Show me - cool vans that could be used every day.

What are your requirements as in size, engine ect and what is the business you are doing

Bryan

Hello Mr Panda Selecta.

I'm not always the best at replying to there but let's have a shot.

I guess it depends on what you need to move and what you do for a trade as to how large you need it to be. I have had a few vans and trucks over the years but this is probably my favourite.



It was a MK2 caddy van, TDI with the 1.9 VE engine. It used to happily sit at 70+ mph and used to return a minimum of 40mpg, sometimes up to 50mpg on a run. It was lowered with a flipped rear axle and it had adjustment plates in the rear. They're surprisingly spacious as well as I got a whole vr6 mk3 golf in the back of one once and an engine hoist.

Behind this lot is a whole front end, engine, but and subframe.



I just changed the height on the shackles according to the weight that was in the back. All of about 10 minutes to change.



I sold this for a day van which I regret quite a lot in all honesty. This little van did everything I needed it to and never gave a whiff of trouble.

I also used it every day with no troubles. I even had heated leathers in mine.



It also used to give my friends mk3 8v a run for its money.

Ah nice!

I would advise that you avoid the SDI models, they're just a bit too gutless and slow.

A lot of Mk3 golf stuff is compatible with them, as is a lot of stuff out of the seat Córdoba, and Ibiza. I actually bought a seat for a front end conversion which I think can look very good.

I can't remember what mileage my van was in when I bought it, but it was on about 235k when I sold it and it's still going now.

They do however suffer with some starting issues. It is purely down to a bad 109 fuel relay which is a common fault with this era VAG. £15 odd quid solves the problem.

For mine with 12 months MOT I paid £400. There is a caddy forum which has some decent vans on every now and again. Seat Inca is the same van.

Yea, Switch Suspension's #freewifi van is pretty damn cool

This, if you want to do do the maximum pose & attract attention. Not sure you'd want to drive too far in it though ...........

What are those fantastic steel rims? Do your brakes overheat?

don't forget the seat inca (stinca) van as a cheaper alternative to the caddy. Identical in almost every way.

I sold my rat gulf caddy van last year so I'm currently building up an inca now