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@Yukirin thanks.
Because it was so long coming, it feels strange and a little anticlimactic. I sat in the cab for 20 mins after the PO left just thinking "what did I do, and how do I drive this thing?" I was also waiting for some people to leave so I could stall the van in peace.
Doesn't help that where I might do 50-300 miles a week on a motorcycle, the two months since passing the license I do maybe one short journey each week in a car. Sunday was the longest I'd driven a car so far; one round trip to collect loading ramps (40 miles), and a couple hours later a second for the bulkhead (70-odd).
Hoping I don't have any hefty repair/servicing costs for at least a few weeks!
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I drove mine everywhere to start with plus I was taking bands gear out to gigs too, but my salary to fuel-price ratio was significantly better in 2003 than it is now. I had a puddle of brake fluid in the 2nd month - caliper from the breakers was £30 something inc delivery and a mate helped me fit it. Otherwise only had basic consumables go on it and a rusty drivers side wheel arch that seemed to need constant rust attention - probably my bad bodywork skills tbf.
Yukirin
Nice, congrats! My first van was a SWB Transit too and loved it. I had only driven my Fiesta before that but soon got used to its bigger size. Upsized to a LT35 conversion 2 years later but the price of VW parts were eye watering compared to the Transit!