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I'm moving house next month to Bristol and I've got too much stuff to fit in the Eunos so I've got to rent something. I think it would
all fit in a largish estate car or MPV, or something like a Transit Connect. I'm going to talk to my prefered rental outlet tommorrow, I want to
do this myself which requires finding something with an autobox, but if that isn't feasable I've got to rope someone else in to help, which
shouldn't be too much of a problem.
I'd rather do it in a van because the space will be better but is there anything else to consider as presumably a car will drive better, and be
easier to get hold of with the auto box.
car might be more economical but van will be much more useful, as the car might prove too small. I guess your choice is limited by what vehicles the hire company has - not seen many autos for hire.
VW transporter can return 40mpg if its not thrashed, just like driving a car Ask me how I Know T5 Owner and loving it
If you can get someone else to help why not get them to drive the van? Then you don't have to give a hoot how it drives and you don't have
to run around looking for an auto one (with the extra "rocking horse poo" option )
True, but it's a two day trip, which means getting someone to help is going to cost me money.
Buy a big volvo estate, then flog it when finished 
I was just on Gumtree and actually thinking that, quite a few estates for £500 with some tax and test, If my insurance company can do something for me I could probably empty the car at Bristol and just weigh it in and have saved money. That does have the inherent risk of it breaking down.
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Originally posted by morcus That does have the inherent risk of it breaking down.
If you buy wisely you could even make a few quid
Someone like daysure.com will insure you for a day for £15 for an average £3k banger, so that needed be a consideration. Very easy to do, bang in the
reg no and you're done. Seems cheap at £15 but annualises to a £5500 policy !!
I thought the vehicle needed to be insured with someone else for day insurance to be legal?
No you can short term insure a vehicle you own or anybody else's vehicle with the owners permission.
With some short term policies you can even road tax the vehicle.
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Originally posted by garyo
Someone like daysure.com will insure you for a day for £15 for an average £3k banger, so that needed be a consideration. Very easy to do, bang in the reg no and you're done. Seems cheap at £15 but annualises to a £5500 policy !!