Hi chaps,

In the ongoing what van saga, would you go for a 13 plate VW cCaddy with low miles. Or a brand spankers Peugeot Partner?

Cheers

Ricks

I haven’t owned either of these models but have owned and driven via the company many VW and Peugeot vans and I would go VW every time.

VW every time.

In my experience, they’re far more reliable and it’ll definitely hold it’s value better when it comes to resale time.

the one with the longer warrenty at that price……

caddy will hold value , you will spend money to retain that value when it goes wrong , vw fail just like any other brand and parts are pricy.

AS above depends how long you plan to keep it and how you are financing. Residuals are better on the vw and they’re nicer to drive.

Which ever is fastest.

I have been looking at the Peugeot Partner Tepee .. for me it was that v Berlingo. Would love a VW but not in my price range and even the Partner is pushing it a little v Berlingo but I may attempt to strange for the Tepee. So still following the thread with interest.

We had a 4motion LWB Caddy. Not built as well as you’d imagine. Certainly not the legendary VW build quality of old. I’d look at a Partner. At least it won’t be leaf sprung..

The new Partner drives nicely, refined. Its a bit soft in suspension, and it has the dreaded 1.6hdi engine, which needs love and thought.

The caddy felt a bit soft at the front, and stiff at the back.

In terms of financing, im paying cash, and will havw it for say 5 years.

“dreaded 1.6hdi engine, “

There are one or two mechanics on here – like propper real pro mechs and theres one pug specialist call chrisdiesel.

None of whome will have a bad word said against that engine , just the end users a nightmare making them a liability on the used market.

Vw without a doubt, as others have said it will hold its value better, ignore the leaf spring thing…..they drive fine even at high speed and you can load it like a van and leaf springs don’t tend to snap like coil springs if you live in an area with speed humps!
Peugeot may also cause you a bad back with their soft unsupportive seats!

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We had a 4motion LWB Caddy. Not built as well as you’d imagine. Certainly not the legendary VW build quality of old. I’d look at a Partner. At least it won’t be leaf sprung..
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Really? Mine was screwed together very well. You don’t get the nice plastics that cars get (cause it’s a van) but what they use is solid as anything.
The rear suspension is horrendous though, but would still have another

Suggsey, they don’t snap because they hit the mother of all bump stops loooonnnngggg before they get the chance to move that far 🙂

Suggsey, they don’t snap because they hit the mother of all bump stops loooonnnngggg before they get the chance to move that far

Every Chassis Engineer I’ve worked with calls those bump stops “spring aids” – quite often they are designed to function as part of the primary suspension – not just when you overload it 🙂

We’ve got 65k and 35k mile 1.6HDIs in our household and fine so far. The Dispatch service interval is 20k but the C3 Pic is 12k – same engine (but different torque map), same synthetic oil but drastically different intervals – so not sure how much “looking after” they really need. Our local non-chain Citroen dealer is ace and very thorough – servicing cheap enough not to bother with diy yet (or I’m getting old and lazy). Is there a difference in Berlingo / Partner van vs MPV service intervals?

The attitude of the local VW van centre was awful. Discounts off list minimal – so the inflated purchase and spares prices need factoring into those “residuals”. Caddy also falls into CV speed limits. I’d only consider the Caddy if wanting lwb. Saying all that, VWs proving ground is pretty thorough so they need to be well screwed together to survive.

Yer van has twice the sump capacity of the car mick thats why the difference in the service intervals

Hmmm – I should really have thought of that…. Scuttles off to look in manuals 🙂

I’ve got a 61 partner tepee, did have a vw t5. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat worrying about dmf, driveshaft, clutch and turbo problems. My back is fine. Will NEVER buy a vw again.

You just wake up now be because the ropey electronics have set the alarm off? 😉

My workplace runs partners. Everyone of the 14 vans has broken down at least once per year. We are going for caddy’s next time around…

In my view the worst thing you can do with cars is read up on them on the Internet. You’d never buy anything!

‘,My workplace runs partners. Everyone of the 14 vans has broken down at least once per year. We are going for caddy’s next time around…”

Youll probably have 14 broken down caddys next time with much more expensive bills.

Youll probably have 14 broken down caddys next time with much more expensive bills.

LOL. very true 😆

To the guys who run Berlingo’s / Partner’s, what kind of MPG are you getting, they quote around 53mpg average, is this achievable or is it way off ?
Currently looking at them but would want at least 50+mpg to make it worthwhile.

Cheers

My 61 partner 1.6 does 46mpg average normal type of driving. 53mpg is probably achievable if you drive around at 40 mph all day with no braking but not in real life

42mpg all day long regardless of how i drive it but its a1.9d

Digital throttle as a result.

I’ve currently got a Pug Partner 63….as my Berlingo 08 is in for some repairs after being rear ended……..tbh ..it doesn’t drive as nice as my older Berlingo …..but the pedal box is a lot wider which is a bonus …..constantly get 55+ from my Berlingo

Same as tizzzle from my 1.6hdi Blingo XTR, usually hovers around 45mpg but on a long motorway journey it’ll creep up to 48mpg. On a 1600mile trip to France and back it did 48.1mpg, could have done better but got a bit carried away on the near empty French peage routes.

I test drove a new Partner, the VW Caddy is in another league in terms of ride, quality and driving position.

The new Partner felt cheap on the on the inside, the outside and the build of the body was excellent however.

The suspension felt wallowy, the position was poor, looking out to corners wasnt easy, plus the gear stick was about 3 inches too far left and forward. The seats were soft, and the professional version (with air con, bluetooth) has a stupid three seat option. As a passenger you either have the gearstick jabbed in your knee, or you have the door sills rammed into your shoulder. Stupid stupid stupid.

The Caddy has an excellant driving position, the seats are firm and supportive, everything feels well put together and the suspension feels taught.

The 1.6hdi engine on the pug is actually very well refined, pulls well and is fairly quiet.

The 1.6tdi on the caddy is a bit more noisy, but not by much at all, and is far more torquey. It feels more old school, but more powerful.

The pug is wider in the back, but not as long. My Five29 in medium just fits, but i need to fold the Muckynutz fender back.

The Caddy swallows the five29. This is with the bike run with front wheel off, bulkhead to doors.

I bought the Caddy.