If you do go for a van get a Turbo one ...anything else and you'll be going so slow even you'll be embarrassed by it LOL

I'm a market trader & I drive a renult Kangoo van and love it... but...


The drawbacks with a van are:

At a sharp junction you will find it very difficult to do your observations due to no rear passinger windows. Also idiots will get in your way 'cos even though your indicating one way you have to position the van as though going the other way to see down the road. (It's hard to explain, you might have to test drive a van to realize what I mean)

No rear window or rear view mirror, to reverse you just have your wing mirrors to go by = huge blind spot.

Insurance... I've been driving my van for 4 yrs, no accidents or damage, this yr cost me just over £600 (live in a 'bad area') Also you can forget about having a huge choice of insurers to shop around with as alot of insurers won't touch vans with a barge pole (vans are more likely to be targeted by criminals apparantely)

If I wasn't a market trader & just wanted a vehicle, I'd go for the Kangoo car option, as with this you have the size of the van but with more windows, rear view mirror, more affordable insurance.

If you needed something just a little bigger than a Kangoo, the Berlingo is slightly bigger (only by a few inches I think though)

Also another thing to note, I havn't checked your profile & don't know anything about you so please don't take this the wrong way, It may help someone else if it doesn't apply to you. Depending on when someone passed their test they might not be licenced to drive a van. I passed mine a long time ago so am licenced to drive vans, but after a certain date the law changed & now someone has to apply seperatly to be licenced to drive a van.

I had this issue as I only passed my test 4 years ago ...You can drive up to a 3.5 tonne rigid axle Van on a normal driving licence anything bigger and you need to take another test Most transits are this weight or below I was even looking LWB transit before I settled on the escort

My BC and gundog x find it easy - but would probably find it easier with a bounce board.

Gabe (GSD x) has to be helped....and I do not like them jumping down alone. (they climb on my shoulders)

I think it only applies over a certain weight limit...maybe 3.5 tonnes?
I was driving for Tescos and as long as you had a standard licence you were permitted to drive their vans (which were 3.5s) I passed my test in 1999

my friend had a small cleo an is now the proud owner of a great dane so think in a couple of weeks they will be upgrading maybe to a imprezer or a galant estate appaerntly they r big booted?!! but im not sure im thinkin they will need a bus lol my lil man love the boot of my golf as he can stand in the back an look out all the windows an love s long drive to big fields

I love the Nissan X-trail and the mecedes ML! Nice big boot and nice drive too! Also thinkthe Volvo estate cars are good (V60/70 as well as the XC60/XC70/XC90).

What about an estate car, as they have big boots.

I've got an ex police Puegeot Expert Van 2.1 Turbo diesel.
Snapped it up on eBay.
I've had it just over a year & love it.
The back is caged (it's a mobile cell van) & I have a cage in the middle section too.
It holds loads of luggage as well as the 4 Dogs.

Looks great Lorraine