Cheap reliable medium van for carpenter

goochy

buddy looking to buy van for a couple of grand for his work as carpenter.
reasonably reliable and cheap.!! bigger than carvan but smaller than transit.

was thinking of Fiat scudo, Peugeot partner or citroen dispatch ??. have they all got the same engine ranges ?

kilianmanning

Trafic/vivaro/primastar 1.9 dci. Good van.

listermint

Transit Connect ? I always loved mine back when i was out on the road, nice driver very comfortable.


Brother will be selling his shortly actually as he has obtained a facilities job no van required,.

goochy

transit connect too small - vivaro etc. not great vans - we have them in work

balcan

It's near impossible to get a decent van for a couple of grand as most are ragged.
If I was your buddy I'd stretch his budget a bit for this
Rarer than rare 1 owner with low milage and FSH and a nice bit of tax to boot.
They do like to rust though

https://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-for-sale/04-mercedes-vito-cdi-111-lwb-cvrt-10-16/12064578

goochy

goochy wrote: »

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was thinking of Fiat scudo, Peugeot partner or citroen dispatch ??. have they all got the same engine ranges ?

I think you are thinking right with them, they are decent enough to drive for what they are, 3 seats in front too so quite handy.

No clue on the engines, back in the late 90s they were all the same 1.9 alright iirc.

I'm sure the partner is the thing like a Berlingo though, not Scudo like, utter sh1t imo, engine aside.

The Sidewards Man

kilianmanning wrote: »

Trafic/vivaro/primastar 1.9 dci. Good van.

listermint wrote: »

Transit Connect ? I always loved mine back when i was out on the road, nice driver very comfortable.


Brother will be selling his shortly actually as he has obtained a facilities job no van required,.

All bad vans, do ye want to break the op with those suggestions?

kilianmanning

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

All bad vans, do ye want to break the op with those suggestions?

Have you ever owned one?

The Sidewards Man

kilianmanning wrote: »

Have you ever owned one?

Had one as garage run around and sick to death of repairing them, they are a heap of ****e.

kilianmanning

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

Had one as garage run around and sick to death of repairing them, they are a heap of ****e.

Fair enough, we've had three of them around here well abused daily, never gave any hassle apart from couple of clutch slave cylinders

AMKC

A VW Caddy or a Mercedes Vito. Have heard the Vito is expensive to run do. Caddys are a great van