Garage Suggestions near London, Syncro Import

[RichJ]

Hi All, I'm in the process of purchasing a camper converted 14inch 98 syncro in Europe. It is being driven over (plateless on a tow truck) from Holland and I need a suitable garage to drop it at to carry out MOT and registration in the UK as a camper and get me on the road! I'm living in London and the further away from London I get the pricier my import delivery cost is so what I am looking for is a garage outside London (for cost reasons) that knows the vehicle and is enthusiastic about it where I can discuss my future plans as well as doing just the necessaries to get me on the road initially. While not being too far from London to avoid driving my delivery cost up too much.

Any thoughts?

Ta, Rich

[lloydy]

Being a '98, is it a T4? Just that if it is, there might be more options due to it being a newer van. Brickyard or T4 forum may offer more help if thats the case..

[Sir Brixalot]

As LLoydy says any good garage will be ok for a T4. As for a T25, that's a different story. I've been given poor service from a couple of garages that have been great in the past on "normal cars". it'd be interesting to see if there's a consistently good garage for T25s south of The River

[RichJ]

Being a '98, is it a T4? Just that if it is, there might be more options due to it being a newer van. Brickyard or T4 forum may offer more help if thats the case..

Sorry typo, it is an 88 T25/T3.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[Simon Baxter]

Suggestion. Drive north.
What it costs in extra delivery you'll save in labour.

Got lots of customers from London, only £30 return on the train.
If you own a syncro you'll soon learn how expensive they are and most are suffering neglect regardless of what the vendor says.

[Plasticman]

as he says ^^^^, i have lots of folk come from south and a few hardy from up top and trains are cheap if you dont need to do the commute thing on them
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[lloydy]

Yep, that's what I do

[Cableguy]

What I do too and you can't get any further south than me, unless you own a boat.