NEW MEMBERS! Please say hello here!
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Welcome aboard!
You might want to look at the Commuting aspect as insurers raise the price dramatically if you have that included it seems!!!
Yes the 2.5l V6 is a nice engine, not had any coolant problems with the two I have owned, but they do have a similar amount of pipework as the diesel.
You might want to look at the Commuting aspect as insurers raise the price dramatically if you have that included it seems!!!
Yes the 2.5l V6 is a nice engine, not had any coolant problems with the two I have owned, but they do have a similar amount of pipework as the diesel.
Geoff
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
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Thanks for this- yeah insurance is nuts these days but is the same for the Skoda karoq I was thinking of getting instead and a bongo seems a lot more fun




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Right on! Mike from The Lizard here. I have a 1997 Bongo AFT Diesel, burgundy/black. I wasn't expecting it to become a vocation but you know what they're like. Engine block replaced 9 months ago. 5 grands worth of restoration welding. On and on it seems to go. Just got it back from the garage and it's going back in next week for something else. Never mind 'tis what 'tis.
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They do vary! I'm on my second one after a seized engine back in 2021 after Covid, but after a replacement engine it was back on the road and still going, whilst I upgraded to a slightly more recent one!
Geoff
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
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Good that you’re keeping Bongy going.
Welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard.

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Hiya all
Newish to Bongos, bought mine in Feb this year, done a few weekends away. Friendee, black/grey with Kawasaki Green trim. 2.5 automatic diesel , with a pop top. Live in Wigan.
Looking for advice really on a variety of stuff
Newish to Bongos, bought mine in Feb this year, done a few weekends away. Friendee, black/grey with Kawasaki Green trim. 2.5 automatic diesel , with a pop top. Live in Wigan.
Looking for advice really on a variety of stuff
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Welcome aboard! Several members up in the Wigan area, so you will no doubt see a few around!
Geoff
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
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Welcome from us. 

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Hi Gramps just got my Bongo Love it. Just wanted to say Hello. 

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Welcome aboard!
Nice to see more people appearing on the forum.
Nice to see more people appearing on the forum.
Geoff
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
2001 Aero V6, AFT, full side conversion.
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Hi
Second what Geoff said.
Second what Geoff said.

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Hi and Welcome.
Enjoy your bongo.
Happy Trails.
Regards,
Enjoy your bongo.
Happy Trails.
Regards,
1998 Diesel AWD AFT Side Camper Conversion.
Be yourself everyone else is already taken
– Oscar Wilde
Be yourself everyone else is already taken
– Oscar Wilde