Think i have found a new car!

[mesobitchy]

Yup, went to asda this evening and i pass a rather nice looking MPV,
all in black and very VIP styled, i then relise its a mazda bongo!:shocked:

so on the hunt i go, and iv found 2 i rather like :)

so with a bit of luck one of these (maybe not the 2 below) will be on my drive with in the year! :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mazda-Bongo-Real-Eyecatcher-New-Fully-Converted-Camper_W0QQitemZ120509748187QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ Campers_Caravans_Motorhomes?hash=item1c0ef0d3db

and....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201001349472212/



i likes the black one better, simply because it looks like a undertakers van, either that or the people travling with in, all carry violin cases ;)

[KiwiTT]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Mazda/Bongo/auction-263544643.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Mazda/Bongo/auction-243953312.htm

[mesobitchy]

welcome to the UK market-up-as-high-as-one-can! lol


if i cant find one in the uk i like with the specs i want then i will be looking at importing one from japan!

[The Vee]

My neighbour has one of these. A little older than the one you picture but he seems very pleased with it. His is diesel 4x4 and does a lot of mileage!

[bradc]

I'd prefer death over one of those!

[Ryan]

I'd prefer death over one of those!

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Armin Meiwes says: "That can be arranged :D "

[OnBoost!]

I'd prefer death over one of those!


Ah,but what if you had a large family to carry around? :p

[Rossco Type-S]

Ah,but what if you had a large family to carry around? :p

Trailer?

[OnBoost!]

Trailer?



Hahaha...../pan

[bradc]

Death?

[Subaru ETA]

think of how many goats you could fit in one of those tho brad!

[bradc]

Heh, you'll be buying one of those soon to fit 5 ginger kids in :D

/runs and hides!

[Turbo_Steve]

Maz - have you considered the VW Transporter (similar wheelbase and platform, infinitely more modifiable!) and the larger Toyota Previa?

[chris g]

Or the Delica....

[Beastlee]

Delica's rock but unless you spend a lot extra you wouldn't have a camper. We have one and it's versatile but it's a go-anywhere MPV rather than a camper type vehicle that Mazz seems to be looking at.

[gareth001]

You could of course go the yank way and get a day van? Get a V6 as a bonus as well then, some do V8's as well of course.

[Confused]

There's family in south east Italy, so do trips over there fairly regularly.

It's ~700 miles each way, and takes 2-3 days, so it'd be for sleeping overnight for 1-2 nights whilst on the move.

So, don't need a dedicated camper, but really I guess what's needed is an MPV that will also double up and allow sleeping when parked up.

Also, it will have the advantage that it can be used regularly at home, for shopping trips for the B&B business, and we can use it for overnight stays at car shows (and, if we get a Bongo, it'll fit in at Jap car shows!)

It took us over an hour last night to hammer the point home to Mazz's mum that a full on motorhome is NOT the thing they want! (Plus, there's nowhere to park it, whereas an MPV can be parked anywhere!)

[mesobitchy]

we, myself and garry spent over 2 hours (yes garry 2 hours, 1 hour on the phone and the rest via yahoo) last night try to explaine to my mother that what i was looking at is far better suited to our needs then a motorhome.
jesus the woman was looking at American sized/styled Winnebago's!


the converted MPV is just what we need, and the name BONGO, well i love it and i do want to go for the 4x4 TD.

@steve, we have the touran atm, it is okies, not overly keen on it, dad has been banging on about the transporter for ages, but it is the wee tad to big we need to think piratical. and the bongo seems to cover all sides to what it is we are after.
something we can use every day if needed, and something to kip in over night if needed, something not to small nor to big.
not that the transporter isnt any of thoes, it is the fact is it just that little bit to big.

yes we have loads of room to park something like the transporter, but swinging it down the tight ally way up mums is gonna be hard work, and we dont want that, its bad enough we have to swing the leggy and the galant half way across the road to get the turn right or we will hit one of the walls.

the next step is to have a propper look around one.

so my mission, seek, look, find, haggle, buy! :D

but i dunno if i want a black one or a white and silver one......


lol


NB: the Italy trips is around 1400 miles! each way, then there is all the driving inbetween, then the 1400mile trip back ;)

[WildCards]

It's ~700 miles each way, and takes 2-3 days, so it'd be for sleeping overnight for 1-2 nights whilst on the move.

