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There's a man who sounds like he knows what he's on about! Cheers!

Many thanks for that. I'll let my other half 'suggest' those issues to the mechanic when it goes back. Or if I've time, I might even get her Haynes book out and have a look meself...

Hi there. I dreamed of a T25 for years until I met a girl who had her own :D Much cheaper! Anyway, neither of us are mechanical and our, er I mean her , beautiful yellow van is playing up so I thought I'd try and help her out. It's been to the mechanic (another T25 owner and as far as I can tell an ...

Thanks JK. I had a look at the website. I'm in Tooting (yawn). Nice T3 a couple of streets away belonging to some surf bunnies. He's got a point though, I don't seem to have any spare time already, without spending a few hours a week with my head in a manual. I just want all the fun without any of t...

LOL Very true. Wait by the roadside in style.

I blame early doses of Petrocelli for making the notion of living in a van so attractive. Max and Paddy only topped it up...

Thanks for the info guys. It's interesting to hear the mix of opinions. Some just say go turbo diesel only and don't bother wasting your time with anything else, others say... etc. My mate's being the voice of reason and trying to talk me out of it. He quite rightly points out that I'm not in the le...

Thanks, I did take a look at that. Still quite daunting though and a lot to remember, especially if you're not technical... :0 Plus, you're not going to find a perfect one are you, so how does a newbie decide what's reasonable and what's not?? Is it the minefield it looks to be? Just seen some decen...

Hi there. After a few years daydreaming, the time seems right to get a van for my nomadic lifestyle. I'm London-based, and my ideal van would be a hi-top turbo diesel (I think!). It seems there are some decent vans kicking about for around the 3k mark? Anyway, I know some of the guys on the forum ve...