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Bean to cup espresso machine (Melitta Purista, £339 fwiw). My days of faffing with portafilters are behind me, and it will make it extremely strong if you want.

2002 Toyota Alphard minivan (£7000, 60k miles) - it does everything! Kids, 7 passengers, cargo space, 100V mains sockets, yells at me in Japanese. Was pretty cheap through a UK importer, though I'm tempted to upgrade by buying direct through a Japanese auction site next time.

I don't know why they hardly sell minivans in the UK, 3 friends have bought vans after seeing ours!



Vans are hugely underrated. Been an owner of Mercedes Vito for years and since them never look into any other car type.

Get a chance to ride Vito/Viano :) Alphard is good, but not nearly as comfortable as MB. I bet price wise the difference is marginal for old models.


Nice, I will give them a try. I've broadly assumed VWs & Mercedes cost more, and Toyotas are reliable. But it'll come down to the specifics I guess!


Price depends on the local market i guess, but if you’re looking at 10+ years cars it shouldn’t be much difference price-wise. Toyotas are reliable indeed, but MB will beat it, older models have amazing reliability.

Some folks like WV, but I personally find it overpriced and uncomfortable. Quite ugly design wise if we look at T4/T5, but that’s speculation of course.




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