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We looked at getting a T5 for ages. 3 members of our family have them.

And ended up with a TRANSIT! (no, it's not white!). Mk 7 SWB 140 Ltd.

It might not have the ''street cred.'' of a T5 but it was alot cheaper, there's loads more room , has loads of extras such as heated seats, chrome trim etc. And it goes like a rocket.

we have had 3 more seats fitted in the back and side windows.

fitted a raised bed in the back which fits a double matress width-ways.

Very pleased that we went with the

 Hi, I've a t4 autosleeper 2.4d and love it (had the Longnose 2.5tdi bilbo Celeste,even better and blow t5 out of water!!) Early t5 lots of problems, newer ones not much better! Mate got t5 with lots of elec probs! I'm not going past t4, check forums as above! Just my view :-)

I've  had no problems with my T5 ...3 of my mates have them and only one has had some small problems with his and reckons his T4 was a better... though  his is the oldest out the lot..a 54 plate and he has a 100mile commute per day....the funny thing is I remember him having loads of minor problems with his T4 over the years which he seems to have forgotten....(think he has the rose tinted goggles on).....the problem with going on to forums looking for van problems is that the only people who tend to post are people with problems ,the silent majority are happy driving their vans ..... in reality its irrelevant as T4s have been out of production for 7 years so if you want a newish low milage van you have to have a T5....and I wouldn't swap mine for any other van on the market....

hI just to say many thanks for those that have responded we are most grateful.

Now the search begins to find that van................. thanks once again

to sum up,all vehicles will have problems ,some will breakdown driving of the forcourt with just delivery miles on the clock ! some will do 2/300,000+ miles!, iv been driving VW's for 18 years and wont buy anything else ! at least your barking up the right tree ! happy campering  ;-)