14-11-2015, 12:57 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm looking to buy my first Berlingo & found this forum through Google. My wife & I are getting set to leave Scotland for the south of Spain and then eventually France. I've been looking to buy a LHD car for the trip & Berlingos seem to come up quite often. Our budget is very tight & we've also got three dogs who are going with us so the Berlingo seems to tick all the boxes. Although this will be the first one I've owned I've driven a few over the years as I work as a van driver & the Berlingo is a popular choice.
I'm currently looking at a 2006 2.0HDi which looks good and it has all the paperwork for Spain so it's a bit of a no-brainer I think. It's done 72,000 miles but the seller has agreedd to give it a full service as well as replace the timing belt & water pump. I know Citroen suggest the timing belt be changed at 100,000 miles (or 120 months) but that seems too long for me & I've no real way of knowing how it's been driven previously. One good thing is that it's had one owner since new and had seven services at a Citroen main dealer. Only the most recent service was carried out elsewhere.
I'm going to need to find some kind of dog guard for it because I'll be hoping to take a bit of stuff to Spain as well as the dogs. The rest of the house contents are going into storage whilst we wait in Spain for our new place near Avignon, Provence to be made habitable.
It's all very exciting. I've always been a fan of practical French vehicles but I'm well aware they have their problems. Who knows? Buying a second-hand car is always a lottery to a certain extent.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this and if I can be of any help here I'll do my best.
Regards,
Gordon.
I'm looking to buy my first Berlingo & found this forum through Google. My wife & I are getting set to leave Scotland for the south of Spain and then eventually France. I've been looking to buy a LHD car for the trip & Berlingos seem to come up quite often. Our budget is very tight & we've also got three dogs who are going with us so the Berlingo seems to tick all the boxes. Although this will be the first one I've owned I've driven a few over the years as I work as a van driver & the Berlingo is a popular choice.
I'm currently looking at a 2006 2.0HDi which looks good and it has all the paperwork for Spain so it's a bit of a no-brainer I think. It's done 72,000 miles but the seller has agreedd to give it a full service as well as replace the timing belt & water pump. I know Citroen suggest the timing belt be changed at 100,000 miles (or 120 months) but that seems too long for me & I've no real way of knowing how it's been driven previously. One good thing is that it's had one owner since new and had seven services at a Citroen main dealer. Only the most recent service was carried out elsewhere.
I'm going to need to find some kind of dog guard for it because I'll be hoping to take a bit of stuff to Spain as well as the dogs. The rest of the house contents are going into storage whilst we wait in Spain for our new place near Avignon, Provence to be made habitable.
It's all very exciting. I've always been a fan of practical French vehicles but I'm well aware they have their problems. Who knows? Buying a second-hand car is always a lottery to a certain extent.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this and if I can be of any help here I'll do my best.
Regards,
Gordon.