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Miserable SMOL van for a miserable LARGE person


Lacquer Peel

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With the Berlingo on hold because the thought of working on it makes me miserable, the autoshite bike Polo diesel being scrapped and my being judged safe to be released back into the community I needed some cheap wheels.

 

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Wow, must be zero emissions or a recovery truck!

 

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Oh, Partridge. Everyone rags on the SDI engines but this thing pulls well. 320touring reckons it can be mapped to beyond 90 TDI power levels! I'm looking forward to trying that when we meet up.

 

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Tara must be a big lass.

 

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Fitted with scaffolding.

 

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I.C.E by John Deere. There's a spurious Bluetooth symbol on the unit but no obvious way to operate said wireless technology. Think it's just for hands free calling via an adapter.

 

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Yellow = sporty.

 

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Some cancer but it's fairly solid.

 

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The SEAT badge fell off when me and 320touring were attempting to remap the SDI powerhouse. Weep.

 

I'm quite chuffed with the SMOL VAN so far. Maybe I'm just happy to have any transport at all. In rural Scotland or anywhere with shit public transport and towns spaced far apart it's near-essential. I've covered more than 1000 miles in it so far, to dates, to meet friends, appointments, job interviews and jobs.

 

It's happily slurping near enough 100% waste vegetable oil which I get for free, my daft idea to put it in massive barrels to tidy up the hotel's shed necessitates a van or a trailer. The Inca goes okay considering the power deficit, but with the usual low power caveat of not having the power to overtake corner dawdlers.

The handling is really good for a van, with a solid axle on leaf springs and no weight in the back you'd expect it to pirouette on sharp greasy bends but it clings on. It reminds me of my Mk2 Polo but with power brakes and much better steering.

 

These vans are good, I rate them. Hard to avoid scene tax with the Caddy versions now unfortunately, especially if you want a turbo.

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Ooh, I need to get over to the open forum and catch up!

 

Good to see an update on this, glad it's a positive one. But (sorry to be so predictably Autoshite) good god, man, those wheel trims are CRIMINAL.

However, knowing you, you likely found them near a cattle grid and stuck them on just for trolling lolz.:D In which case - Good work!

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