camper van help?

[bazil]

Im taking some time of on holiday to go to the lake district and saw this for sale,

anyone ever had one of these before? good and bad points please:thumb:



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280496474172&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_n kw%3D280496474172%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m 270.l1313%26_odkw%3D28049674172%26_osacat%3D0%26bk Btn%3D%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[Danny s-p]

Im taking some time of on holiday to go to the lake district and saw this for sale,

anyone ever had one of these before? good and bad points please:thumb:



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280496474172&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_n kw%3D280496474172%26_sacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.m 270.l1313%26_odkw%3D28049674172%26_osacat%3D0%26bk Btn%3D%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1i work on the van version for UPS. there very reliable if you look after them. only problem i fined is every think vibrates on them and there slow 60mph max and that will be kicking it head in lol

you wood not think this is the same van model as wat you are looking at wood you
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/thread-delivers-1.jpg

[bazil]

im just a tad concerned about the modifaction at the rear, but yeah merc vans are safe as hous............ nope that wont work lol

[Danny s-p]

as long as vosa has past it ok it will be look like it a 7500kg so will you have to have a taco

[Benn]

Are you/they taking the piss?

Some pikeys cut the van of the van off and sat a caravan on it.. All i can see if death everywhere with that on the road. Unless there's some proper work on the under side i can see it failing an mot and being a death trap.

[Danny s-p]

Are you/they taking the piss?

Some pikeys cut the van of the van off and sat a caravan on it.. All i can see if death everywhere with that on the road. Unless there's some proper work on the under side i can see it failing an mot and being a death trap.it only has to have six plates bolting the top half to the bottom on each side to be past as safe by vosa. it all that normally holds merc body's on

[mowgli]

a few points:

1. it looks like it was done on for a tv show.....
2. mercs have a great image, but they are no more reliable than anything else & the repairs cost 3 times as much
3. you could stay in a really good hotel for less
4. each to their own

[craig green]

I disagree. Merc sprinters are fantastic esp the auto boxes. Compared with transits & Iveco's they are leagues ahead. No doubt they are more to run, but meh.

It looks odd though, but if it does the job who cares, you'll get some odd stares in it though.

[mowgli]

we run mercs & they aren't that great, and the 308 is old & slow

[bmw156]

at work, we have a vito, a sprinter and had an iveco.

the vito is alright, but is expensive to repair, and needs it often lol.
the sprinter i cant fault as all.
and the iveco was a pile of ****e, it had done 350k and was still going... just...

[blue_peg_16v]

just buy a cheap caravan you will never sell that once youve bought it

[Danny s-p]

all the stuff i work on are merc sprinters and the 308 but we call them p80's i cant fault them one bit the do the job and they do it well. they may rattle bang and when they go wrong cost that little bit more but it is worth it in the end when you not haven them brake down every few day's like dafs and iveco's do

[Danny s-p]

I disagree. Merc sprinters are fantastic esp the auto boxes. Compared with transits & Iveco's they are leagues ahead. No doubt they are more to run, but meh.

It looks odd though, but if it does the job who cares, you'll get some odd stares in it though.merc had 5 aoto box go down in i 1 day the other week they admit the sprinter shud never been disained with one in it lol

[Hobbit]

as long as vosa has past it ok it will be look like it a 7500kg so will you have to have a taco

not for private use

[Danny s-p]

not for private useare right the hole taco thing :confused: me lol

[mowgli]

our sprinter has had 3 auto boxes, the injectors (which is a huge job)

[bazil]

I'll give it a miss, firstly cos it'll probably brake down and secondly it'll probably fall apart.

[Benn]

Stay in a hotel. Simple.

[Mattman]

I would get a proper campervan or professional conversion mate. I am pretty sure you would struggle to insure it due to the massive (in an insurer's eyes) modification.

[bazil]

When I saw it I though WTF? That guy has reversed into a caravan lol

[mowgli]

we have one worse in hinckley..... runs off to google street view.......will put it up later

[Ben]

Looks like swamppies lost home!

