[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

i have a traffic lwb dci100 and iv had new gear box clutch new gears it goes on and on i would say stay well clear of traffics iv spent a good 3 k on parts and it all goes just after your warranty

Traffic and vivaro are basically same van ( also the  nissaan primastar ) so what do you mean?

[poole bay]

your the lucy one then

[forest]

Be interested to know if anyone with a vivaro trafic or primastar have had a problem with gearboxes on a model from the 56 plate onwards. A friend of mine works for vauxhall and he says they fixed whatever problem there was with the boxes by then. Only took 4 years!

I believe this to be true, although some 56 plates will still have the proble apparantly as they changed the gearboxes as mentioned on that plate so probably better to go for a later model, or better still just do a 07 plate to be sure.

[windowcleaninginessex.co.uk]

Gearboxs were sorted by 2005 models and onwards, but you will get the odd one that has problems

[Dean Taberner]

Dave,

How much are you looking for for the van?

Dean

[ronnie paton]

got vivaro 02 and trffic 06 had no problems at all i guess its down to luck i mean you could have some one come on who has had problems with there transit ectect

[Moderator David@stives]

dean I got offered £2k on the trade in, but i know its worth more than that.

Make an offer

[ronnie paton]

got vivaro 02 and trffic 06 had no problems at all i guess its down to luck i mean you could have some one come on who has had problems with there transit ectect

[Darren O]

Ive got a 56 plate Nissan Primaster so far no problems.

[ftp]

Going back to the original question (is it a good deal?) then I'd say those prices were pretty reasonable - what's that 13k all in for a new van?.
I'm always amazed at the load capacity of the older Citroen Despatch van that I have - 900kg for such a small wehicle is pretty amazing imo.

Is there a right time and a wrong time to purchase vans - regarding tax?

[spotless2000]

Is there a right time and a wrong time to purchase vans - regarding tax?

From a VAT point of view (if you are not VAT registered) then now is a good time as it supposed to be going back up to 17.5% or more at the end of the year.

[ftp]

I forgot vat was still low so that's less than twelve and a half thousand for a new van?

[dd]

VAT is quite likely to go up to 20% in near future as government looks for ways to boost its dwindling tax revenue and pay for its increasing debt.