Hi, having reached the decision to replace our dying 7.5t Mercedes with a similar vehicle (only not so old and knackered!!) the search has begun…there are a few Mitsubishi Canters available for a good price - does anyone have any experience of these, good or bad, any opinion or information would be really appreciated as we hope to keep this lorry for a few years and don’t want to make an expensive mistake!! Thanks all 
Canters are rubbish in short.
They fall apart and spend more time in the shop than the Merc will.
Used a few for vehicle recovery and they are sluggish and often suffer from breakdowns.
Steer well clear of all the Far Eastern 7.5 tonnes vehicles and the 4-6 tonne ones as well. Tonka Toys, but not up to the brand name.
Sooty vans
Stick with merc be it new or a big spend on the old one .
What about DAF lf
DAF LFs are by far the bestest of the puddle jumpers.
Thanks all - very helpful and confirms my suspicions!! I will certainly have a look at the Daf 
Making a guess, the Old Merc is an 814 so what’s wrong with it? they were a really good lorry- miles better than the replacement Atego.
We have been nursing it along for quite a while now but it is definitely time she retired - don’t worry the Canter is a no go, think it will be a mid mileage Merc or Daf instead of the low mileage Sooty van lol!
DAF every time for me. Prefer MAN over Mercedes
I will add Man to my search list, thank you
Avoid IVECO like the plague. A nicely looked after MAN will give good service, although a similar price DAF will be better specced, but you might get away without adblue if you go Euro 5. Does it have to be a 7.5? My old 12t DAF 220 was brill.
We looked at a bigger lorry but would have to employ a new driver - it is really good to hear the opinions of those in the know as it is such minefield when all you have is sales information which seems to mean very little!