Very interesting. Also 35 cm longer and 11 cm wider. A Euro 6 one seems to be about £12,000.
Ten grand gets you a 2016 Euro 6 Transit with 100,000 miles on the clock. For the same money you could have this 25,000 mile German fire engine. Pre '81, so ULEZ and tax exempt. And if you remove the pump, roof rack and blue lights it's small enough for a Lambeth residents permit
Found it! The van with my name on it. The £300,000 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Maxus V90 Villa Edition has a pop up first floor which you reach in a lift.
The base van has evolved from the Sherpa. SAIC bought LDV in 2010. SAIC,which is state-owned, also bought MG and sells cars which have evolved from the Rover 75. They own the Woodbridge plant in Birmingham but they don't build anything there any more.
The transparent TV is also a Chinese product. £5,500. Xiaomi unveils ludicrous transparent OLED TV – and it's actually going on sale).
I, for one, welcome our new Van Life overlords.
I'm getting close to maybe getting one of these. The most popular colour seems to be black, but I'm worried it looks a bit like a hearse....
I'm not sure there's much in it once you strip the Alphard of the seats and door panels and roof-mounted TVs. I need to find out the cost of importing oneself and whether there are any good opportunities at auctions. JDMAuctionWatch | Performance Cars Direct from Japan The UK dealers always buy Alphards in mint condition, but if you're going to gut it, maybe you can get a good deal on a scruffy one? I also want to look at Hiace auction prices. I think a lot of the ones at auction are ULEZ. The LWB ones are 5.38 m long and usually have a roof that's high, but not too high. There are about a bazillion versions in Japan.
It does look like a hearse, but maybe this one would suit you. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ly New&onesearchad=Used&price-from=500&page=1
Good price, quite high mileage. That one doesn't come up in my searches on Autotrader for some reason, so thanks for the link!
Well garages are still open for repairs and I suppose if your car broke down, you would need to buy another one. They said I had to give them a £99 fully refundable deposit, presumably to deter the non serious. It's less than an hour to Southampton from here, plenty of people do it as a commute, so I'm unlikely to get stopped, but it isn't really local. It's all about distance and your conscience really.
"Would you like a test drive?"
I have conflicting demands - I'd like it big enough for a fixed bed and a loo, high top so I can stand up in it, but it would be handy if it was small enough to park on the drive and take to Sainsbury's.
For peeing in? I'd rather have a composting toilet. Air Head - Marine Version - WooWoo Waterless and Composting Toilets £999 but apparently they're brilliant.
More of a concern is the length - aren't there restrictions of the length of vehicle you can get a residents parking permit for in London? And how will you get your bike into that?
