Mk3 Transit for 500euro with 280000km. Will i get this home?

[john91]

http://eng.auto24.ee/used/874717

Planning on flying to estonia at some point in august and driving back to england with some friends who live over there. Cars a seem a lot cheaper to buy, tax and insure in estonia and it should be legal to drive in the uk for 6 months. Want to convert into a campercan at some point, but for now my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

Whats questions should i be asking, and what are the most common problems to look out for?

[fedup2]

http://eng.auto24.ee/used/874717

Planning on flying to estonia at some point in august and driving back to england with some friends who live over there. Cars a seem a lot cheaper to buy, tax and insure in estonia and it should be legal to drive in the uk for 6 months. Want to convert into a campercan at some point, but for now my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

Whats questions should i be asking, and what are the most common problems to look out for?

Fuel light coming on!

[rover]

Make sure the oil and water are topped up, check for fluid leaks and blue smoke, if all is good you should make it easily

[ake]

I reckon the biggest problem you could have would be a broken cam belt, so try and find out when it was last changed, if you cant or it was more than 50k miles ago change it before you leave

[Altransit]

I reckon the biggest problem you could have would be a broken cam belt ....

Apart from a lack of fuel, just about the only thing that stops a Di

[rover]

I reckon the biggest problem you could have would be a broken cam belt ....

Apart from a lack of fuel, just about the only thing that stops a Di

Eh? What? The ad says its a 2.0 petrol

[Boo-radley]

http://eng.auto24.ee/used/874717

Planning on flying to estonia at some point in august and driving back to england with some friends who live over there. Cars a seem a lot cheaper to buy, tax and insure in estonia and it should be legal to drive in the uk for 6 months. Want to convert into a campercan at some point, but for now my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

Whats questions should i be asking, and what are the most common problems to look out for?

The van will make it home no problem...... Just make sure the illegals in the back keep quiet when your 5 miles from calais

[Altransit]

Eh? What? The ad says its a 2.0 petrol

Oops, so it would have paid to read the ad then

[bigjohnthomas]

http://eng.auto24.ee/used/874717

my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

1000 miles isn't it more like 1500miles?

[Boo-radley]

http://eng.auto24.ee/used/874717

my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

1000 miles isn't it more like 1500miles?

Not according to the "estonian crow's"

[bigjohnthomas]

a flying transit
it should make it anyway my old dustbin van did a 2400 mile round trip to poland the other week no probs you just got to keep putting fuel in it

[john91]

my main concern is will this hold up for the 1000 mile drive back home?

1000 miles isn't it more like 1500miles?

Not according to the "estonian crow's"

Good point google maps says it should be about 1800 miles in total; though Poland, Germany and Amsterdam. The petrol's gonna be expensive, what sort of mpg should i expect?

[bigjohnthomas]

Once you get to Germany its. All motorways to the tunnel but Poland is little roads stuck behind wagons apart from a bit of the a2 autostrada and that costs 3 lots of 1300 zilz and 1 toll of 1850zl. When added up and changed to real money is about 21856.99 pounds
It's downhill on the way back so if you take it easy I think you might get up to 10 mpg

[bigjohnthomas]

this is what will sup your fuel the polish super motorwayski from warsaw to frank n ferter take a travel scrabble it takes fookin ages

[john91]

this is what will sup your fuel the polish super motorwayski from warsaw to frank n ferter take a travel scrabble it takes fookin ages

Swerve Poland then. Ferry to Sweden then Germany?