Buying advice

Dolomite · 2016-02-03 07:53:58

hi, looked at this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172046274378? … EBIDX%3AIT

I put a deposit down but then looked at the MOT history - is this usual? he's charging £2000. advice asap would be welcome (possibly buying this afternoon)

GX51 UKD

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

Casper · 2016-02-03 08:46:59

Me. I would not buy that. Over priced for what it is. 2001 1.9D. Nah get a 2.0 turbo mate. Almost every time i go out in mine i wish i got the turbo. Lack of Oomph and lower mpg plus there is doubt in your mind as you would no be here.

Casper · 2016-02-03 08:53:06

And just to add. If you do go to view take a print of last years fail list and look for new parts or evidence that the work was done properly.

Dolomite · 2016-02-03 08:55:43

Well, there aren't many wheelchair conversions for less - what apart from the model and price rings alarm bells? I've put a £100 deposit on it...

Casper · 2016-02-03 09:09:54

Dolomite wrote:

Well, there aren't many wheelchair conversions for less - what apart from the model and price rings alarm bells? I've put a £100 deposit on it...

Unless you have a wheelchair or going to use it for a motorbike why do you need a wheelchair conversion? I dont think they are that high and i would not have bother lifting my last 750 bike up to put it in. No mater how clean it is or low mileage its still an 2001 van.

I have to go mate but honestly, That kind of money i would want newer and a 2.0T

Dolomite · 2016-02-03 09:13:12

Casper wrote:

Dolomite wrote:
Well, there aren't many wheelchair conversions for less - what apart from the model and price rings alarm bells? I've put a £100 deposit on it...
Unless you have a wheelchair or going to use it for a motorbike why do you need a wheelchair conversion? I dont think they are that high and i would not have bother lifting my last 750 bike up to put it in. No mater how clean it is or low mileage its still an 2001 van.
I have to go mate but honestly, That kind of money i would want newer and a 2.0T

They have lower floors - I'm not far off standing up straight + you generally know they've only have gentle use...

Cheers for advice, I'll see what happens!

Dolomite · 2016-02-03 19:25:57

I ended up buying it - 60 miles and happy so far - had some advice from a mechanic friend who said that it should be ok...

Anyway only positive comments now on! Please don't burst my bubble....

I will strip it out over the weekend and create a post with photos.

Cheers

Casper · 2016-02-03 20:45:46

So is it just as clean on the inside? You talking being able to stand up. I thought the floor only drops at an angle. Does it have some mechanism to prevent you driving off when down?
So how did you feel with the lack of power? 60-65 MPH should give you around 38-40MPG. 70 if the wind is behind you. Head winds are a right Bast**d. I did 90 on a big hill once. Bloody scary and noisy big_smile

Enjoy your new toy

Tiree · 2016-02-03 21:31:07

Woohoo!

Congrats Dolomite big_smile

Love hearing other folks journeys with these vans .. !

Keep us posted

goody33 · 2016-02-03 22:57:53

Glad to see you got a van. Keep us updated on any work you do.

Dolomite · 2016-02-06 09:19:13

Casper wrote:

So is it just as clean on the inside? You talking being able to stand up. I thought the floor only drops at an angle. Does it have some mechanism to prevent you driving off when down?
So how did you feel with the lack of power? 60-65 MPH should give you around 38-40MPG. 70 if the wind is behind you. Head winds are a right Bast**d. I did 90 on a big hill once. Bloody scary and noisy
Enjoy your new toy

the floor has been lowered from 70mm at the front to 150 towards the back then it drops off more severely (This area will possibly have a seat above) So it does help standing!

The power is pretty bad yeah, but nothing I can't handle! what got me most is the noise and wind through the sliding doors after 45mph, is it possible to sort this out? I thought it was open at first so tried opening and closing it on the dual carriageway from the drivers seat... mistake!

But in general its really fun to drive - I enjoy how basic it is.

Tiree · 2016-02-06 12:26:31

Hah! Did we not warn you about the doors?

big_smile

It's a proper design flaw. Take a close look at the contours of the leading edge of the sliding doors and you'll see that they actually can't possibly sit flush with all of the surfaces around them.

The taxi versions of these vans, and the people-carrier versions were fitted with colour-coded wind deflectors to overcome this problem, presumably to make being in the back of the vehicle bearable!

goody33 has been looking into whether it's possible to remove these .. but they seem well bonded. So buying taxi door might be only option! Or make your own deflectors?

Only other thing you can do is make sure the doors are closing properly (or as properly as is possible!) - make sure the locator on the leading edge of the door is going neatly into the plastic guide on the pillar. The locators are adjustable so you can move them if they're hitting the bodywork.

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