Due to these being practicle as my wife's grandparents often come with us when we go on holiday in the uk, im going to be shortly purchasing a 7 seater bus wagon. The 2 i like the most are the delica and the largo. Anybody own one and know what to look for/avoid.

Largo is a bit dearer for bits than the dilica.

 

But the Largo has a stronger head gasket.

 

If i were you id take a look at the next generation of buses, the Nissan Elgrand or the Toyota Granvia.

 

Id say the most reliable and cheapest and easiest to get bits is the Mazda Bongo.

 

If i were you id steer clear of Toyota Estimas although the parts a re cheap and easy to get, they are only worth a grand or two and when the head blows it will cost you that!!

If your looking to buy from a dealer i can highly recomend http://www.jayautouk.com/

 

At my work (we sell jap car parts and service and repair jap motors) we see cars bought from many places, some good, some not so good, but whenever one comes in that someone has bought from there they are as close to perfect as you could hope for.

 

Good luck in your search.

cheers

A freind of a freind has a bongo and i thought it looked real plain. they seem to be more expensive to buy than a largo, most largo's ive seen go for about 3-4k

You can pick a half decent bongo for £4k to £4.5k.

 

Yes a largo is cheaper but wait till you need to buy shocks or a radiator!!!!

 

The bongo is a bit transit shaped but i suppose thats bound to be the case as its a shared platform with the ford freeda.

 

Most people assume the largo is pretty much the same as the serena, but when it comes to parts theres a hell of a lot of differences.

I'm used to expensive parts, i have a 300zx lol

been thinking about this one

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/CARS_popup.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=none&sort=3&hassearched=Y&make=NISSAN&min_pr=75&source=0&model=LARGO&max_pr=&miles=60&agerange=&mileage=&postcode=bs16+7bj&bodyid=0&fuelid=0&colour=&transmissionid=0&ukcarsearch_full.x=55&ukcarsearch_full.y=7&start=1&distance=59&adcategory=CARS&channel=CARS&id=200725289818589

Looks nice, the extra you spend on parts you will save in fuel anyway, the delicas drink it, the largos though not economical are better on fuel, slightly!!!

 

Give me a yell if you need bits!!!

cheers, got to sell the zed first though. just seeing what around at the moment.

Which engine is in that one CD20T?

umm.... no idea. noticed it petrol so i think it would not be my ideal choice

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-LARGO-SXG_W0QQitemZ290088208931QQihZ019QQcategoryZ18238QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

this one is diesel though

If its the petrol it might not be as bad as you think, in the petrols they use a 2.4 vvti lump which is better made than its deisel sibling.

 

The deisels come in CD20T 2.0 deiesel and CD23 and CD23T the latter being the 2.3 tubo deisel which can just about pull its own weight where the 2 litre struggles.

 

Fuel economy will be about the same on the petrol, and on a run you probably find it a bit better, bear in mind that they are as aerodynamic as a brick so your fuel economy will be similar to the zed.

hmm might go for a petrol after all :)

Daft as it sounds id search the largo owners clubs and get a bit of background on them, theres a forum for everything these days, i often look on the figaro sites as id like the mrs to get one, but she told me no in no uncertain terms!!!

If i were you id take a look at the Nissan Elgrand, they are on ebay prices from £4k, I think they will hold the money alot better as they are fairly new motor to uk roads.

i looked on the largo forum, not much there tbh