I know they all have problems, but some problems are more liveable with than others. That gearbox cost me £1300 to sort. Then a year later I had to shell out another grand when the alternator belt snapped and took out the timing belt, bouncing 3 valves off 2 pistons.
What killed it this time, again less than a year later, was an injector leaked inside the motor, the fluid hydrauliced and snapped a conrod, amongst other stuff. When the garage rang me to tell me the motor was toast I of course asked about getting a recon unit in. "Its finding one that's the problem, all the scrapyard vans are in their due to the same problem"
Like I said I shan't have another, once bitten and all that. Having said that, the reason I went for a Trafic was coz I had been lent one by a solar firm I was subbing to that had done almost 300k. I asked the bloke about it and he said that the only thing he'd spent out on it was fuel and tyres. "I'll have one of them then" thinks I. Ah well.
You pays your money, you makes your choice. It'd be nice to know the 'common knowledge' things tho to make that choice a little more informed I feel
