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A Yeti ,,, and a cageSo Mrs Blobber wants a van to cart the dogs about, I'm sure it's been asked many times before but what does the collective recommend? Perhaps something swb vivaro size for 5k?
put the dog in the cage and the whole lot in the Yeti ,,, never put a dog in a Yeti that wouldnt be good ,,
have I put my Big Foot in it now
I know its not the question, but its cheaper to buy, tax and insure a car and your not going to get much van for 5K.
Just pick the hatchback of your choice and leave the backseats folded down, unless you've got a pack of huskies, then it might be a different matter, in which case take your pick, you'll get horror stories about anything.
Just pick the hatchback of your choice and leave the backseats folded down, unless you've got a pack of huskies, then it might be a different matter, in which case take your pick, you'll get horror stories about anything.
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The 5k is the problem, vans at that money tend to have had a hard life! Id be looking for an estate car.So Mrs Blobber wants a van to cart the dogs about, I'm sure it's been asked many times before but what does the collective recommend? Perhaps something swb vivaro size for 5k?
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So Mrs Blobber wants a van to cart the dogs about, I'm sure it's been asked many times before but what does the collective recommend? Perhaps something swb vivaro size for 5k?
Ex insulated fridge van, normally cheap as chips. Keep those mutts cool in the summer
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Why ask us ?So Mrs Blobber wants a van to cart the dogs about, I'm sure it's been asked many times before but what does the collective recommend? Perhaps something swb vivaro size for 5k?
Ask the dogs....and decide which one of them will be the driver....
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5 k wont buy much high milage and a sh,it load to go wrong with all the censors and puter 
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Worse than the Land Rover Discovery of Doom5 k wont buy much high milage and a sh,it load to go wrong with all the censors and puter
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I bought a new van recently...when I was looking there wasn't much in it buying new vs say a 1year old van.
The cheap stuff I saw was not very good....very high mileages and still high prices!
The cheap stuff I saw was not very good....very high mileages and still high prices!
As it is a pack of wolves a Vivaro is probably ideal.
Vivaro, Traffic, Primastar all the same thing and you see plenty of older ones around which tells you something and they're a bit small for the average courier so you can still get hold of them. Plus they don't seem to rust like the Ford offering and parts are cheap.
I don't know much about the 2.0 but I've got an older (2006) 2.5 that I've had for about 8 years and apart from an engine rebuild (cambelt fail) it's been faultless and for a 20 year old van is in good nick (rust free).
I think @roofman might run Traffic / Vivaro and did a thread about rebuilding an engine a while back?
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Took small but good shout
That really isn't Mrs Blobber
Now you're just being silly
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That's kinda what I was thinking, plus I have a tech2 diagnostic thingy as they will have problems but it's all well documented
