How to Buy a Van: A Courier Driver's Guide | Pete the Courier Driver

Do you want to learn how to buy a van for different types of courier delivery? Today Pete's going to break down how to buy a van whether you do multi-stop, or independent courier delivery. So look, it comes down to a few simple steps when it comes to deciding which van you should buy.
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You might be thinking about buying or leasing. I would always go with the buy, definitely because if you're going to be going into something you're not 100 per cent sure about what you're doing, you're going to lease yourself a brand new shiny van, realise you've leased the wrong one, and then you're stuck with it for three years.
And also when you're getting something new and shiny, the overheads are dear. If you go into something you're not 100 per cent sure about, I recommend buying.
I'd also recommend that you don't buy a brand new van for the same reason. You get stuck with it, you've got to do a load of money the second you've driven it off the forecourt, and it might turn out not to be the right van for you. So let's assume you've got your budget, and everyone's got their own budget, you've got a few quid, you want to buy yourself a decent secondhand van.
So where do you go? I would say the first place to start is eBay. Also a lot of the van traders, a lot of the used van traders, advertise on Gumtree, but the Gumtree stuff also turns up on eBay. So you work out the kind of van you want. You might want a Ford Transit long wheelbase, you might be looking for a Mercedes Sprinter, you might be liking for a Transit Luton. Type that one into eBay, see what comes up. I'd also recommend that you put it countrywide.
How many miles has it been done? You want as low a mile as possible. Has it got a service history?
It's not always easy to find the right van, the one you exactly want, but you'll come close. And the other thing I will say also, you don't just have to go down the eBay route. There's the Auto Trader route. Facebook and surrounding areas. You can get some bargains on there. Talk to friends and family, see if anyone else is there.
Auctions are possible as well. You can go down to them.
Auctions tend to be a bit painful, particularly as we've had the lockdown thing. But even still, a lot of the time someone puts a van into auction, the reason they're putting it into auction is they don't want to sell it to someone, because they don't want a phone call two weeks later when a guy's ringing up screaming, going, "This van stops every ten minutes."
So maybe I would say if you can, from a dealer is better. Secondhand car dealer and van dealer is better. Private is fine, get as much pedigree as you can, get as much paperwork as you can.
And work out what it is you want the van for. If you're going to do the multi-drop route, you probably don't want too big a motor. And if you are going to do the multi-drop route, don't just buy yourself a van, get yourself a decent app to go with it.
The next thing, you go, "Hang on a second. It's the same price as all the ones I'm looking at. It's only done 50,000 miles and it's got a full service history." The van will jump out at you. So try to be a little bit open-minded, don't be 100 per cent.
But like I say, write it down on a piece of paper, do your little checklist.
Check out your eBay, check out your Gumtree, check out the family, check out Facebook.
But if you've run it for a little while and you're thinking, "This ain't working for me, this is a pain, it's too big, I can't get it into little parking spaces when I'm doing my drops."
Sell it. Sell it and get another one. Keep going until you get it right.
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Thank you for the information

[@abzish]

Thats actually decent insight paul. I was about to crazy leasing a van for 450 a month!