Most of you already know that I already have T4, one of the very last ever made ! ( November 2003 ) 2.5 TDi Short Nose. Had 'Lulu' for almost 10 years now .........
love her to bits ! and she's only covered 64,000 miles ! >>
But then I moved to France, the RHD drive situation was getting unbearable, I had no option than to buy a lefty. So the decision was made to buy yet another T4 .......... why buy anything else !? And as I already had a short nose, why not see if I could get hold of a long nose ? easier said than done ! ......... these things are scarce over here, took me just over a year to find this one ! I finally managed to get hold of a nice German import .......... You can just see Lulu in the background, this was the day I went to see it in Clermont-Ferrand, in the 'Puy-de-Dôme' department in the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region of France, some 400 mile round trip. It's a late 1998, so model year 1999 Multivan. I know what to expect when seeing a vehicle that's covered 254,000 km ( 157,000 miles ) and is 17 years old ....... most other cars of that age would of been scrapped by now. But on seeing this van I was pleasantly surprised !
So much so ........ I parted with € 9,500 ! >>
High on my list was the 'tailgate', I much prefer the tailgate versions as opposed to the 'barn door' versions. Very clean looking van, goes like stink ! It has had a respray, to the exact original paint colour so there's no obvious signs of that at the door closures. I'm not an expert panel beater and sprayer, but I do recognise a good quality respray when I see it. But you do have to be cautious with new paint jobs, as you never know what's lurking underneath ! >>
Just a close up >>
And 'Lulu' isn't going anywhere soon, just couldn't bare selling her ........... so I'm keeping both of them ! >>
TURK
love her to bits ! and she's only covered 64,000 miles ! >>
But then I moved to France, the RHD drive situation was getting unbearable, I had no option than to buy a lefty. So the decision was made to buy yet another T4 .......... why buy anything else !? And as I already had a short nose, why not see if I could get hold of a long nose ? easier said than done ! ......... these things are scarce over here, took me just over a year to find this one ! I finally managed to get hold of a nice German import .......... You can just see Lulu in the background, this was the day I went to see it in Clermont-Ferrand, in the 'Puy-de-Dôme' department in the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region of France, some 400 mile round trip. It's a late 1998, so model year 1999 Multivan. I know what to expect when seeing a vehicle that's covered 254,000 km ( 157,000 miles ) and is 17 years old ....... most other cars of that age would of been scrapped by now. But on seeing this van I was pleasantly surprised !
So much so ........ I parted with € 9,500 ! >>
High on my list was the 'tailgate', I much prefer the tailgate versions as opposed to the 'barn door' versions. Very clean looking van, goes like stink ! It has had a respray, to the exact original paint colour so there's no obvious signs of that at the door closures. I'm not an expert panel beater and sprayer, but I do recognise a good quality respray when I see it. But you do have to be cautious with new paint jobs, as you never know what's lurking underneath ! >>
Just a close up >>
And 'Lulu' isn't going anywhere soon, just couldn't bare selling her ........... so I'm keeping both of them ! >>
TURK
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