TVAN 2nd hand price and any bad points???
Submitted: Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 15:04
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Member - G N (VIC)
Hi all again
What is a good buying price for a 2nd hand TVAN???
Any bad points apart from cost?
Regards
GN
Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 19:51
Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 19:51
"What is a good buying price for a 2nd hand TVAN???"
A good friend of
mine is currently looking for a second hand TVan.
IMO, they sell for too much second hand.
Depending on the model (there are many), but for instance the Canning model sells for $36,500 new and people are asking $32k+ second hand. IMO you are better off getting a new one, which has 3 year warranty etc. If it were under $30k, it may be worth considering.
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Reply By: Muddie - Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 20:21
Monday, Mar 17, 2008 at 20:21
I have had a Tvan for 4 years other than the price there is very few issues with it and all have been dealt with by a Track, as Phil G said you may as
well get a new one I have been offered as much as I paid for it by Track as a trade on a new one, but the build time is out till September, they can’t supply the demand with new or second hand quick enough.
The Tvan is an excellent unit that will go anywhere, your tow vehicle can pull it. With a friend we have towed our Tvans across some of the worsts tracks in Australia at a fairly quick pace behind our 100 series and had no serious problems at all
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Reply By: Travellers - Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 09:41
Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 09:41
We bought a second hand 2001 TVan in 06 for 26K with nearly all options- and apart from one very small leak around the tailgate (simply fixed by Track) and a fractured
water tank (again replaced at our cost by Track) we have not had any problems. Yes they are expensive, but after two 6000 km trips into the outback, and several other shorter trips, we have no regrets.
Like others, we bought second hand to get into the market, and observed that they hold their value, unlike many others.
(We have found the srvice from Track to be exemplary - and this is not a paid commercial!)
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Reply By: meandet - Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:11
Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:11
G,day GN
We bought a new Tvan in 2003 and have done 4 extensive trips with it so far. They will literally go anywhere your 4WD will go. We did however have trouble with it on our first big trip in 2004 where lots of dust got into it on the Tanami and it did leak when we were at
Esperance on the way
home, in fact we had to hightail it to the drier
Flinders Ranges or go
home. It took Track Trailer ages (months) to attempt to fix it. It appeared to us that we weren't believed that it was happening. When it came back 3 months later, the Track rep asked me to
test it so I put a sprinkler on low on the roof and guess what, it was still leaking so back it went for another month. It turned out to be a couple of pop rivets that hadn't pulled in tight enough. Since then no leaks. Track were very good to us apart from the time taken to fix it. We love it and wouldn't swap it for quids.
While they had it, Track retro-fitted the carpet ceiling liner for us. Strongly suggest that you opt for this as condensation is no longer a problem.
The dust problem we fixed, its easy when you find where its coming in.
If your budget will run to it, get a new one and set it up how you want.
Cheers
Peter
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