Thanks
Thanks for the Seat/VW suggestion but there isnt a 'heavyweight' offering available. Yes I think I will steer clear of Ford!
Anna
Re: OT: Buying a van
Dec 03, 2007
15 Replies
Company is about to go bust?
More immediately, the Transit Connect is wider than the ones on my shortlist and wont fit through my gateway ... which was made for horse and cart ... OK I could widen the gateway and I will do, but not until next spring when lime will set outdoors
Anna
My old van is uneconomic to repair :-( so it is time for a new van.
> I'm planning to get a van which is two or three years old and either a
> Vauxhall Combo 2000 1.7CDti
> or a
> Peugeot Partner 800 LX HDi 75
> both of which are little vans designed to take heavy weights
>
> I am looking at an ex Anglia Water van and an ex British Gas van >
> Would anyone have an opinion on what sort of life they will have had?
> On the go all day long? Servicing?
>
> Anna
Added uk.rec.cars.maintenance as crosspost.
What about Seat Inca/VW Caddy in the same class, dont think anyone would recomend Fords recent offeriings.
Whats wrong with Ford??
Or you could just get a horse and cart.
A good cart should outlive your children, and when the horse pops his clogs it's burgers a la francais!
Owain
You bastard - I'm going to go to bed with the "Steptoe and son" tune in my head now
no car tax, no insurance, low fuel bills, no mot, it sounds better by the second. when you need to go far or fast just hire a car.
Funnily enough it's now 4 years since I last owned a car.
Must have been the Great Tooth Fairy Scare that weakened your immune system.
And all the fertilizer you can use.
I have always fancied having horse transport because I am under the illusion that I can not be done for being 'drunk in charge' of a horse because it is a sentient being
However I gave up on the idea beacuse A) It would eat the client's roses B) I cant face telling the taxman that my horse is a justifiable business expense
Ah well, back to the van idea ...
Anna
And the horse knows the way home from the pub...
Owain
[...]
Under the Licensing Act 1872, being drunk in charge of a horse, cow or steam engine incurs a £200 fine and possibly jail for up to 51 weeks.
It's still on the statute books, and there have been recent prosecutions.
Chris
Could you not pay him with the "proceeds"?
Hmm, bit difficult to sign-write a horse.
Owain
Nah! tis simple man, Just use that spray can.
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