Sold 52 Berlingo, now force ale £600

[robinmasters]

Rise and shine, 29.

 

Yes, another one of those threads with blurry pictures out of train windows and an ultimately unsatisfying conclusion.

[robinmasters]

The lifestyle of a commuter is not an enviable one, and one not worthy of photographic cataloging. Here's an example of the local artistic vernacular.

 

[robinmasters]

59, The Brighton Line. Well, a train line. Enhanced collection kit required today, slightly further afield than I've been before. I won't more you with the details, but enough to justify a bag.

 

[Simonsays]

Tools or food in the bag?

[robinmasters]

62, Tickety-Boo. LUXURY. The train has apparently been awarded the Golden Spanner Award for reliability. 

 

[robinmasters]

Tools or food in the bag?

 

Bottle of water and phone charger are the highlights.

[robinmasters]

Duck and dive, 25.

 

Peterborough achieved. 

 

[robinmasters]

Dirty Gertie, number 30.

 

Lincolnshire.

 

[davehedgehog31]

Nissan Juke IMO

[Jim Bell]

62, Tickety-Boo. LUXURY. The train has apparently been awarded the Golden Spanner Award for reliability.

 

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That one on the far right seems a bit far right.

 

[robinmasters]

89, almost there. But it's actually a 56. 

 

[spartacus]

It's all gone quiet, is everything OK?

[clayts450]

Ah, I see what you did there.

 

Disappoint with no sandwich pic tho'.

 

Berlingo and AICMFP. Blame ruffgeezer for the reveal.

[robinmasters]

Full house! It's Berlingo bingo.

 

No sandwich pic, but I did have a lovely pastie in Horncastle.

 

Nice to meet you Tim.

 

First impressions in 150 miles time.

 

[ruffgeezer]

D'oh sorry, I didn't realise that there was a proper fred going on for it.

 

Great to meet you too, hope the traffic wasn't too bad on your return to the Sarf.

[robinmasters]

First impressions are very positive. I watched an old Top Gear review of these the other day, and Clarkson (when he was a semi-serious motoring journalist), and he said it 'rode like a Jag'. I don't know about that, but it's certainly very good. Soaks up the bumps really well. The other positive in the review was that it was very car-like, and again I'd have to agree. It's not noisy, the controls are all light, but I haven't driven a van for years, so. Tim did emphasise how slow it is before I took it away, and while it doesn't accelerate, once you're up to speed it's very easy to stay there.

 

This one, it's a bit battered, but nothing serious-a couple of dings outside, a scrape on the rear quarter. Inside, again nothing serious; door card trim is coming off on the driver's door, and the driver's side speaker grill is held in with a self-tapper.

 

My daughter isn't impressed. She said it looks like the sort of car 'an old man with a disabled family' should drive.

 

This was intended to be a pragmatic purchase to use while moving house, but it's really growing on me.

[Jams]

Many moons ago i used to work for a one man band and was issued with a berlingo it was non turbo and very very slow!! Untill i noticed that you could adjust the throttle cable!! Bloddy flew (as well as an na could) after that!

[beko1987]

Lovely! As another satisfied customer of Ruff. Geezah enterprises you won't be disappointed! (in the car, can't promise about life in general though)

[robinmasters]

Lovely! As another satisfied customer of Ruff. Geezah enterprises you won't be disappointed! (in the car, can't promise about life in general though)

How could a Berlingo owner ever be less than entirely satisfied with their lot?

[robinmasters]

Right, this eminently practical vehicle is now for sale. I want something smaller, slower, with fewer air bags. And a smaller boot.

 

MOT until March 2019, 160k. Due a service in 1500 miles, could do with new shoes. Tyres not great, but legal. In my ownership I've replaced a bit of string that works the back seat folding mechanism.

 

£600.

 

Form an orderly queue. Located in Folkestone, Kent,

[artdjones]

HDi or DW8?Also it would be worth putting a for sale tag put on.

[robinmasters]

Good points. DW8. Oily, but TADTS apparently. 

 

 

HDi or DW8?Also it would be worth putting a for sale tag put on.

[Mrs6C]

Hmmm, my Dad has been muttering about getting another Berlingo... this might suit him... any more details / photos available? Thanks!

 

PM sent...

[ruffgeezer]

It is a dw8, maintained extensively by our garage up until it was traded in, my original thread is here:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/31430-dog-eared-berlingo-multispace-£11-a-number/

[Talbot]

These Berlingos are brilliant all-rounder cars.  Mrs T is on her third, and she has really liked them all.  Loadsa space, small footprint, sliding doors are brilliant, boot is big, capable towcar, car-like driving.

 

The DW8 is a little breathless on the motorway, but if you don't plan to do intercontinental journeys, it will be fine.  As a pootle round town or shorter-journey vehicle it's perfectly adequate.  Similar (very very similar) to an XUD9 non-turbo.

 

If we needed another, I'd be on this like a shot.  They also seem to hold their value well, so anything under a bag for a well-maintained MOTd and immediately-useable one is good value.

[ruffgeezer]

Yeah I should say I recently got a grand for a 2003 Peugeot partner hdi so this one is on the money for what it is.

[lovejoy]

Anyone have an opinion on the low power 1400cc petrol version ???

 

I have been admiring Blingoes for some time now as a practical daily,

 

with lots more carrying capacity than a 1 litre A to Z.......   

 

I seem to surrounded by early 2003 plate blingoes, but road tax at £265

 

rather puts me off....

[Talbot]

but road tax at £265 rather puts me off....

£22.08 a month if done on DD, or 73p a day.

 

or if you drive it 12k miles in a year, 2.2p/mile. Compared to Fuel at about 15p/mile, it's somewhat meaningless. some of the 1.4 models drop into a lower tax band, but it's only a bit lower and unlikely to make any real difference.

[Lacquer Peel]

Yes I don't understand the fixation with cheap* tax, in the scale of motoring running costs it's marginal.

[BeEP]

Totally agree with above two posts.  I had someone arrange to come and view the Rover 218D last week, only to pull out because he'd looked the tax up and it was too high.  If he manages to buy something post 2001 in one of the £20/.£30 tax bands for £400 I can pretty much guarantee that before a year's out it will have cost him more overall than the Rover would have done!