In reply to sam.sam.sam.ferguson:
I had one for a couple of years and it was a great motor; if the rear loading bay had been about four inches longer, I could have slept properly in it and would probably have kept it. I bought it for very little and sold it cheap to a mate, but in the interim it owed me nothing. You can get MASSES in the back.
Couple of points:
The crew vans come with solid panel side doors, but it's not a biggie to buy tinted side windows. You can virtually pop the top door panels out and fit the windows. Better for the kids, perhaps. I was on the verge of doing this when I sold it (I bought a camper van).
There's a problem with sensors on the air intake which cause the engine to top out suddenly and refuse to go any faster, particularly when accelerating hard. It's an obvious problem to spot - at about 55mph, it just plateaus very suddenly. A few folk have spent big money over the years trying to trace the problem, but now that it's recognised, it's easy to fix. You can buy a decent manual off ebay, I think it was about four quid for a CD, and the parts aren't expensive. Not everyone is aware, though, and sometimes vans with the fault are sold off cheap because the owners think it's a bigger issue than it is. (It happened to me, and was easy to sort)
Third thing is that they often come equipped with high load, commercial tyres which are expensive, and which some tyre outlets are wary of mixing with ordinary tyres. Some aren't - and I had three to replace, so just put four ordinary tyres on and solved the issue.
I'd definitely buy another
Martin
