Wish me luck - Van Hunting

[Kozmyk]

I'm off up to Ribble Valley on Sunday to look at (and hopefully buy) a VW T4.
I've been truckless for over 6months now and I'm dying to get out and fly.
Been saving me pennies and now it's time.

It's crazy how you can't get insurance on spec for when you go looking to buy a vehicle.
You'd think the insurance industry would have a facility like a driver cover note or something, but no.
I've had to insure it as if I owned it and take a chance on the sale not going through.
They could even make some extra on a temporary cover deal.
It beats me they don't do it.

I could have phoned it in on the day provided I phoned before 2pm.
I'll be lucky to make it up there by then.

Still, fingers crossed eh?
Then I'll be able to come and lower the tone at some of these comps and flyins. :)

[Kozmyk]

Ah! I now see that you CAN get temp cover but it's from specialist temp cover companies not my regular insurers.

Oh well loo late now. :rolleyes:

[Boggy]

lol you answered your own post:)

[url=http://www.insuredaily.co.uk/]Temporary Car Insurance | Short Term Van Insurance | 1 - 28 Days[/url]

[Kozmyk]

Kicking myself that I didn't Google the matter first instead of phoning my regular broker CVD.
Automatically lost 1 years NCB by bring my renewal date forward.
Didn't give myself the option of shopping around for a better quote.

Ah well, spilt milk and all that ...

Looking on the bright side, if all goes well Sunday I'll soon be terrorising the skies and making new [strike]enemies[/strike] ... err friends out on the fields.

[Boggy]

and turning up in a t4 i hope it has nice big alloys and tints on it! mega cool:):)

[Kozmyk]

There's blacked out on the rear and tinted on the front side windows.
Wheels are stock steel though. OK by me.
I believe it IS dropped though, 50mm I think.
Dunno if I'd keep that though, I like a bit of clearance when parking up on grass.
Not what you'd call Off-Roading but off-road anyways.

Tomorrow will tell ...
I've got to admit I'm more than a bit keen to get back on the road again.

[Kozmyk]

Success on a stick!

After about 550 miles round trip yesterday I got me a new bus. Yay!
Ex AA van, 5 seater.
Pretty nippy for a truck, quite a change from my old LWB Transit.
Nice stereo and an interesting anti-hijack gadget.
If you get out and leave the engine running it can't be driven away again without resetting the magic thingamabob.

So this is where my quest for flying sites, official and unofficial, begins.
I guess I'll have to take herself out for a spin first, secretly combining the two perhaps.
I wonder if she'll twig. ;)

[Swashbuckler]

Shame they don't leave their toolboxes in there when they sell them, full of Snapon of course. I'm after trading my Relay in on a T5 asap. Sportline preferably! Transporters are yum.