Van advice needed please

[Hunwick Mackem]

I've just recently been made redundant and now want to go self-employed so I'm not in same position again. (I'm too old for all this shit to be honest.)

I don't have a big budget (£1500ish) but I need a van to get me started off ... looking at transits, merc vito, peugeot boxer (citroen relay?) type thing I guess.

Any advice on what to look for / avoid please? I'm not mechanically minded and just need something that will be reliable / economical and will get me from A to B in the winter months.

Cheers.

[tunstallhill]

i have a VW caddy 2.0 and its spot on. get roughly 40mpg and its hard as nails. apart from the clutch. not sure how much they are like. not sure if any of this was any help either.