Will you speak to me. A Vauxhall confession.
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11-09-2020, 07:49 PM
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Hello, I wanted a Berlingo but instead I got a deal on a 2020 Vauxhall Combo Life Energy Turbo D 1499 130bhp.
I hope to hang around and learn a thing or two about the common elements of the cars.
Andy
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Hi Andy welcome to the forum starting to see a lot these about now they seem quite popular in vauxhall guise.
Are we there yet?????
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Thanks. It was a no brainer (hopefully) saved a few quid on the Berlingo so did it.
Next I'll fit a tow bar, roof rails and a few more DC power sockets.
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11-09-2020, 08:32 PM
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No worries, its just a Berlingo in disguise
I wanted a Berlingo but ended up getting a Partner.
On a sidenote; I think Vauxhall (or Opel as its called here) made a good call switching to PSA.
I never liked the previous Fiat Doblo. My new Doblo drove worse then the Bipper I had before that :/
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I've always hated fiat, total rubbish. At least now Vauxhall is owned outright by PSA.
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I helped my bro yesterday (mainly as a chauffeur/2nd opinion for viewings) buy a speedily needed replacement for his dead Zafira yesterday (I did try to steer him towards a C4GP but failed - not many good ones in/near Shrewsbury), and as we came back from the test drive a lady was arriving in a Dispatch minibus, to view the same car as us (unfortunately for her we bought it).
I was quite taken by her Dispatch and did a bit of online goggling now I'm back home in Essex. That also led me to the C8/Ulysse/807 which seems to be a fat Berlingo... or am I being unfair?
As I'll be in the market for a van in about a year's time (moving, hopefully, to Salop) I may go for a Dispatch. I know this isn't the place to ask, and I could probably find out from ad photos if I was familiar with the Dispatch bodies, but does anyone know whether Dispatch vans have bolt holes in the rear floor allowing a second row of seats to be put in, crew cab style?
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If it's the same floorpan as the 807 then it must have? Citroen are famous for reusing floorpans
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Thanks, makes obvious sense! I will have to go and look at a few, for research purposes.
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That looks really nice, much better than a Fiat Doblo, but of course not as good as a Berlingo
Now an ex Berlingo owner, I have a C4
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18-10-2020, 07:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-10-2020, 07:32 AM by cancunia.)
(17-10-2020, 07:11 PM)Rasputin Wrote: I helped my bro yesterday (mainly as a chauffeur/2nd opinion for viewings) buy a speedily needed replacement for his dead Zafira yesterday (I did try to steer him towards a C4GP but failed - not many good ones in/near Shrewsbury), and as we came back from the test drive a lady was arriving in a Dispatch minibus, to view the same car as us (unfortunately for her we bought it).
I was quite taken by her Dispatch and did a bit of online goggling now I'm back home in Essex. That also led me to the C8/Ulysse/807 which seems to be a fat Berlingo... or am I being unfair?
As I'll be in the market for a van in about a year's time (moving, hopefully, to Salop) I may go for a Dispatch. I know this isn't the place to ask, and I could probably find out from ad photos if I was familiar with the Dispatch bodies, but does anyone know whether Dispatch vans have bolt holes in the rear floor allowing a second row of seats to be put in, crew cab style?
I have a 2011 Expert Tepee (with windows) which for sure has the second row of seats, there must be a Dispatch equivalent. With tinted windows there's not really any way to see what's inside so it's like a van with a bit more comfort & no van speed restrictions.
I like the new Berlingo & it's sister models like the Vauxhall, are the Vauxhall versions made in Luton?
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