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Less critical for colour consistency so original paint is cheaper and easier to touch up.
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Historically it is a blank canvas for signwriting, although the advances in vinyl wrapping are resulting in some eye-catching colours and designs.
Many companies are also going to other colours to avoid being perceived as 'white van man' so there are many more vans about in non-white colours now.
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There was a debate on the "Courier Exchange" web site about this a few weeks back, as many courier companies demand that drivers who work for them, should own white, unsignwritten vans. As a freelancer, I'm regularly asked by firms (when I'm quoting for work), what colour van I have; and they are most pleased when I tell them that it is plain white. I've always said that a small courier firm having a fleet of white vans, is the best way of putting over something of a "corporate image", when in reality, they are just a rag-tag bunch of owner drivers.
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it was on 'for the love of cars' white vehicles are cooler inside than any other colour, that was why Ford did it
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As any courier will tell you..........The white ones....are faster!
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red ones are faster round the lanes..... postie drives them every day so knows where hes going and who hell meet
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My postie drives about 3 meters, post a few letters and gets back in the van drives another 3 meters, all the way down the street, must take him longer getting in and out rather than just walking,crazy!! I bet that van doesn't even get to full temp,don't envey the next owner when royal mail sell it on, never buy ex royal mail vans,
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as someone said above white vans are a lot cooler inside
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10-05-2016, 09:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-05-2016, 09:47 AM by ffrenchie.)
It's so white van man can drive them, obvious innit ?
And the paint's cheaper
So where does this bit go then ?
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