Sounds like you need a faster car not a slower one. 3 days for 700 miles, are you pushing for half of the journey?

[ANTHONY]

nice looking van

[Nutter_John]

Does it mean you will leave this forum ?

if so I'm sure we could help you find one :P

[ANTHONY]

Does it mean you will leave this forum ?

if so I'm sure we could help you find one :Pi feel a search could be in order/grr

[mesobitchy]

already a member on the bongo forum.

:p

and this place is now only for my convenance. :p

[Confused]

Sounds like you need a faster car not a slower one. 3 days for 700 miles, are you pushing for half of the journey?

Ahh, my bad, it's 1400 miles each way, not 1400 miles total! (I've yet to do the trip)

[stuey]

...... but swinging it down the tight ally way up mums is gonna be hard work, and we dont want that....


Sorry... but this line made me chuckle...

[mesobitchy]

you just got a wrong mind! /lol

[Turbo_Steve]

The transporter is the same size as the Bongo? I think it's the same wheelbase!!?

And dang it, I can get a LongWheelbase sprinter into tescos car park: a transporter is dead easy :D

[psbarham]

The transporter is the same size as the Bongo? I think it's the same wheelbase!!?

And dang it, I can get a LongWheelbase sprinter into tescos car park: a transporter is dead easy :D


whatca' on about? a lwb sprinter will go through the drive trough at kfc, won't do mcd's though due to the height restriction, alledgedly /Hmmm

[mesobitchy]

transporter is longer then a bongo.....

isnt it?!

it bloody looks it from the outside!

lwb, ht sprtiners was another thing i looked at on the grounds of converting it.

but we changed our minds when we saw the price /lol

[mesobitchy]

then i see this.......



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MODIFIED-NISSAN-LARGO-MPV-VIP-LIMO-HUGE-SPEC-7-SEATS_W0QQitemZ190364049331QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAuto mobiles_UK?hash=item2c5294dfb3



:D:D:D:D:D

[Nutter_John]

That is so chavy

suit you fine then eh Maz :P

[mesobitchy]

aint no chav affording this monster!

and aint no chav gonna be seen driving it either, as it isnt a corsa! :p

[ANTHONY]

aint no chav affording this monster!

and aint no chav gonna be seen driving it either, as it isnt a corsa! :pyou'll be suprised and defo a chav van

[mesobitchy]

even if they could afford, it is not a vauxhell or a ford.
so there for it wont fall into there "wish list" /lol

[gareth001]

Watch out for the wheels though - they are prone to failing when you have the rims mounted like that. Not safe and such a chav thing to do! Get proper size rubber on them fast.


then i see this.......



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MODIFIED-NISSAN-LARGO-MPV-VIP-LIMO-HUGE-SPEC-7-SEATS_W0QQitemZ190364049331QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAuto mobiles_UK?hash=item2c5294dfb3



:D:D:D:D:D

[mesobitchy]

as much as i love them wheels, i think i would need a morage to cover the costs when it comes to re-rubbering them!

[ANTHONY]

even if they could afford, it is not a vauxhell or a ford.
so there for it wont fall into there "wish list" /loloh but is such a chavy look they may move on

[mesobitchy]

sod it....

if i get this it will shut a few of you up and maybe i might be able to fit in here a bit more since i will have the right car!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-P-MITSUBISHI-GALANT-VR4-TWIN-TURBO-MANUAL_W0QQitemZ280406268025QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAut omobiles_UK?hash=item4149841879

[mesobitchy]

you want chav?!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300385755723&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT


heheheh

[WildCards]

even if they could afford, it is not a vauxhell or a ford.
so there for it wont fall into there "wish list" /lol

You want it don't you?

