Is this commercial?

donalh087

Quick question, for the purposes of VRT, is this a commercial vehicle?

http://vans.autotrader.co.uk/used-vans/mercedes-benz/vito/2005-mercedes-benz-vito-vito-111-cdi-window-van-high-roof-diesel-birminghm-vfpa-8ab2a3423e79e83f013ea801d9820ba2/makemodel/make/mercedes-benz/model/vario/model/vito/bodytype/minibus

colm_mcm

Not with the windows

Eric Cartman

it was obviously a wheelchair bus or similar at one time and now is not, the back bumper looks like its been filled / sprayed (pics 7 and 8) with a rattle can. probably covering up the mountings for ramps etc..

colm_mcm

Is the bottom of the drivers door bubbling with rust?

Eric Cartman

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is the bottom of the drivers door bubbling with rust?

thats what im seeing, it doesnt line up with the sliding door or the wing either. Id say its a badly repaired former special needs bus tbh

donalh087

I'm impressed. Shame though, it's good value.

colm_mcm

Them yokes rusted on the production line

donalh087

I'm looking for a commercial that I can do the school run in as well. Any ideas? I hate the look of crew cabs - any other options?

Bpmull

donalh087 wrote: »

I'm looking for a commercial that I can do the school run in as well. Any ideas? I hate the look of crew cabs - any other options?

How many seats do you need ? alot of the medium size vans have 3 front seats.

donalh087

3 kids, wife, au pair, small business, I need space. I'm leaning toward a 10 seater minibus.. I think they are commercial?

colm_mcm

Fiat multipla ftw

Ronnie Beck

donalh087 wrote: »

3 kids, wife, au pair, small business, I need space. I'm leaning toward a 10 seater minibus.. I think they are commercial?

Commercials have to have less then four seats.

Bpmull

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

Commercials have to have less then four seats.

How do crewcab vans work then I though they were taxed commercially.

donalh087

You sure Ronnie? I thought for VRT purposes a 10 seater was commercial?

L1011

10 seater is a different driving licence category.

R.O.R

I know a 9 + driver minibus needs a DOE test, but an 8 + driver doesn't. But you do need an M licence to drive a 10 seat + minibus.

Not sure what the tax is, whether it's cheaper than normal or not.

9 Seat Transporter / Vito and take the rear row of seats out? 3 up front, 3 in the middle row and a massive load area at the back. Road tax is either engine size or emissions though, depending on when it was registered.

Ronnie Beck

Bpmull wrote: »

How do crewcab vans work then I though they were taxed commercially.

Vehicle class is a crewcab not commercial but the tax is still goods

Ronnie Beck

donalh087 wrote: »

You sure Ronnie? I thought for VRT purposes a 10 seater was commercial?

For VRT the rate would be the same. Minbuses with ten plus seats are in the same VRT category as commercials. http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/revised-vehicle-classification.html

I thought you meant you wanted to tax it as a goods vehicle.

R.O.R

Ronnie Beck wrote: »

Commercials have to have less then four seats.

How do you explain the LandRover Discovery Utility? 5 Seat, N1 type approved commercial vehicle. Generally taxed privately, despite being a commercial.

Bandara

R.O.R wrote: »

How do you explain the LandRover Discovery Utility? 5 Seat, N1 type approved commercial vehicle. Generally taxed privately, despite being a commercial.

Spot on, the amount of lads I know who got these last year purely for that reason

Ronnie Beck

R.O.R wrote: »

How do you explain the LandRover Discovery Utility? 5 Seat, N1 type approved commercial vehicle. Generally taxed privately, despite being a commercial.

Sorry, you can have more than four seats. I was thinking about taxing it as a van where you have too have less than four seats. Four or more it has to be a crewcab.

Yawlboy

Get a LandRover Defender pre-2008. 6 Seats (3 front 3 middle) and a big boot or tray (130)

Del2005

R.O.R wrote: »

I know a 9 + driver minibus needs a DOE test, but an 8 + driver doesn't. But you do need an M licence to drive a 10 seat + minibus.

M is for Mopeds, it's D1 for a 10 seater