messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Well, the time has come to punt on the DIspatch. We've owned it since February 2013, when we bought it a week before we moved house. It's been a useful bit of kit ever since but a bigger van will be taking its parking space soon. It has never let us down and only twice had a Failure to Proceed that has caused its recovery to home, neither of which was engine-related. We bought it at 185000 miles and she's on 218000 now. Genuinely uncommon van which is taxed as a car so has the benefit of car insurance. You can fit a bike or two in the back with the seat folded forward. Carries 700kg comfortably. Located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. So, the details! MoT'd till mid January 2017218,000 miles and rising2005 2.0HDi turbo (110bhp)towbar (electrics worked last time I used it). Good points:four good tyres (all van tyres)MoT till JanuarySix seats (three in front and three in back)Rear seat removableAll six headrests (well, you may find this important, I found one a pain and always had it removed so I could see out the rear doors) Bad points:Log book missing but registered in wife's name - reliably informed it costs £25 to get a new V5 but change of owner should be free.One key - opens all doors apart from rear passenger door on nearside, which can be locked and unlocked from inside.One tyre illegal - will be swapped with spare before I drive it again (and a correct size Citroen wheel with correct size car tyre supplied)must need a timing belt by now ...alternator squeaks occasionallylight leak from power steering (don't know where and have not investigated - just topped up every few hundred miles with ATF)offisde rear lamp has chip out of itdriver's seat has normal issues you seem to find in a van450 miles off being due a service (so just assume it needs a filter and oil)occasional induction fault - I had a pipe replaced and it cured the fault but it still occasionally comes back when engine is being laboured. Not happened for six or seven hundred miles and I wasn't worried about it - £120 to replace pipe when I popped a new one on. No warning lights on.Grubby inside - but it will wash out!Rust on top of suspension turrets - but it is just surface and has been like that since we bought it. Photo below o one side - the other is no worse. Shiter price is £300, although she will be advertised for £500 elsewhere. strangeangel and messerschmitt owner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 oops, forgot stereo needs code - which I don't have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Holy f*ck, that's ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 4 good tyres -,ones bald 😄 dave21478 and messerschmitt owner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 What does it say on the V5 please? I.e 'Dispatch HDi' or 'Dispatch van' or something? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 If I had the v5 I'd know. I know it's taxed as plg and is considered a car by the insurance. I think it should say dispatch Combi and pretty much guarantee that's what it will say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 4 good tyres -,ones bald 😄 yep. That is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 According to the insurance which has come off the v5 it is a Citroen dispatch combi hdi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Thanks, that could be good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Ideal trackbike transport that is, shame I've spent all my money Should be subject to car speed limits too, which is a big plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Yes it is a car therefore has car speed limits. I have had two bikes inside. A third would fit at a push. Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Before I get excited and check my defecated finances, is anyone available to 'Shipley' this to Chester please and if so at what cost? TIA M8s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacow Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Before I get excited and check my defecated finances, is anyone available to 'Shipley' this to Chester please and if so at what cost? TIA M8s.I'm assuming this is in Scotland - how quick do you need it moved? I go from Dunfermline to Chorley fairly often but might be a few weeks until next trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 It is in Gloucestershire. Cavcraft and messerschmitt owner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 this is in the Forest of Dean - it was last in Scotland in April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacow Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 See I fell for the flag! I am naff all use to anyone then - as per usual! Perhaps as well as I was a bit tempted myself!! And should have got the Forrest reference after dating a girl from there years ago - was never quite the same messerschmitt owner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 I'm Scottish - living in the only part of England exactly like Cumnock & Doon! Only the accents give it away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 That is a worthy thing indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coprolalia Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Only a couple of hours from Billy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Two hours on the train to Hereford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 don't forget to get shed envy whilst your there! and there's awesome railway signs in the pub over the road to look at! and a great truckers cafe a few miles down the road on a dual carriageway messerschmitt owner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I really like this, it looks brill! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 Ok, yesterday I put the brand new Hankook spare on the back, hid the illegal (now) spare back underneath, threw a decent wheel and car tyre inside the load area, checked the fluids and topped up the power steering fluid and filled a one litre bottle back up with ATF for the power steering and placed that under the passenger seat. Today I squandered £25 on a V5, which should be with me early next week. She's pretty much ready to go and next week is being advertised to the great unwashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I cany see location. Am I just being a dumbass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 I cany see location. Am I just being a dumbass?The Forest of Dean, northern edge, overlooking Ross on Wye and eight miles from the M50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Cheers fella. Hella far from me. This makes me sad. messerschmitt owner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messerschmitt owner Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 lol - you live in Utopia, I live in Shangri-La! Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Shitely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'll have this, just waiting on a green light for a new job but consider it sold, will pm later to arrange the details Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Shite fact: I have been a passenger in this. Jazoli, messerschmitt owner and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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