Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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Can anyone advise?
Basically work are getting us cars and i've just offered £3200 for my old 07 plate Ford Connect with 50k on the clock to convert into a small camper van and tow the Corsa
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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A plan were cheapest on my Berlingo.
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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van insurance is a scam.
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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quote: Originally posted by willay
van insurance is a scam.
everything about running a van is a scam. they know you can earn money from them so they can bend you over
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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I've got limited miles, a million years ncb, fully comp and they wanted the best part of 800 for it. Cunts.
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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A connect into a camper van? Bit small isnt it?
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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quote: Originally posted by Jay
A connect into a camper van? Bit small isnt it?
Was thinking the same
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Doesn't really matter how much the insurance is because none of it is happening anyway.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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quote: Originally posted by BarnshaW
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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quote: Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote: Originally posted by Jay
A connect into a camper van? Bit small isnt it?
Was thinking the same
It has been done in the past tbh - granted on the LWB.
Few others I've seen on the same forum too, but can't find them atm.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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If you're making it a camper, insure it as a camper. Mine is with Highway. The equivalent lorry as a lorry is a few grand.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Lol you must have an awesome fleet
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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Needs a bed, a TV and a bit of storage.
I'm not sure what to do with it now
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Oh please
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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we will be looking at van insurance now as we have just bought an iveco daily xlwb crew cab looks a bit like the a teams van atm so that will be getting changed when we pick it up
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Does it have a dodgy turbo?
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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quote: Originally posted by willay
I've got limited miles, a million years ncb, fully comp and they wanted the best part of 800 for it. Cunts.
Bargain, £1250 quid for my Combo, after shopping about
Andrew, if this is real I suggest you don't buy it, assuming it's a SWB, the load space is just over 5ft 9 long which isn't going to be comfy as a camper. You'd need to find a light trailer and have the van near enough empty to keep within the weight limits when towing which I guess would also cock up the 'camper' idea as I expect the 'camper' is planned to be used as accommodation for trackdays etc. but the extra weight of the camper equipment would likely cause you to be overweight.
In summary, buy something suitable rather than the first thing available which is actually useless.
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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quote: Originally posted by chloe16v
we will be looking at van insurance now as we have just bought an iveco daily xlwb crew cab looks a bit like the a teams van atm so that will be getting changed when we pick it up
Why?
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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drive the corsa and use a tent.... sorted and saves you £3k
then you can pretend to buy loads of other cars
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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quote: Originally posted by willay
I've got limited miles, a million years ncb, fully comp and they wanted the best part of 800 for it. Cunts.
Is it because of business use ?, as my van was cheap to insure but obviously wasn't driving it for company use
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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I dont use it for business, so its even more frustrating! Got worse when I wanted to move the Polo policy over to the van, flux said I couldnt do that because I wanted a van policy and all this shit. So after aload of moaning and getting no where I got my 7 days grace from VW and spoke to the chaps at flux at PVS and they managed to move my policy over (so I didnt loose my ncb I had earned within that year) and didn't charge me the admin fee as I bummed that craig guy who organises their shows. Cost me around £150 in the end.
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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quote: Originally posted by Mike B
quote: Originally posted by chloe16v
we will be looking at van insurance now as we have just bought an iveco daily xlwb crew cab looks a bit like the a teams van atm so that will be getting changed when we pick it up
Why?
because it met our needs to transport 3 kids, 5 dogs and a rig around the country
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I put my van in my Dads name and put the policy in his name with me as named driver, was still £800 I had to pay for the insurance
That's with telling them it was for personal use only, ridiculous. I'd just get an estate or something and lay the back seats down to sleep in
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