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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Have no direct experience, bur knew a bloke who got one from brand new, he described it as being "straight from the 80s"...

[Andy B]

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 he described it as being "straight from the 80s"...

I'm surprised it felt that modern!  As above, it's based on the Sherpa van which dated back to the 70's 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDV_Pilot

[Marks DTM Calib]

Utter rubbish and parts are a bloody nightmare to get with many panels and trim long since exhausted.

LDV only kept going thanks to the government (read PO and others) and MOD buying them in large numbers and taking the reliability and build issues on the chin.

[candyman]

Spoke to the mate who worked on ldv from 92 till now. Maxus are ok if not abused. Euro 4 engines can chew  the crank if oil changes neglected due to egr. E 3 engines far better with v little failures unless really neglected. E 4 has an afm and egr where E 3 didn't. Most parts still available apart from some panels. He has customers who would by more if they could and others who hate them. Ldv computer still works so he can still do anything like keys and ecu's etc. He breaks the vans regular as worth more that way, he always has a good stock of parts.
Basically buy a maxus with a good service history and not abused.
 I also don't like them and hate the centre dash.