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Hi,

We've had a 2003 Nissan Elgrand for nearly a year now...love it! We started out looking for a VW transporter..HOW MUCH! Forget it, Saw an Elgrand and bought one within a week.

As Kenny said it is amazingly comfortable..you just waft along lol, but when you need some power god can it shift!

Quite simply the best vehicle we've ever owned.

When we got it we justified the fuel consumption by saying  'It's not like we'll use it every day', We do, my Audi has been relegated to just being used to leave at the station now!

Fuel around town about 18 mpg, on a run at sensible speeds mid to high 20's

Tax £230 a year

Insurance around £250 a year

Go for a drive in one...you'll be hooked

...yes but in fairness, if people were honest with themselves as to what mpg their vehicles really returned (instead of cherry picking a few favourable figures from their, usually lying, trip computers  ), then those figures aren't that wide of the mark.(especially if we're comparing comparable engine sizes/fuel types/4x4 etc).

It's not unusual to read posts on forums, with folk claiming that their 1980's Talbot Autohomes-Elddis-Wayfarer Roadwarrior overcabbed coachbuilt returns 35+mpg ...?!    Utter rolloxs!    

(..there're many family cars/mpvs  about that don't consistently manage that..)

Researching the costs and parts availability for any "grey import" would be wise...but as they're not uncommon nowadays, perhaps one can assume that  there are specialist companies dealing with them?(..and that many parts may be generic?).

Also, as most Jap-imports seem to be around 3ltr (some petrol and some even 4x4!) then, if to be used as a daily-driver then mpg would of cause need to be taken into consideration.

Different vehicles I know but our 2001 Toyota Hiace van(UK model), with 207,000 miles on the clock, sails through the MOT and being relatively "crude" and from a different era, costs peanuts in garage costs..

With our previous '07 X250 Peugeot and '08 Renault Master MHs, yes, they may've returned slightly better mpg but it wasn't unusual  to receive 500-700 quid garage bills...

Quote: Originally posted by MisterB1959 on 13/1/2021

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the OP is quite a few years old, but since it has been resurrected - i dont like bongo's because you have to get out of the cab to enter the accom area or climb over the engine. we had a honda stepwagon camper, brilliant but too small for us 'older' people ......

i also toyed with getting an elgrand as a camper - you sometimes find them already converted but you might have to wait to find one ...

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Quote: Originally posted by MisterB1959 on 14/1/2021

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the electric roof is one of the benefits of some of the japanese imports, they do tend to have far higher specs

as for the mpg, you could always convert to LPG .... if it made financial sense of course and intended keeping the vehicle for a long time !

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