[mesobitchy]

the black nissan..... yes i bloody do!

but its not got what i need.... short of a conversion.

[Mice_Elf]

we need to think piratical.

If you need to think "piratical" then maybe a boat/ship might be more in keeping. Have you been practising your "arrrrrr, matey!" & mopping the decks? :)

/probably the most useless post ever.




That said, I'd like a Bongo, if only for the name. It would have to have a custom Steve-install, though so that a) I wouldn't be singing the Um Bongo advert everytime I got into it and b) because they sound awesome (*not awsum or awlsum or even ahsum, but awesome).

[Mice_Elf]

you want chav?!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300385755723&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT


heheheh


My word...that one comes with a free bench at the front AND "no expense spared custom interior,from mirrored flooring to chandelier lighting."

I'm sold. It's mine.

[WildCards]

the black nissan..... yes i bloody do!

Therefore it is chavvy.

[mesobitchy]

that yellow thing... if i was not haunted by the pink one a few years back at a few car shows, i SWEAR that one creeped around the camping area at night taking innocent people! /lol

the back of it looks well cool! proppa shaggin waggon! /haz


and yes, mazda bongo! i agree with you on the name!
its fecking cool! :D

[mesobitchy]

Therefore it is chavvy.

well then the V6 galants and the VR4's must be chavvy if that is your thoughts!

[ANTHONY]

:stars:
well then the V6 galants and the VR4's must be chavvy if that is your thoughts!lost me on that one

[mesobitchy]

simples,
according to the theroy of wilcards, he seems to think that any car i drive is chavvy.

well thats how it reads anyway.

[Confused]

WildCards is insinuating that Mazz is a chav, and that any car she owns, is, therefore, a chavvy car.

Given that she owns a Galant, and regularly drives a VR-4, WildCards is, by his own logic, stating that Galants and VR-4's are also chavvy.

[ANTHONY]

WildCards is insinuating that Mazz is a chav, and that any car she owns, is, therefore, a chavvy car.

Given that she owns a Galant, and regularly drives a VR-4, WildCards is, by his own logic, stating that Galants and VR-4's are also chavvy.i think you will find that what we were gettig at is the black nissan is a chav van

[mesobitchy]

you might be, but that was not the intention of WC's post/reply.

[Nutter_John]

Or rather the suggesting that every car you own makes you a chav , he maybe suggesting that the common denominator is that fact that any car you have would be a chav as you are the chav ?

[Beastlee]

Given your requirements a Delica may still be a good option then. 7 or 8 seater with the ability to go most places a Land Rover can go and loads of creature comforts. You can pick up an excellent example for £2500 and they are very reliable if treated with care. You can fold the seats down to make a bed and the middle row of seats can be swivelled to face the side/rear. They have curtains in the rear and you can buy some nice accessories to make it more camper-like. OF course there's the added bonus that they're Mitsi too :)

[elnevio]

Ladies/gents/WildCards

Step away from the handbags! /Handbag



BTW, Bongo FTW! :D

[mesobitchy]

witch still makes Garry's conclusion right.

i drive the VR4 and own the V6, so there for by WildCards theroy makes them a chavs car!

[Beastlee]

Mine's a chav car :)

[mesobitchy]

the Delica was on the list as well :)

we got a nice sum of money to play with.

but c'mon, BONGO! thats a cool name! /lol

still early days yet.

[elnevio]

Does that mean that the owner's manual is a bongo mag?

[mesobitchy]

dunno nev, and i wonder, if i get a bongo will i get a set of bongo's?

[ANTHONY]

Does that mean that the owner's manual is a bongo mag?watch out Nev's on board posts soon Tobe deleted

[mesobitchy]

well they wont be deleated if people dont start getting insulting.

[Nutter_John]

Who is getting insulting , never meet them are they a nice person ?

[mesobitchy]

Found one! :D

its from the owners forum, and is up in wigan :D

9k mind you, but what the hell!

