Kiltox Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Say you have a considerable amount of household rubbish to shift and need a suitable vehicle for doing so Consider also that if your perfectly capacious MWB van was used, you’d end up on some kind of shit list with the council very quickly because the Tip Nazis are very hot on that kind of thing What do you buy that qualifies as “AN CAR” but can shift a small nation? I’d imagine a Volvo 940 is getting quite “OMG CLASSIC” for this purpose Load space is the name of the game. Enough test and capable of forward motion for long enough to complete the task. Carlosfandango 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Oh and it’s well established that a less insane man would just hire an actual skip Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 B5 Passat I reckon, cheap as chips now, big and should last a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Mondeo Mk3 Diesel estate. Then leave the fucker at the tip. bigstraight6, Asimo, Flat4 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 BMW X5? catsinthewelder, mrbenn, Uncle Jimmy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Berlingo Multispace? When I used my Inca van to dump stuff I had to sign a sheet of paper to say what the waste was, i.e. household not trade waste, no charges. Obviously councils vary. txe4 and skoda_fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 V70, loads about cheap. Old accord estates are thinner on the ground but enormous inside. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 keweseki Dave_Q, mrbenn, tobyd and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Omega estate? That's what mine is being used for right now and it is doing the job admirably. Ohdearme and Carlosfandango 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I did exactly this with a Volvo 850 a few years back when I was renovating a house. Must have been to the tip 20 times in it and never got questioned. It cost £156, was wholly and utterly abused by me for 6 months and my stepdad has it now, still going! forddeliveryboy, Carlosfandango, Bamboocarman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Picasso. Find one with crumbly sills and 6 weeks MOT for just above scrap money and take all the seats out (they unclip). I got a sofa to the tip in one, no bother. UltraWomble, loserone, The Moog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 chodweaver's grand voyager, berlingo, eurovan I (806/Ulysse/Synergie) or II (807/C8/Ulysse) Flat4, chodweaver, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Picasso. Find one with crumbly sills and 6 weeks MOT for just above scrap money and take all the seats out (they unclip). I got a sofa to the tip in one, no bother.Actually, that's a great shout! loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 PT Cruiser is a good bet for a 'nearly out of ticket, m8' skip if you get the seats out too The Moog and Bamboocarman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctormop Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Do Kia Sedonas sometimes fall into just above scrap territory anymore?I'd imagine the carrying capacity is better than some vans with the seats taken out.https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201903015449153?price-to=1500&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&postcode=la97et&model=SEDONA&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=distance&radius=100&make=KIA&page=1Cheapest I could find within 100 miles but haven't dared to look on Gumtree. Flat4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I currently have an e46 touring filling this role.It was only £600 due to flywheel rattle and low* mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy Mann Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Another vote for the Picasso, 1 large heavy 2 seater sofa with foot rest fitted no problem in ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txe4 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 +1 for Berlingo Multispace / Partner Tepee. You can get a fucked-but-still-running multispace for buttons, especially if pez, and it "looks" like a car (windows all round) so doesn't trigger the tip nazis. With the seats folded back (or removed entirely) it holds as much shit as the van version. Taller than an estate so much easier to load. Still miss mine. Bamboocarman and skoda_fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I was so hoping that was going to be a suggestion of a model S Scruffy Bodger, txe4 and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_E23 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 I'd imagine a Picasso/PT Cruiser/Sedona/Berlingo would be cheaper to insure than a van too. (Is insuring a van for private use still as difficult and/or expensive as I have been led to believe?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 BMW 3 series touring. You can fit 21 meters of turf comfortably in it or 22 lengths of 2.4m 3x2 and shut the boot... And change gear... Or a locker unit of 10 lockers, a tea urn, a printer (in it's box) and bags of shit, shutting all doors and driving 70 miles. Edit, ooh and full sized floor boarding, close, but it goes! Need a spare sock tho to protect the corners from stabbing the dash. Wait... Where can such a machine be obtained though??? paulplom, Flat4 and mrbenn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Berlingo or Kangoo absolutely ideal. skoda_fan and Bamboocarman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skoda_fan Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 +Another for Berlingo/Partner. My previous "ideal" vehicle for this was my Felicia Fun....except it wasn't...even with the Truckman top on it was refused entry for being a "commercial vehicle". I paid only £750 for my well-used Partner as it was too good to miss. It has the load capacity of a small shed (OK, it IS a small shed!) and qualifies as a private car. I bought it for practical purposes without expecting to like it. It's actually quite amusing to drive. Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Mk3 Astra estate is the best car I've used for this, noticably more useful than the 405 particularly as it was impossible to ruin. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 There still seem to be plenty of cheap/battered 940's doing the rounds TBF... Otherwise perhaps Mk1 Octavia Estate? Lots about, fairly reliable, Mk4 Golf platform so plentiful parts and huge space available with the back seats down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Galaxy, Zafira, picasso. Infact if you fill a Zafira up with crap for the tip, just leave it there and walk home. chodweaver, Flat4 and paulscavalier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Citroen C5 estate Bamboocarman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txe4 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Berlingo or Kangoo absolutely ideal. Are Roomsters shite yet? It looks like probably not, the cheapest ones on autotrader being £1300? If the rubbish isn't too filthy you could probably do OK buying a scabby Roomster, using it, then selling on - but that's probably not really what the OP intended. The Roomster feels a lot more solid than the old Berlingo did but for some reason I've never really bonded with it, it's just a tool. Silly attitude as the Roomster has been faultless and bits were always falling off the Berlingo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Around here you need a permit for any vehicle to use the local tip. It's because we're between Sheffield, Donny, Rotherham and West Yorkshire so if any of them are on strike or shut people just bob over the border and use the tips in the next council area (obviously, I haven't* done that)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 TD5 Discovery? I have one with 4 weeks test for £875. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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