How do I spot a good Berlingo?

[John Bilko]

Have a look for a Peugeot Partner Escapade - I have a 2004 year with the 2.0HDI and it's been great. It has higher suspension than its Citroen counterparts so is even better at crashing through potholes.

The 2.0HDI is a proven unstressed bulletproof engine and far better than the early troublesome 1.6HDI (completely different engine to the 2.0HDI). The EGR valve is easily disconnected if needed. The clutch is old school single mass.

I wish I had seen this 6 months ago.  It looks pretty good.  I did a quick search for an automatic but again they seem to be as rare as rocking horse whatsit!!  Also the mileages seem to be a bit high for my use but I wish I had bought one used in about 2004 because I would very likely have still had it with no miles to speak of on it!

[Kyleonsite]

They are out there but need some searching. I bought mine 18months ago with 83k miles on it (it's now got 99k.
It recently had a new set of Continental tyres, new exhaust, decent brand battery and a big stack of paperwork and receipts for a replacement axle/gear linkages/clutch. The MOT history was good.

[C15]

Thank you so much everyone. There is some really great advice there. It will be a bit of a waiting game for me know to see what comes up. I can imagine that the good examples go fast at the moment.