What you want is one of these...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/rascal018.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/rascal011.jpg

[L14MNP]

Not the kind of camper van I was expecting!
http://premium1.uploadit.org/CockneyPlayboy//Bay-in-pits-rear.jpg
lol

[puss puss]

Not the kind of camper van I was expecting!
http://premium1.uploadit.org/CockneyPlayboy//Bay-in-pits-rear.jpg
lol


surely that exhaust is illegeal :o bloody hell i thought some towbars were ankle killers thats in a league of its own lol..

tbh i would buy a disco 300 tdi and a caravan :thumb:

out of all the merc's sprinter is miles ahead it is a awsome van :)

[mowgli]

our sprinter is now randomly cutting out on us, usually on the motorway

[burgo]

check the coolant level mowgli. i know transits have a great thing where if the coolant drops below a certain level the van cuts out, no matter what speed you are doing aswell!!!!! brilliant idea

[mowgli]

ta burgo.. i'll do that.

[Danny s-p]

our sprinter is now randomly cutting out on us, usually on the motorwayit the relay under the steering coll em there 2 one runs the signal lights the other one run the starter. you need to change the starter one merc made a upgrade one as they realised how pooo the one they all reddy made was lol. am sure it that mate fix load's of them. that if your van is from a w reg to a 55 :thumb:

[mowgli]

it the relay under the steering coll em there 2 one runs the signal lights the other one run the starter. you need to change the starter one merc made a upgrade one as they realised how pooo the one they all reddy made was lol. am sure it that mate fix load's of them. that if your van is from a w reg to a 55 :thumb:

its a 413cdi 54 reg

after it cuts out, it restarts pretty much straight away

[Jack]

LOL Ben, now show us some pics of you inside it :d


are right the hole taco thing :confused: me lol
http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101sp09/peaton/taco.jpg

[Ben]

LOL Ben, now show us some pics of you inside it :d

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/lurk75/Cars/22.jpg

[mowgli]

we have one worse in hinckley..... runs off to google street view.......will put it up later

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/mowglinova/CAMP.jpg?t=1272053453

[bazil]

mowgli, i think the technical term would be, Propper job, in a farmer style voice lol

[Jack]

Mmmm, roomy lol

[mowgli]

i have lived round here a very long time, thats the second transit its been put on, but i have never ever not seen it parked outside that house, he really never goes anywhere in it

[burgo]

wow i cant decide whats worse. that or the original one

[dj_wudgey]

if you want a camper van for a holliday go rent a vw camper there bang on lol my dad had a few off them over the years!!

[Danny s-p]

its a 413cdi 54 reg

after it cuts out, it restarts pretty much straight awaysound's like it is the relay mate. only get a merc relay tho as the copy one's are poooo to lol

[Danny s-p]

LOL Ben, now show us some pics of you inside it :d


http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101sp09/peaton/taco.jpgnot that sort of taco this sort rj

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/T2C.gif

[Welsh Dan]

not that sort of taco this sort rj

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx20/dannys-p08/T2C.gif

thats a tachograph.

[Hobbit]

We mostly use these now anyway

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/digitaltacho.jpg

[bazil]

i dont need one, cos im special:d

[mowgli]

anything over 3.5t is meant to have one.....

[bazil]

anything over 3.5t is meant to have one.....

highway maintanence is covered by exemption as is traveling fairgrounds recovery vehicles etc, don't worry I'm not breaking the law :)

[mowgli]

highway maintanence is covered by exemption as is traveling fairgrounds recovery vehicles etc, don't worry I'm not breaking the law :)

highway maintenance????? which bit??? certainly not any vehicle that delivers or removes stuff from the highway... maybe those cushion lorries are exempt.....

but they are tax coded as special vehicles......

[bazil]

IPV roadbrush :)

[mowgli]

mobile plant.... same as concrete pumps. its purpose is to do a physical process....