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Old 13th August 2009, 12:54 AM
les g les g is offline
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right guys some help/advice/sensible input needed.......please
it looks likely that work will be restricting the use of our company vans at weekends (yes its the recession and cost saving BLAH.BLAH.BLAH )
so i will need something for the weekend sir.............
option 1.
doggy escort diesel /diesel van that can sit around all week rotting for its one drive out on a weekend when she is goin shops i,m doin something else
option 2.
aging 3 series bmw or 2.0 hyundai coupe type thing thats got a bit of zip for the occasional chuckle that can sit there all week etc.
option 3. your thoughts please ......................................
cheers les g
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Old 13th August 2009, 04:11 PM
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any takers
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Old 13th August 2009, 04:31 PM
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Cant go too far wrong with a french diesel, summat like a 206 van.
Friend of mine picked one up for £300 W-reg 100k miles
Easy enough to work on...
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Old 13th August 2009, 05:18 PM
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XR4i...... very carefully thrashed at every given opportunity especially in the rain, taxed mot'd and was even serviced about a 1000 miles ago.

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Old 13th August 2009, 07:33 PM
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Get an old Volvo, one of the rear wheel drive ones. 240, 740, 760, 940, 960. The bigger the engine the cheaper they are, I bought my 3ltr 960 for £575. It's towed plenty of cars for many miles, I use it every day, I've had it 18 months now, only thing I've had to do is change the radiator.
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Old 13th August 2009, 07:39 PM
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Go for the oil burner Escort van,put engine in Roadster,IVA with oil burner and then, the cunning part of the plan. Fit something nasty !
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