Advice please guys! Should I buy one?

[perry12]

Hey guys

I am new here and looking for a bit of advice.

My wife and I have found a virtually new t6.1 kombi 204ps that we absolutely love.

What is worrying me is where do you see the future of t7 onwards with regards to diesel? Hybrid etc?

This would be a big but affordable purchase for us and i am just thinking of the residuals on a diesel in the crazy world we live in now.

What would you guys do? Would you just go for it or hold out for another 12 months and go for a petrol hybrid or something if it becomes available?

Thanks guys.

 

[Chris Sherwood]

Diesel will be around for a while...

Synthetic Diesel Fuel is the future!

Synthetic Diesel Fuel

 

[DaveD]

Diesel will be around for a while...

Synthetic Diesel Fuel is the future!

Synthetic Diesel Fuel

"A common conventional feedstock is natural gas, but synthetic fuels can be also produced from such sources as coal....."

Synthetic Fuel might be the future, but only when it can be made entirely from renewable sources and at a reasonable cost. I think it's some way off that.

 

[DaveD]

Hey guys

I am new here and looking for a bit of advice.

My wife and I have found a virtually new t6.1 kombi 204ps that we absolutely love.

What is worrying me is where do you see the future of t7 onwards with regards to diesel? Hybrid etc?

This would be a big but affordable purchase for us and i am just thinking of the residuals on a diesel in the crazy world we live in now.

What would you guys do? Would you just go for it or hold out for another 12 months and go for a petrol hybrid or something if it becomes available?

Thanks guys.

I'd just buy it, you could spend the rest of your life waiting for the next revision or next development. Life's too short for that.

 

[T6ChrisO]

As above, get it bought, EV can go f**k itself

 

[Jimmmmy]

I have a Hybrid car, but still prefer to drive my van, go for it

 

[Sackmycook]

Buy the van and get a little EV run around.....you will feel good about life.

Paul (T6, BMW i3s)

 

[T6Paul]

EV’s are not the future!

 

[Andpopse]

At the moment EV charging is a P in the A, if any distance in involved. I don’t see that changing any time soon as EV take up is outstripping charging station network growth. I’d say your Diesel Van will become very sought ( for a time) after when all new vehicles are EV. So Diesel for the next 10 years, at least for me.

 

[Sackmycook]

EV’s are not the future!

No, they're here now and suit certain people and situations. Quite happy with mine thanks

 

[Murdoch]

EVs are fine if you have a drive and live / drive relatively short distances

 

[Graham Jones]

EVs are fine if you have a drive and live / drive relatively short dista

No, they're here now and suit certain people and situations. Quite happy with mine thanks

I agree they're here now and suit certain people but they will not be the long term future.

 

[Tony Abbott]

EV’s are not the future!

Garlic bread is the future, I,ve seen it......

 

[Sackmycook]

Garlic bread ? Garlic BREAD ???!

 

[Saffa365]

Just buy the van , life’s to short as mentioned before

 

[Bargy62]

Just buy the van , life’s to short as mentioned before

and if you don't like it sell it in a years time for more than you paid for it

 

[Fozzer]

I'm currently driving round Scotland in a Transit plug-in hybrid (a hire car cos we needed 7 seats, brand new only jad 18 miles on the clock) ) what a truly horrible thing it is,


it's got a1 litre petrol gutless engine and a battery that does 25 miles,


its currently showing 25mpg and its drinking fuel like its going out of fashion. We have covered 720 miles and had to refuel it 4 times


If this is the joint way going forward with transit/transporter god help us.