Crazy prices,some people out of touch

[3 Way Tranny Fun]

I'm a van down right now and need 2 for newspaper deliveries,really don't feel like an engine change right now;so had a bright idea there is van for sale down the road N reg 2 months m.o.t,been parked in long grass since the summer,cracked screen and one really rusty wing,gotta be cheap I thought,he wants £600 and won't budge .Later that day came across an F reg swb 1 month m.o.t chassis rails rusted through both sides above the axle and loads of other welding needed ,bloody £400 they wanted and kept going on about it being worth that as scrap .I know people can ask whatever they want its a free world but I bet bet they will both run out of mot and be sitting there in the new year,maybe Ive been lucky in the past but I wouldn't pay more than £250 for the N reg and a reluctant £150 for the F reg shed.I never pay more than £200 for end of life transits.Last year bought 2 high top 190 mk5s for £400 and one was actually a great van just high mileage (475000) and sold that for £500 with mot,P reg lwb £200 which was again to good to break and still driving it and got it through 2 mots with no trouble and various swbs £80-£100

[jolly olly]

You should off offer him twice what the scrap man wanted and shook on it, then took it to the nearest scrap yard for a price lol it would of been worth it to see his face lol.

[Gavin]

You should off offer him twice what the scrap man wanted and shook on it, then took it to the nearest scrap yard for a price lol it would of been worth it to see his face lol.

about £20 then

[BMH]

Ihave found there is no such thing as a cheap van anymore and seems to be a bit of a shortage, probaly something to do with the computorised test ( cant get away driving with no test now) and this last summer probably didn't help, at the height of scrap prices i was getting on average £315 a van over the scales, more if i filled em up and some of them was ok.

Bryan

[bazw]

wait 18 months or so there will be loads of cheap vans in the south east


im thinking of sticking an ad in the local papers in london in august 2010 and have a bunch of mates come with me to south mimms and offer cash for vans (LEZ change for emissions )

should be able to get a few nice bargains

[3 Way Tranny Fun]

There I was moaning,picked up a N reg ex BT 120 mot 'till June tax 'till march solid underneath,running lovely,scabby wheel arches but not disintegrating,boarded out,plenty of interior lights £360 Solves my problems and certainly not a temporary van.Thank god I can put my mechanical energies into my MK2 ,not engine change or resurecting my old H reg which amazingly enough dos'nt need any welding.Can't eat for a week but least got 2 vans again for my newspaper deliveries

[SirKit Breaker]

I`ve just taken my first step into van ownership and i also noticed that the prices were all over the place. Never having been a van owner i had a good look around the used market, i had several Transits in my last Job as a service engineer took them all from new to well over 100000 with no problems in about 2 years.

Anyway to cut a long story short i got a connect 53 plate 2004 for £2800 57K genuine on the clock FSH etc from a reputable dealer Dewsbury Van Centre (highly recommended by the way), but the price variation for the same spec van (75ps SWB ply and side door) was hundreds of pounds, a bloke wanted 3450 for same spec van with spaceship miles in tatty condition, and it seems that this trend is not just with fords as i looked at several Vaux Combos and the prices on them varied wildy as well.

The car market is very stable albeit on a downward trend with the prices but any given model seems to be similar across the board in price