Wez Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Hey All, Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on various van model, looking for something diesel between £3-4k which is cheap to run. Anything from fiesta to max transit / vito size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 My cousins have a fleet of Merc Sprinters, and they swear by them. 311CDi and the 313CDi - they get hard lives, do MEGA miles and just keep going if maintained. They're not short of a bit of poke either when they're empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPG Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 i have a 54 plate vito 109 and it has not missed a beat buddy, bit thirsty id say, if driven a little frantic but other than that it has served our Business well. Heard great things about Transporters too but not sure about the older variants. one thing with the Vito to watch out for is rust buddy, we had a respray to cure it but its stating to show again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero-M Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I would stay away from any of the mercs, they all rust badly, especially the price range your looking for. They cost loads to do anything to and from my experience working for a business with 4 they are very unreliable and thirsty. Transit all the way for economy and reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I've had a Peugeot Boxer 2.8HDI since new, basically the same as the Fiat Ducato and Citroen Relay as they're made in the same factory by their partnership PSA , a little wider than the Transit and really nice to drive, the parts prices were okay with good reliability. Great in the winter with front wheel drive. If you get a Transit size van I would definately get a front wheel drive, I know the transits are available in fwd and rwd. I reckon the Ford vans would be good with the TDCI engines, easy to get parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 transit connect? basically a focus so pretty bullet proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbuddy Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Renault vivaro are nice little vans 54 plate, modern, quite bit of room in back , also bit of poke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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