On a side note , I was very tempted to treat myself to a Caddy on Friday , lovely condition but up at 200K , my mate who reset my ECU got it for £150 !
He said I could take it away for £3000 , drives like new apparently , which I can believe as VW build quality is great against the others , why didn’t I buy it ?
Fully rebuilt gearbox too , but the fact the box was a DSG put me off no end .
A fellow window cleaner of mine had a cracker caddy with a DSG that went bang , he was quoted 5.5K for a rebuild
He scrapped it !
Any van that’s done 100000 miles if it’s not recently had a clutch it’ll need 1 I replaced mine as it was starting to knock it didn’t go on me,same as the turbo the seals were leaking slightly so I replaced the turbo.
If I was even considering buying a high mileage van I’d much rather things like the above had gone and were replaced,the weight we carry you’ve only got to go over potholes half a dozen times and you’ll need to replace anti roll bar links or have them tightened up again.