[WildCards]

witch still makes Garry's conclusion right.

i drive the VR4 and own the V6, so there for by WildCards theroy makes them a chavs car!

Yes, Garry's conclusion is right. I do think the the Galant/Legnum VR4 certainly sits on the fence of chavdom. Some owners, IMO make bad choices and add parts to the car, bodykits, stickers, wheels etc and quite a few of them end up looking like something that wouldn't be out of place in the BarryBoys hall of fame.

I generally don't say anything because after all it their choice, but on this particular post I do believe Mazz was asking opinion of the black Bongo she linked to, which is, again in my opinion, fecking horrendous!

[ANTHONY]

which is, again in my opinion, fecking horrendous!/yes

[Ryan]

Just can't get over the name... "Bongo"? Surely they could have thought of a better name than that :(

[elnevio]

Just can't get over the name... "Bongo"? Surely they could have thought of a better name than that :(
That's not even it's full name!

Mazda Bongo Friendee



or if you want the Ford version on the same platform - the Ford Freda! Brilliant!

[martin_y]

A good friend of mine has a Bongo. He says it will last a lifetime and "will never buy another vehicle again".

[Mice_Elf]

A good friend of mine has a Bongo. He says it will last a lifetime and "will never buy another vehicle again".

But is that because he's ploughed all his money into it & it's put him off buying another car ever again? :D

Bongo's better than some other car names...and at least you can type it all on one line, as opposed to some car names. I'm looking at you, Subaru....

[WildCards]

I think Bongo's are good motors, practical, versatile etc etc. But the black one linked to earlier is awful, as are any vehicle of this type which tries to be something else.

[Ryan]

That's not even it's full name!

Mazda Bongo Friendee


Here we even get Mazda Bongo Friendee "Bonus 2" /toycar

[bradc]

The Toyota Enema's always make me laugh

[Ryan]

:d .

[WildCards]

Toyota Enema? ;)

Does it flush you out?

[ANTHONY]

Does it flush you out?i bet its a a pain in the ass to drive

[Ryan]

i bet its a a pain in the ass to drive

Fuel economy is just sh!t

[WildCards]

Pmsl

[ANTHONY]

Fuel economy is just sh!tmind it dont keep stooling

[Turbo_Steve]

We drive a Mistubishi "REGUNAMU" or "GARRANTU" and you're worried about "BONGO FRIENDEE"?

:)

Mice is right: everyone remembers what a "Bongo" is.
Who knows what is special about a
Subaru Impreza Turbo WRX STi Version 4 Type-RA Spec-C (Limited) ?

[Turbo_Steve]

Or the
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evolution MR FQ-360.


Or the
Mitsubishi RVR Super Hyper-Ninja ultra-lux Grande Evolution Extra (limited) LWB.

Who'd be mad enough to buy one of those!!!?

[Confused]

I think Bongo's are good motors, practical, versatile etc etc. But the black one linked to earlier is awful, as are any vehicle of this type which tries to be something else.

Are you talking about the standard looking, unmodified black Bongo as posted in the first post of the thread, or the modified-to-the-hilt Nissan Largo posted on the 2nd page??


We'll try to have a look at the Delica's, too, see if there's some examples about with a few internal mods to aid with kipping in them overnight.

[Beastlee]

I can offer some info on Delicas if you need it. Have just done the rear brakes on ours so I have now done nearly all the maintenance jobs they need. The LWB is better if you're looking for a sleeper facility but hinder's them very slightly off-road. The Royal Exceed tops the models, we nearly got a mint one for £2500 but someone beat us to it.

[Mrs B]

Mitsubishi RVR Super Hyper-Ninja ultra-lux Grande Evolution Extra (limited) LWB.

Who'd be mad enough to buy one of those!!!?


Hmm yes I wonder...... Nev, I think Steve is trying to tell you something, or me! :laugh: Ah the RVR, what a great car. /rally

Maybe there's a logic to the longest name for a car... maybe it makes them better? /Devil5

[miller]

hmmmmmmmmm