Buying a Bongo
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 12:22 pm
Firstly thanks for letting me join the forum
Apologies that my first post is going to be questions but hopefully can add more than that in the future.
Bit of an intro
We are a couple with a 6yr old and 9yr old. Love camping and were lucky enough to drive a motorhome across europe a few years ago and fell in love with the 'van' life. We then looked at the price of a 'motorhome' and that put a big dope of realism onto our plans
So here we are looking to buy a Mazda Bongo. We were looking to 'try' before buying by hiring one - however the one we found came back to us and said they were no longer hiring it but looking to sell. This has sent me into a mad flurry of internet research on what to look out for on buying a bongo. An emotional journey of worries on overheating, undderseals, fuel consumption, LPG conversions to people's absolute love of their 'Bongo'
The one we are looking at is a 1996 with 110,000 miles on the clock. 4WD Automatic Diesel. We are waiting to get a lot more detail but as advised I checked the MOT History which has thrown up the following. I am guessing the mileage at the top for the latest MOT is a typo and is actually KMs not miles
My fundamental question / seek to learn is - are the minor defects , advisories big warning lights to let this one go?
I am going to ask the owner what they have done to rectify and show me evidence of repairs etc - but would really appreciate any advice
Phew - that was a lot to post - but I did not want to just dump and run
Apologies that my first post is going to be questions but hopefully can add more than that in the future.
Bit of an intro
We are a couple with a 6yr old and 9yr old. Love camping and were lucky enough to drive a motorhome across europe a few years ago and fell in love with the 'van' life. We then looked at the price of a 'motorhome' and that put a big dope of realism onto our plans
So here we are looking to buy a Mazda Bongo. We were looking to 'try' before buying by hiring one - however the one we found came back to us and said they were no longer hiring it but looking to sell. This has sent me into a mad flurry of internet research on what to look out for on buying a bongo. An emotional journey of worries on overheating, undderseals, fuel consumption, LPG conversions to people's absolute love of their 'Bongo'
The one we are looking at is a 1996 with 110,000 miles on the clock. 4WD Automatic Diesel. We are waiting to get a lot more detail but as advised I checked the MOT History which has thrown up the following. I am guessing the mileage at the top for the latest MOT is a typo and is actually KMs not miles
My fundamental question / seek to learn is - are the minor defects , advisories big warning lights to let this one go?
I am going to ask the owner what they have done to rectify and show me evidence of repairs etc - but would really appreciate any advice
Phew - that was a lot to post - but I did not want to just dump and run