Should i buy?honesty please

[vannabe]

Hi all,am looking to buy a used mk7 2.2 85ps swb medium roof transit.This is the ideal size for what i want to use it for and should just be within my budget if i buy at auction.The question is should i buy one of these vans? A few people have told me that these vans are full of problems and the last thing i want to do after parting with my hard earned cash is part with even more on expensive repairs.At the moment i have a 1999 Toyota Hiace with 11100 miles on the clock,i've had it for 3 years and it hasn't caused me a bit of trouble apart from being slow and quite thirsty,so will out with the old and in with the new be the best policy,,honest answers please..

[BigNeil]

your van has a really low mileage !!

i would search on the forum for anything that says Mark 7

[AndyG]

Size is one thing, what about the payload

What are you gonna use it for

That one model can be a 260, 280, 300 or 330

[vannabe]

I'm not that bothered about payload,i will only be using it for leisure purposes,a van suits my needs more than a car as i can throw all my camping,cycling and fishing gear in it without worrying about getting seats dirty etc.It may get the odd few bags of cement and a few plasterboards thrown in but i will never be using it for anything really heavy..

[Guy88]

well the 260 can carry about 800kg's

and anything up to a T300 is a car MOT

[ake]

unless you buy one with high miles most MK7 vans will still be under warranty. I have one myself and our company has ten and we have had no major problems just stupid things like key fobs and egr valves

[manxmann]

what are egr valves? Whats the problem with them? cheers