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“Ive had my Vauxhall Combo 1700 4dr for 3 years now,...”

written by badmofo on 11/05/2007

Good Points
Solid, reliable, economical and adequately sized engine. Cheap and plentiful parts esp if your prepared to buy second hand. Deadlock doors. Extra high roof giving much more payload space than it's rivals. Interior is of a good rugged standard. It's car derived so cheaper insurance.

Bad Points
The bulkhead tends to rust then to make it worse people paint them black. GM engined combo's tend to be the unreliable ones. People try fitting tow-bars to things - it murders the engine.

General Comments
Ive had my Vauxhall Combo 1700 4dr for 3 years now, bought it for £400 and it's been brilliant. In both cost of running, maintenance and reliability. My colleague has a 52 plate transit connect from new and that has broken time and time again. Ive not broken down once and MOTs have never been anything major or costly. I have learned that this largely down to the fact that I bought a 1994 (M-reg) Combo 1.7 Diesel which has been fitted with the Isuzu engine. Isuzu's are legendary for reliability and in my experience it's not a reputation that's undeserved. Economy wise it tends to be around 53mpg which ever way I drive it. I'm 25 with 0 no claims park it on a street and use it for work, social, pleasure and insure it for £324.76 a year fully comp and this includes contents cover in case I get my tools nicked! So it's a cheap a van as you're going to get really. I have lots of stories to tell with this van which are pretty irrelevant indulging in for this review, however it worth mentioning because I've come to see this as my old faithful workhorse I've developed an affinity for the old thing! Granted it's not as modern looking as most vans now, but I'll wager you'll still be seeing me on the road in mine whilst all these new vans are in the scrapper!