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OK, so lets have a budget of £12,000-17,000 for arguments sake.

Requirements.
1. air-con
2. non-space-ship miles.
3. Medium/Large in size
4. Not in Scotland.

That's about it really in truth.
It can be within reason pretty much anything, but i want to think it'll go without issue for the next fair few miles.

It doesn't want to be an XLWB, possible even not a LWB, think more Movano, Transit, Vivaro, Trafic.

Clean and tidy would be nice.
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2015 Ex BT Vivaro, 23k miles, £11k+ VAT? Doesn't say with air con though. :(

ONLY 23,000 MILES DIRECT FROM BT FLEET WITH LISTED HISTORY - TWIN SIDE DOORS- 3 SEATS - DIGITAL BLUETOOTH STEREO - ELECTRIC WINDOWS - ELECTRIC MIRRORS - ROOF RACK - BULKHEAD - LINED - HARD WEARING FLOOR - REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING - ABS - PAS - IMMOBILISER - ALARM - THIS VAN COMES WITH A LONG MOT UNTIL OCT'23 - RECENTLY SERVICED AT 19K - FREE 6 MONTH WARRANTY INCLUDED

They have a few possibles. https://www.prioritycommercials.co.uk/u ... ey-4743109
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125645486917

Except it's in Scotchland :(
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Not in Scotland 😂
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Just buy the best Transit you can afford, they're better than everything else.
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...or vivaro. Been very pleased with my 19 plate.
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dern wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:48 pm ...or vivaro. Been very pleased with my 19 plate.
I'm giving both the Vivaro and the Transit a consideration that's for sure.

This was nice, but no air-con
https://www.praters.co.uk/used-ford-tra ... re-4780890

I like this one too
https://www.praters.co.uk/used-ford-tra ... re-4791402

But the Vivaro are arguably better value
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-detail ... 000&page=1
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You're in luck, it looks like they've not sold it since I posted on your last van thread!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225257503079
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I prefer the Transit to drive over the Movano, but that is a massive difference in price so the Movano could win
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:01 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125645486917

Except it's in Scotchland :(
Buy it and I'll drive it down for you for the price of a train ticket back north.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:02 pm
dern wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:48 pm ...or vivaro. Been very pleased with my 19 plate.
I'm giving both the Vivaro and the Transit a consideration that's for sure.

This was nice, but no air-con
https://www.praters.co.uk/used-ford-tra ... re-4780890

I like this one too
https://www.praters.co.uk/used-ford-tra ... re-4791402

But the Vivaro are arguably better value
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/van-detail ... 000&page=1
They're diesels? I thought you didn't do diesels? Although getting a petrol commercial vehicle is going to be hard work!
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cheb wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:33 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:01 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125645486917

Except it's in Scotchland :(
Buy it and I'll drive it down for you for the price of a train ticket back north.
Thank you... but no.

Too low, too many seats, so not enough space... it's half a van really.
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Taipan wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:34 pm They're diesels? I thought you didn't do diesels? Although getting a petrol commercial vehicle is going to be hard work!
I'd prefer a petrol... but not realistic.
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May I add that our work vans used to be "serviced" by BT Fleet. When I rang a mate who works for BT and told him who we were now using he wasn't very complimentary about them, which was borne out in my experiences. Utterly shocking standard of maintenance, I think the best one was a colleagues LWB hi-top Tranny that had a misfire.....it was a diesel. Despite being told after the third visit, where diagnostics showed nothing, to change the fuel filter just in case, they didn't as apparently it was changed inline with the service schedule. Filter disintegrated and wrecked the fuel injection system and the specialist place it had to go to for that found what was left of the filter had been there a long time, a very long time.

My own van kept going into limp mode after I'd cracked the sump and had it replaced after driving down an unmade road, twice it cut out and died on me on a dual carriageway with no hard shoulder. BT Fleet just reset the ECU without any attempt at diagnostics so I ended up getting another van on safety grounds.
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Would you be keeping this one?
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weeksy wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:35 pm
cheb wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:33 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:01 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125645486917

Except it's in Scotchland :(
Buy it and I'll drive it down for you for the price of a train ticket back north.
Thank you... but no.

Too low, too many seats, so not enough space... it's half a van really.
That's a relief, I've just noticed that it's in Lanark, it's a weird place.
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How about a Trafic - even appears to have A/C and isn't white!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154914380930
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cheb wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:49 pm

That's a relief, I've just noticed that it's in Lanark, it's a weird place.
You think. My step son moved to Wishaw. Never seen so many misfits in the one area in all my life.
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Why not.just lease a new one? You'll never be happy with used and may end up with a shitter anyway...
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v8-powered wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:48 pm Why not.just lease a new one? You'll never be happy with used and may end up with a shitter anyway...
£320 a month plus £2200 deposit over 2 years is £8000 paid out.

That's a lot of depreciation to cover

If I bought a van for £15k there is no way it'll only be worth £7000 in 2 years?