Buy and sell frequently or buy and keep?

[Max-Felix]

We were the ones who purchased the 2011 140SE from Max.

Having owned a split, two bays and two T25’s over the years we were looking for our retirement vehicle. After lots of research we knew we wanted a manual 140, we were not bothered about year but wanted FSH and a clear unmolested van.

We started looking, distance wasn’t an issue so anywhere in the UK was fair game. Trawling through the adverts on a daily basis, several vans almost made the cut, but after a quick phone call or email for some clarification these vans dropped off our list. As soon as we saw Max’s ad on this site we jumped at it, everything was right, one phone call later and a small bank transfer for a deposit, thus proving our commitment to view, we had first refusal.

Now the fun starts, we live in Cumbria, the van was in Sussex, a few days later we set off the view the van, after 5 trains and a tube ride across London Max collected us from the station and took us back to his place for the viewing. The van was exactly as described, the deal was completed and that evening we drove back to Cumbria in our new van.

This was on the September 13th, to date we’ve covered nearly 3000 miles, had zero issues and are extremely pleased with the van.

Although the van came with FSH, it wasn’t fully clear if the timing belt had been changed when the tensioner was, so for peace of mind we’ve had this done at a local independent VW specialist. Our only other expenses have been accessories, namely waterproof seat covers and the rainbow topper.

We’re very pleased with Max’s annual buy sell strategy, it worked for us

Hi Kevin, so pleased to hear you are enjoying the van - it was an absolute pleasure to deal with you and I wish you many, many years of happy times with the Cali.

 

[pjm-84]

Not too bother to change our 2015 Cali until there is a significant change. Although I nearly changed it due to the saga of the electric side door

I hate selling vehicles so typically sell a very good vehicle at a great price, generally to an dealer! I sold my last car (Fiat 500) to WBAC for £1800 but offered it to a friend for £1000 (which he declined as it wasn't fast enough).