Long story short.....
I've been planning on getting a Caddy in the summer, as I have a lovely old VW camper that I will be selling to raise the funds and getting rid of my ancient (20years old!) Kangoo, so I could consolidate 2 vans and associated insurance and tax yadda yadda into 1 caddy.
Unfortunately, the Kangoo died, and would'nt have passed it's MOT.
so, I've had to use my camper for day to day stuff, which isn't ideal!
I've been desperately trying to work out the best way forward, with the options being
1. Buy a cheap van to see me through till about May, before selling both and getting caddy, or
2. Scrape together what I can get right now, and try to find something not white (bog standard white, not modded!
), not spaceship miles, not hammered, new shape, preferably Blackberry or Pure Grey, as these colours have always pushed my buttons...and the budget? 5k!
Now, while five large is not a small amount of money, particularly to me, have you had a look whats around for that sort of dough? nothing that fit my criteria, thats for sure!
Then, last night, I was browsing the various classifieds and auction/scamming bastid sites, and I came across this one. I honestly thought it was a scam as well, but after speaking to the chap on the phone, and coming to the conclusion that it was legit, took a drive up to Northampton this morning!
suffice to say, that it was well within my budget, and fit all of my criteria......apart from being a 2.0 litre, but you can't have it all!
The guy was an absolute gent, the test drive was lovely, and deposit paid....I didn't even try to haggle, and Pat don't pay retail!
My plans are modest to start with, as despite owning some lovely aircooled VW's all my life, I've never ventured into this scene before. I plan on lowering it, correcting the small blemishes on the paintwork, some alloys and some front seats.....maybe colour coding the bumpers. And a golf GTD front bumper.And a re-map.
It'll be a slow burn though.....