Hi guys,

New to the forums, figured it would be a good place to pick up a bit of info so I can buy my first vee-dub.

Need a work van which will also do a good job of carrying surfboards, bikes, camping gear, etc.

After some research have whittled it down to a T4 or a Caddy.

Drove a Caddy a handful of times about 6-7 yrs back for work, no idea what year/variant, but seemed like a pretty good little car. Haven't had a good look at a Transporter yet (will need to travel to check out 2nd handies, so looking to narrow down my options as much as possible before looking around).

I think the Caddy would be sufficient for cargo space, but would be happy too with a larger van - is there a huge difference in capacity?

So at the moment, my budget is anywhere between $3k and $8k.

At the lower end of the range are some T4's with about 300,000 kms on the clock. Have to go up to about $7k to get a caddy, and the T4's are looking in much better nick at that price range obviously too.

So, what I'm looking for:
- Advice or thoughts on T4 vs Caddy and why (i.e. running costs, maintenance/reliability, etc)
- Anything major servicing requirements which I would hope to find done in the service history of these vehicles with high kms. Eg T4s I've seen in my range start at about 95-96, and from 150k to 300k on the clock. Caddy's are about 2006 models with ~170k on the clock.
- Any advice/preferences for a particular variant of each model?

Thanks guys!
Jon