6 seater minimum
 

In need of replacing the aging Espace... so after something cheap, something diesel and something with a minimum og 6 seats....

Buy a sports car and a bus pass for the kids :thumbsup:

haha, not helpful monkey face

Unfortunately, at the moment what you want is exactly what everyone else wants too. The Espace (whilst a bit creaky) was bloody good at doing its job cheaply and relatively reliably. The only word of advice I can offer is do not - whatever you do, and no matter how cheap it seems - consider a Mk1 Peugeot 806/Citroen Synergie/Fiat Ulysse. They are the biggest steaming turds of a car (well, actually a poorly disguised van) EVER :thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:.

If you have one and its never let you down, well done you are one of the members of a very exclusive club.

I'd suggest you go for something deeply uncool as that'll keep the price down. Is a Mitsubishi Grandis or Mazda's deeply uninspiringly named "MPV" out of the budget

Merc Vito
 

How about a Mercedes Benz Vito traveliner ? I got the van and love it ! the traveliner has 2 front seats and 5 in the back I think !

my zafira was a good old bus to me :)

I am after one, I appreciate the advice though guys, but I won't touch the Peugeot/Fiat/Citroen ones, or the Kia Sedona, I would happily got for a crew van to be honest... and my money won't stretch to a VW.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/24...4369d3.jpg?v=0

A:confused:

go hunt for pubes ash....

Now for a helpful post: www.parkers.co.uk

It will tell you the type of cars which suit you and has proper owners reviews on their experiences.

Have you ever taken that bike off any sweet jumps?

been there dude, I know what to steer clear of, but I am after anyone knowing of someone selling

Go hunt for a sence of humour.

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what is your budget Steve? you'll be surprised what you can get a T4 for.

My mate got a banged up 100,000 mile 2.4 crew cab for £800 last week, bit of filler and respray and he's got a mint looking T4 for less than 2k

where from Craig, as long as it is mechanically sound!! and a Diesel

Ash, trust me, after the day I have had... humour is quite low on my shopping list.... I am still waiting to find out how much my car is going to cost me to fix... again

He got it from Free ads.

You can get 51-53 plate Ex AA's direct from Lombard Tricity going through the Newport Auctions for under £4k, so there have to be some bargains out there if you look hard enough.

PM me your budget and I'll keep my eye out for you.

go hunt for a dictionary ;)

stevo, have you considered a merc vito / v-class?

edit: bondy beat me to it.

I may be selling mine, but it'll be a little while - i'm saving up for one of these.

how many seats is your Merc, I did have a sneaky poke in it, I got to get the Espace back on the road first, so it is worth more than scrap value :cry:

I have a VW Sharan for my tribe. I know they are not cheap, but mine is a 1998 with almost 100,000 on it and it has been indestructible. First VW I ever had, but will keep till it falls apart completely.

Sorry for your hassles - my old 7 seater Renault Savannah used to pack up regularly and it's way not funny when the family are looking to you every day for transport / taxi services:(

Hope you get sorted soon - don't give up!

it is trying to seperate the abused taxi's and the ragged school run cars innit