Rusty old Transit van
Well, it happens to the best of us, eventually we get old, crumble and die, and Transit vans are no exception. This is espeically true when they live on the beach and are full of wet, salty windsurfing gear.
My Transit van has been rusting away quite rapidly for a while now and although the engine and everything else is still in perfect condition, the bodywork is beginning to look a little rough to say the least and the roof leaks in a few places! Time to get a new vehicle which is always something of a dilemma for me. I use it mainly as a vehicle to use for my gardening business and as storage for my windsurfing equipment. However, I’m more of a website designer these days and turning up to meet clients in a rusty old van doesn’t look too good (which is why I use Anna’s car for such meetings).
So, do I go for another van, and once again convert it to store kit in and have sleeping room and a stove etc. Or do I have another plan. At the moment I have another plan. I’ve decided I will be better off with a nicer, more family orientated car, which will also look better when visiting web design clients. It will have to be fairly big as I’ll still need to get the lawn-mower and such things in it, so I’m looking at either a 4×4 or a people carrier.
I will then need somewhere to store my windsurfing, surfing and kite-surfing equipment. A shed is the obvious choice, but sometimes I need to drive it to the beach, even if the beach is only 100 yds away, so a nice big trailer would be more sensible. I may even convert this in a similar fashion to my van, with a raised floor, a bed and a stove etc. OK, OK I know that sounds a bit like a caravan then, but it will be primarily for storage of my toys, and won’t be a caravan!!!
So thats the plan, a nice big trailer and a newish car, so far I’ve been looking at cars such as the Kia Sportage or Kia Sedona, simply because they seem like good value for money.
Knowing me though this will stay as a plan for a while until my rusty old transit completely gives up the will to live.
