Sorry, as before should have added this to the post.. this is an unrelated question

thanks for the comments

The mercedes was a work van which the owner bought ( he works there ) ..it was a funeral van but he did make me laugh.. never carried any bodies, just flowers !

If you want cheap and basic and aren't worried about height:

www.bumblecampers.com/stocklist/

I've seen those but I have heard horrendous stories about insuring and maintaining imported cars/vans ?

If they were super-obscure, yes, but some of the Estimas are identical to UK Previas (I think one of those is a UK car anyway). Insurance is through a specialist broker like Adrian Flux. Most parts can be obtained through Toyota UK with a part number, otherwise there are specialist suppliers and breakers. Problems with imports mostly pre-date being able buy things online.

I thought the op was looking at 4x4 under £3k . Now looking at camper vans . Have I missed something?

Think the OP just likes starting threads, often duplicates or very similar to previous threads. As with yesterdays thread, we've also had something similar to this one, back in Feb looking for a cheap van/MPV. In that case it hasn't for sleeping in, but then it was going to be carrying 5 adults and 3 dogs :-)

Did they ever do a 3.0 HDI? I suspect that's a typo.

Not a typo, you did get them!

Drove a courtesy van after dropping a truck off, Fiat Doblo think it was 65 plate with around 70k on it, wider and more roomy than most smaller vans and the way it drove (and went) was a surprisingly pleasant experience with a well spaced 6 speed manual box and a willing Diesel engine that wasn't prone to stalling, if the Doblo MPV has the same engine and running gear its an easily overlooked handy vehicle.