Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on September 03, 2020, 06:55:33 pm
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Renault Traffic 1.6 SL29 on a 15 reg.
1.6 engine....120bhp....1239kg payload.....42000 miles on clock.
£8950 + VAT.
Is this a decent spec van.....the payload is good is the engine up to it at this spec?
I know diddley squat about motors.
Will be putting 500 litre tank in.
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Anybody?
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The description you have given doesn’t actually tell what spec the van is. SL29 only means it’s the higher payload model. Think the higher spec ones are the Sportive models? 120bhp will be fine, it’s the 100bhp ones that are best avoided if you’re carrying weight.
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You are being robed have a look around
Much cheaper vans available with service history
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Best place to look?......trying for private but auto trader is dominated by dealers.
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I’d rather by a higher mileage Transporter than 1 of them they would class that as very low mileage on 1 of them,I’ve known problems with the van you’ve mentioned around that mileage to start occurring
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Best place to look?......trying for private but auto trader is dominated by dealers.
Thats because any decent private ones are bought up by dealers. (and if you think bout it three year old privatly owned vans being put up for sale, the pools shallow),
The Renault you quoted will do everything and more for what you want,others will prefer diferent makes and it doesn't seem like a bargain on price, Look after modern vans well and most are good for 150K or more.
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i have just bought a 2017 trafic with 36k on it for £8500 private with no vat .
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Best place to look apart from auto trader for private sales?
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Best place to look apart from auto trader for private sales?
Ebay
Facebook
Gumtree
Local commercial auctions but you will need a traders policy i think
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It's hard to find newer vehicles privately, my truck was 10 to 12k at dealers I managed to find one for £8500. Just takes patience, I wouldn't be so fixated on the make and model just get a good deal on price. Everyone will tell you their preferences based on their experience.
Personally I would go with the 2. 0 dispatch or expert in 1400 payload for that sort of money.
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Have £10/£12k to play with so it looks like a game of patience.....I am running an Expert now and have been well pleased with it but it's coming to the end of its life now on 2004 plate.
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Have £10/£12k to play with so it looks like a game of patience.....I am running an Expert now and have been well pleased with it but it's coming to the end of its life now on 2004 plate.
I had one 2002, with the 1.9d engine, bulletproof.. Then I had a 2008 then a 2014.
All great vans, but avoid the 1.6 it's gutless and more prone to engine failures, the 2.0hdi is the one.
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https://www.gumtree.com/p/vans/2018-67-renault-trafic-sl27-business-1.6-dci-120-no-vat-bluetooth-/1383699252
Just spotted this and thought of you, newer plus less miles than the one you was looking at and if you got cash always start low.
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Why mess about buying all this Renault , Citroen crap , Made special for cheapskates , buy a transporter . How many lost days in the last 12 years . Let me see , 12 , when it gets serviced and motd together.
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Why mess about buying all this Renault , Citroen crap , Made special for cheapskates , buy a transporter . How many lost days in the last 12 years . Let me see , 12 , when it gets serviced and motd together.
If he bought a transporter he couldn't afford a day off.
Funny my last van was a citroen, 2 years I had it bought for 6k and sold it on for 5.5k. It never missed a beat and never needed any work doing.
How much has your transporter lost in depreciation in 2 years ::)roll
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Type error . It is actually 9 years old . I can still get 10 k for it tomorrow.
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Type error . It is actually 9 years old . I can still get 10 k for it tomorrow.
That's only because you paid well over the odds in the first place, you actually paid for that privilege in the form that you had to invest more capital to begin with.
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Best place to look apart from auto trader for private sales?
Ebay
Facebook
Gumtree
Local commercial auctions but you will need a traders policy i think
You dont need a trade policy to buy at auctions
You will have to pay a deposit
Never buy privately owned and entered
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Have £10/£12k to play with so it looks like a game of patience.....I am running an Expert now and have been well pleased with it but it's coming to the end of its life now on 2004 plate.
I have 2.0hdi dispatch 2005. Still works well. Only time it has been off the toad apart from annual service, was two days last year when it needed a new clutch.
Ideally like to keep it another 2 or 3 years, then I might retire.
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Best place to look apart from auto trader for private sales?
Ebay
Facebook
Gumtree
Local commercial auctions but you will need a traders policy i think
You dont need a trade policy to buy at auctions
You will have to pay a deposit
Never buy privately owned and entered
I could be wrong as it’s been over 10 years since i have been to a auction but for a commercial auction (vans,wagons etc) you did need a traders policy to buy, a normal car auction anybody could buy...
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Type error . It is actually 9 years old . I can still get 10 k for it tomorrow.
That's only because you paid well over the odds in the first place, you actually paid for that privilege in the form that you had to invest more capital to begin with.
i didn’t pay well over the odds . I paid the going rate for that type of van . Knowing it would last 20 years if I want to keep it .
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Best place to look apart from auto trader for private sales?
Ebay
Facebook
Gumtree
Local commercial auctions but you will need a traders policy i think
You dont need a trade policy to buy at auctions
You will have to pay a deposit
Never buy privately owned and entered
I could be wrong as it’s been over 10 years since i have been to a auction but for a commercial auction (vans,wagons etc) you did need a traders policy to buy, a normal car auction anybody could buy...
I used to buy loads from Manheim commercial never asked to see my traders policy
I still buy a few now online thats different
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Type error . It is actually 9 years old . I can still get 10 k for it tomorrow.
That's only because you paid well over the odds in the first place, you actually paid for that privilege in the form that you had to invest more capital to begin with.
i didn’t pay well over the odds . I paid the going rate for that type of van . Knowing it would last 20 years if I want to keep it .
That's my point, the going rate for those vans is considerably more than the others being discussed. You layed out more capital to begin with. The OP's van is 16 years old now and still going.
Depreciating assets, they're all losing value from day one. Future value is only relevant to original cost, this is where you pay for it.
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Engine is still sound but body starting to look shabby.....would probably fly through test in January with a couple of hundred spent on it.
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have a day out at the auctions, Manheim have online so you can see all vehicles. pics and all description needed. Go to auction and have a nose.
Get a cuppa and butty. give you an idea of what you would pay PLUS Commission