[dazmond]

Hope your feeling a lot better Paul.nice to see you posting again.i know a few customers who suffer with long covid.hopefully your through the worst of it now.

All the best mate.

[dazmond]

Whether you buy new or lease it's always going to be more economical to buy a cheaper older van and fix it occasionally than it is to pay the depreciation on a new one.

Buy a new van for 30k and lose 15k in 5 years or buy a van for 5k whats the chances of it needing 10k of work in 5 years ? Slim to zero.

It all boils down to want not need. A new vehicle is almost never the better financial choice leased or financed or bought outright. There's not even a reliability argument own 2 x 5k vans if you want to never be off the road as even a new one will need to go into the garage at somepoint.

Despite all that logic I still bought a new one haha

IMO you can't beat getting a new van,esp if you plan on keeping it for 10+ years and having a hot water system fitted.when I was trad it was easy to get an old banger for work,get a roof rack and away I'd go.

It's different with WFP.i want a good solid van that'll last with minimum hassle.i couldn't be bothered taking systems in and out of old vans every few years.

My van is nearly 6 years old now,18k on the clock and still on original brakes and back tyres!serviced every year.loads of life left in it yet.

Also a lot of second hand vans have been battered by previous owners

[deeege]

Whether you buy new or lease it's always going to be more economical to buy a cheaper older van and fix it occasionally than it is to pay the depreciation on a new one.

Buy a new van for 30k and lose 15k in 5 years or buy a van for 5k whats the chances of it needing 10k of work in 5 years ? Slim to zero.

It all boils down to want not need. A new vehicle is almost never the better financial choice leased or financed or bought outright. There's not even a reliability argument own 2 x 5k vans if you want to never be off the road as even a new one will need to go into the garage at somepoint.

Despite all that logic I still bought a new one haha

IMO you can't beat getting a new van,esp if you plan on keeping it for 10+ years and having a hot water system fitted.when I was trad it was easy to get an old banger for work,get a roof rack and away I'd go.

It's different with WFP.i want a good solid van that'll last with minimum hassle.i couldn't be bothered taking systems in and out of old vans every few years.

My van is nearly 6 years old now,18k on the clock and still on original brakes and back tyres!serviced every year.loads of life left in it yet.

Also a lot of second hand vans have been battered by previous owners

Have you bought it now Daz or is it still leased?

[NWH]

Get yourself a decent van over a longer time rather than some of the Vauxhall type rubbish they still make,I didn’t but get it over 6-7 whatever years you get a better quality vehicle that’ll last the only reason you can’t buy a Vauxhall Vivaro at the moment is because of the lack of chips or some other part it needs probably a clutch and gearbox lol.

[SB Cleaning]

Get yourself a decent van over a longer time rather than some of the Vauxhall type rubbish they still make,I didn’t but get it over 6-7 whatever years you get a better quality vehicle that’ll last the only reason you can’t buy a Vauxhall Vivaro at the moment is because of the lack of chips or some other part it needs probably a clutch and gearbox lol.

Nothing wrong with the vivaros after 2015.

[NWH]

Give yourself a bit of luxury if you can afford it I couldn’t believe how much you’ve got to pay for a Vauxhall van.

[SB Cleaning]

Give yourself a bit of luxury if you can afford it I couldn’t believe how much you’ve got to pay for a Vauxhall van.

It's a work van.....it looks clean and tidy, it gets me from a to  b , I don't need anything else. And ive owned German vehicles in the past all your paying for is the badge imo.

[NWH]

I know but when you’re spending 1000s you may as well go a bit further. 

[Ggh]

I doubt I'll be leasing again either. I took mine over 5 years rather than the usual 3 for lower monthly outgoings. Unfortunately, covid came up when the 5 years was coming up and I needed to use covid money for the balloon payment. I had no legal way to return it either at the time because of covid restrictions. Due to being very ill for quite a while, I lost a wedge of work. The covid wasn't too terrible, but the after effects stuck around for ages. It's taken a couple of years to feel anything like normal and this will probably be as good as it gets - I can live with this. Anyway, back to the lease. I kept that van afterwards and still have it. I don't own it but only pay a "peppercorn" rent of about £1k once a year. When I sell, I have to pay them a tiny fraction of the sale price. As I took so long off work, the mileage isn't excessive even after 7+ years.  I prefer to own outright though as there can be additional complexities with leasing, especially if you don't have the choice of retaining the vehicle under a cheap rental deal.

Hope your health improves.

[NWH]

If it flys floats or ****s rent it 🤣🤣🤣

[Arnold Palmer]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

[Stoots]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

[Arnold Palmer]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

Got another two went back on Monday.

I'm looking forward to that bill. 

[Mike Burd]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

Got another two went back on Monday.

I'm looking forward to that bill. 

Were these The Mercs?

[Splash & dash]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

Got another two went back on Monday.

I'm looking forward to that bill. 

What are you replacing them with ? Are you going to buy vans now instead?

[Mike Burd]

Give yourself a bit of luxury if you can afford it I couldn’t believe how much you’ve got to pay for a Vauxhall van.

I was passing a row of new Transporters with my daughter the other day and I said I’d love one of them, but my daughter said, with your staff!! The point is, if I had a really top earning self employed round (an £80k one is achievable in my area), I’d have a VW as long as my wife had a job and a car too. Lovely vans. I’d drive it everywhere and keep it spotless in the cab.

[NWH]

This is the reason why I won’t be getting another to give to my chap to use day in day out it would break my heart,I’ve already had issues with mess as I find it so disrespectful the way people treat other peoples stuff.
If I was on my own again I’d buy another tomorrow DSG all the bits on it etc,when he gets his own van from me it won’t be 50-60ks worth that’s for sure.

[Arnold Palmer]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

Got another two went back on Monday.

I'm looking forward to that bill. 

Were these The Mercs?

Yeah

[Arnold Palmer]

Got most of the bill wiped off with "fair wear and tear".

I'll be getting the rest scrubbed too.

Good to hear you challenged them i bet most would suck it up and pay

Got another two went back on Monday.

I'm looking forward to that bill. 

What are you replacing them with ? Are you going to buy vans now instead?

Already replaced.  Bought not leased.

[Don Kee]

This is the reason why I won’t be getting another to give to my chap to use day in day out it would break my heart,I’ve already had issues with mess as I find it so disrespectful the way people treat other peoples stuff.
If I was on my own again I’d buy another tomorrow DSG all the bits on it etc,when he gets his own van from me it won’t be 50-60ks worth that’s for sure.

I love your posts sometimes