Van - buy or lease

[Englishman]

I've got about 20k squirrelled away in various places, which will help massively I'm sure.

 

[hightower]

as murdoch says, 1st year you'll be lucky to clear enough to pay the bills. that's why i suggested an older van. added bonus is that if you dent it, it's no big deal. mine got bent in september. woman driver ran into back of me while stopped in traffic. van cost me £1500. her insurance paid me out £2300. 2nd hand bumper £40. tailgate repair about £300. i'm now driving a van that cost me bugger all.

Where do I find one of these 'woman drivers' so I can get the same deal? Do you hire one for the smash? Surely they not letting them out on the roads now nilly willy? [emoji38]

 

[telectrix]

they live amongst us. blocking the road for 20 minutes while the try to reverse park in a space that's only big enough for an artic., dropping a friend off at the hairdressers, but need a half hour of gossip with the car doors open and blocking passing traffic, double parking outside the school because their little monster can't walk 50 yards.

 

[Leesparkykent]

It's looking likely that I'll have to go self employed soon, and obviously with leaving employment, I need a van.

Currently drive a medium wheel base, high top Sprinter, which is perfect for my gammy back as I sit nice and high, and don't have to bend at all when in the back. The choice is now whether or not I buy or lease.

What's the general consensus?

If you do look at leasing look at Vanarama, Northgate and burntree.

 

[telectrix]

burnt fingers. more like, leasing robdogs.

 

[stevey1983]

I just brought a 2nd hand van and the way i financed it was i took out a credit card that has 27months intrest free on purchases so my £4,000 new van costs me £148 a month, much better than finance or a loan

 

[Englishman]

Like it Stevey