger is great if you're rural, or doing a lot of site work. It can be a major pain in places like London though. That said, the Navaro I think is expensive for the money - the L200 is probably far better value, with the Walkinshaw at around £26k - roughly the middle of the Navaro price range. Thing about the Ranger is they just ripped the steering wheel off the American side and blu-tacked it on the UK side. When di we ever have a Ford anything that was deisgnated an"XLT", for example. It has American fuel economy too. I do like the Navaros though.

For me, I'm looking at the Santa Fe hard at the moment - it seems a tough one to beat on paper, and the only thing that's bugging me about it is Bluetooth - I want built-in, not add on. Fussy, but have had both in the past, and built in always seems to work far better.

You know, most of us find a way to fit all we need to when we find the motor we *really* want lol!

 

[lish70]

Bill, many thanks again. I'm in rutland so quite Rural an could expect to find myself on quite a few farms. I still have no idea on what style i'd like to go for. Whether somthing like the Santa Fe or Sportage (the later being more my price range); base Nissan Navara with Avenger work-style canopy or the VW Transporter 102 van or combi. I'm more confused now than what I was at the start, a true lost cause!!!