Non-white van appreciation post

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 01/18/2017 at 13:57 • Filed to: Vans

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Vans, especially cargo vans, are not especially pretty vehicles. So, to me, it makes sense to buy them in lovely colours like this one. Sadly most seem to disagree with me, as most cargo vans are plain, white, and boring.

This guy gets it though.

shop-teacher > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:06

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Agreed. My dad is a partner in an electrical company, most of their vans have been red, although right now they’re rocking a nice dark grey. There was one boring white interloper in there for awhile. Sometimes you just need a van, and they’re all freaking white.

Matt Nichelson > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:08

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Needs more Japan.

Chinny Raccoon > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:12

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This is a factory colour.

Ours are dark blue/silver.

404 - User No Longer Available > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:16

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Non-white vans you say?

It’s red.

E90M3 > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/18/2017 at 14:19

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More like red flag.

gmctavish needs more space > Matt Nichelson 01/18/2017 at 14:30

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Oh god

gmctavish needs more space > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/18/2017 at 14:31

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Yay....

whoarder is tellurium > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:33

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unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 14:37

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I hated driving these.

shop-teacher > whoarder is tellurium 01/18/2017 at 15:00

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I very much miss the sticker stripes of the 80's.

gmctavish needs more space > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 01/18/2017 at 15:08

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I’m about to start a new job driving an Econoline. Hopefully I won’t hate it...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > whoarder is tellurium 01/18/2017 at 15:16

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I love the lifted one, but it looks like the tires are too big for the wheel wells, which means it isn’t functional. Boo.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > gmctavish needs more space 01/18/2017 at 15:20

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There is a reason work vans are white: It shows everything which makes reviewing for body damage easy (and it doesn’t look as bad if poorly maintained) and it’s really easy to touch up because minimal matching effort is required. It is also theoretically the safest color due to visibility, personality of people that like white cars, and insurance companies supposedly give discounts for it.

For personal vehicles, some of this applies, but they do look nice in a variety of colors...

If a had a fleet of vans, they’d all be white...

whoarder is tellurium > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/18/2017 at 15:39

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Yeah.

I dont think the one I picked was a Quigley conversion. The Quigley ones are functional.