Camping in the hills
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Hi all, Just registered to this website today, after months of reading and researching this great forum.
I viewed a T6, T32 today which is being sold privately for just under £30k. This would be our first camper van and I am not particularly mechanically minded. The seller was very accommodating, we had a test drive, detailed explanation of the work which they have had done and who by, amount of money spent on it etc and reasons for sale.
As I am writing this a few alarm bells are starting to sound, or am I just being too cautious?
The advert is stating as having full service history. The seller has shown me a Volkswagen printed service records but the last service was May-2021 at c 50,000 miles. The vehicle has done 96k miles. so it is missing service history for the last 50k miles / 3 years, which to me is a long time.
A carried out a £15 AA HPI / Vehicle check, which states that there are two previous owners. The sellers say that they bought it off the previous owner who had purchased it from new. Is it likely that the vehicle was register with a dealership from new which counts for one of the owners, or something like this ?
The conversion looks great, and obviously spent a lot of money on it and they say that the work was done by three reputable companies (they have told me 2 of the 3). However, they will not share the invoices with me until after completing the sale. They have shown some receipts, including timing belts and water pumps, which they have had done.
The sellers purchased it in Sep-24, I've no doubt questioning their reason for selling after a few months.
I do love this van but will never forgive myself if something goes wrong. I have considered a AA /RAC inspection but the lack of paperwork and service history is making me feel uneasy with this purchase.
Be grateful to hear what the members of this forum think?
I viewed a T6, T32 today which is being sold privately for just under £30k. This would be our first camper van and I am not particularly mechanically minded. The seller was very accommodating, we had a test drive, detailed explanation of the work which they have had done and who by, amount of money spent on it etc and reasons for sale.
As I am writing this a few alarm bells are starting to sound, or am I just being too cautious?
The advert is stating as having full service history. The seller has shown me a Volkswagen printed service records but the last service was May-2021 at c 50,000 miles. The vehicle has done 96k miles. so it is missing service history for the last 50k miles / 3 years, which to me is a long time.
A carried out a £15 AA HPI / Vehicle check, which states that there are two previous owners. The sellers say that they bought it off the previous owner who had purchased it from new. Is it likely that the vehicle was register with a dealership from new which counts for one of the owners, or something like this ?
The conversion looks great, and obviously spent a lot of money on it and they say that the work was done by three reputable companies (they have told me 2 of the 3). However, they will not share the invoices with me until after completing the sale. They have shown some receipts, including timing belts and water pumps, which they have had done.
The sellers purchased it in Sep-24, I've no doubt questioning their reason for selling after a few months.
I do love this van but will never forgive myself if something goes wrong. I have considered a AA /RAC inspection but the lack of paperwork and service history is making me feel uneasy with this purchase.
Be grateful to hear what the members of this forum think?
