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dazmond

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van for work/car for leisure?
« on: June 30, 2011, 08:00:03 am »
ive been toying with the idea of getting a better van with 3 seats so i can use it outside of work hours but i just dont see it working out for me.i really miss having a car!

so im thinking of keeping with a smallish van(connect/combo)that can hold a 350-400L TANK and getting a small run around or (dare i say it!)a mondeo!!i loved my last mondeo i had it for 6 years!

its just 2 lots of tax,mot,insurance and repairs etc when i could put this money towards a better van.

1 decent van or 2 half decent vehicles?i suppose the van will only get used for work so that will keep wear and tear to a minimum and i could go collecting and out and about in the car.

when my vans full of water i dont drive it anywhere but to work.

i am earning more with wfp but a lot of the extra profit has been swallowed up with buying equipment/insurances etc although that will change over the next year or two due to already shelling out on initial investment in wfp and having all the equipment i need at the moment.

how do some of you guys go on with families running a van?surely you need a car as well?

life was so much simpler when i was trad!1 car,minimal equipment,low overheads!no way im i going back to the ladders thats for sure though!

regards


dazmond
price higher/work harder!

LWC

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Re: van for work/car for leisure?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 08:07:34 am »
life was so much simpler when i was trad!1 car,minimal equipment,low overheads!no way im i going back to the ladders thats for sure though!


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Spruce

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Re: van for work/car for leisure?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 09:19:30 am »
Hi Dazmond,

Unfortunately a WFP van is a WFP van. Mine is used for private in dire emergency. We have a car the wife uses for work which is also our transport. Although there is only the 2 of us now, I don't fancy driving a Citroen Relay around in the evening with a full tank of water.

It will obviously be used during the day if there is banking to do, or to buy a loaf of bread on the way home, but nothing else.

I'm actually a sucker for punishment as I also have a Suzuki 1.3 Carry that I started w/c'ing with 6 years ago pulling a WFP trailer. We use that to collect on a Friday night and to take the dog down to the beach every evening.

Spruce
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

Erithwc

Re: van for work/car for leisure?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 10:01:18 am »
i have been looking at the transit connect crew but i think im going to get a new shape berlingo multispace the mulitspace will be better for days out with the kids  :)