What van for £3000 ish? - Chat Forum https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/ Singletrack World Magazine Forum. Come for the bikes, stay for the boll**ks en-GB Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:43:04 +0000 wpForo 60 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457500 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:25:59 +0000 Transits are utter junk

Engines are crap, injectors and fuel pumps fail, timing chain tensioners fail
Chains snap. Utter crap. The front wheel bearing design is awful. The rear is just as bad.

We service a fleet of them at work constant issues. Company that owns them is sick of them.

I would buy an older merc sprinter in a heart beat. The works one has 500,000 + miles on the clock (stopped at 500,00)
Still going fine. Or a vw lt

]]> Chat Forum Offroading https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457500 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457499 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:17:47 +0000 Toyota Hi-Ace Swb Diesel but not sure if they are cheap ...

]]> Chat Forum chewkw https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457499 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457498 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:59:54 +0000 Not much in it in terms of dimensions but the dispatch/scudo/expert is a better shape

The short wheel base relay/ducato/boxer is very big

]]> Chat Forum TheFunkyMonkey https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457498 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457497 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:54:12 +0000 I was wondering if the LWB Connect would be comparable in size. A quick look on Autotrader has thrown up 2 Citreons and a Fiat and a Pug. Not many Transits in my price range.

]]> Chat Forum stevenmenmuir https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457497 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457496 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:47:44 +0000 A connect would be smaller than your dispatch

]]> Chat Forum TheFunkyMonkey https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457496 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457495 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:39:57 +0000 LWB Transit Connect? I can get my bikes with both wheels on in the back of mine

]]> Chat Forum chico66 https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457495 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457494 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:39:07 +0000 Transit or Transit Connect?

]]> Chat Forum stevenmenmuir https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457494 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457493 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:22:08 +0000 Deffo a transit then, nothing else fits the bill, either too big, too expensive or too many problems

]]> Chat Forum TheFunkyMonkey https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457493 Re: What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457492 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:04:17 +0000 For that money, transits for me. Or another despatch, scudo, expert. Transporters hold their value too well, vivaros/trafics at that age are old and feel tired and have potential large bills looming.

]]> Chat Forum steveh https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457492 What van for £3000 ish? https://singletrackworld.com/forum/off-topic/what-van-for-3000-ish/#post-5457491 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:59:26 +0000 Need another van. Got a Citreon Dispatch that has just died. What do people recommend that's a similar size. Would go a bit bigger but not smaller.

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