Agree with you Collos.

Far better to get one of the many, often suprisingly luxurious, conversions based on vans, going to be far more durable and 'should' be fixable.

So VW Transporter things (currently fashionable so way overpriced), Mercedes V class (Vito van based), Hyundai i800, even Tranny or any other luxurised (is that a word?) van.

There are some luxurious Japanese grey imports based on Toyota and Nissan chassis too, plethora of wierd and wonderful names, then the few genuine imports that might fit the bill such as Previa....often available with decent sized petrol engines so ripe for LPG conversion, indeed many are.

The two MPV's in the OP can be staggeringly expensive to put right when they fail, it seems to be injector failure on the Diesel versions of both which write them off as it appears the engines usually have to come out and the injectors get stuck in place anyway, so despite its obvious drink problem the OP's petrol Espace was probably the pick of the two...so if its a choice between those two and nothing else, i'd try to find another gas guzzler Espace.

Edited by gordonbennet on 18/02/2014 at 09:53

Finding a C8 that has not been abused in its past is pretty near impossible I would have thought,if you need room a Ford Transit or any of the like wise vans in crew bus clothes would be a lot cheaper.

I've been looking out for a van (Transit, Iveco Daily) for the last two years and I can asure you they aren't cheep!!! The very reason I've not got one is because rusty 150,000mile+ vans are going for really not worth it prices!

I did however look at a few Mazda Bongo's that were very plush (too plush for my needs) and if you buy the 2.5D their economical too!