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Sign shop van – new or used
Ok – let’s settle this for once and for all 😉
Let’s have your “Eurovotes” please.
What Kind of van should the ideal sign business be running:-
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16 Replies
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phill you probably know what ive voted mate.. 😆
but should it be for the ideal sign company or the ideal van for a sign company just starting out..? 🙄
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How about a nicked Van with some nice graphics where all you have to do is change the phone number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄
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It`s like everything else you buy.
The best you can afford at the time.
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i’m with phil (chalkie) on this one. Mind you i do run my business with a push bike towing a wooden trailer! 😛 😛 😛
Cheers
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Now this is gonna turn into a “My vans newer than your van” ” Neah nah na na na”, hey as long as it looks good and does the job and does’nt cost a lot to run who gives sh*t 😆 Mines a K plate Escort, its the best looking sign van in Lincolnshire, gets me loads of work and best of all its paid for! 😎 😎
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The best van I ever saw (a few year ago at a show) was a signwriters Morris Minor
about 30years old, But it had class….That was one of the times i wish i had my camera
Not everything that shines is gold
Simon.
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Ok own up – who voted for “Uncle Arthurs Sierra”? 😆 😆
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Much the same as what Steve B. sez, a clean, presentable and reliable van is what is required.
Buy a new one and you’ll lose 20% of its value just driving it off the forecourt. “But I’ll get that back off the tax man as depreciation!” I hear you say. Yes you will, but only if you’re making enough profit that provides you with enough tax liability to be deducted from.
D’yekenwhitahmsaying?
Even if you have the profit and tax liability, buy a new bit of kit instead of a new van. A spanky Gerber Edge or router may give you another string to your bow and enable you to provide services to your customers faster, cheaper and more professionally. A new van WONT.
Steve.
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Sorry woz me 😳 😳
I think you should save your money for some lovely new equipment & software not a shiny new van 😆
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What a tight fisted bunch you lot are!! (hot)
Go on spend a bit – you can’t go on hiding all your money under your matresses.
Anyway – it’s good for the economy. It creates jobs and wealth.
Newer vans also mean more fuel efficient engines – so it reduces your fuel bills and it’s good for the environment too 😀
And it’ll upset your competitors 😉
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My new company vehicle is being delivered on Monday.
<img src=”http://www.hondamotorcycles.com/assets/images/model/model_hero_shot/motorcycles/2003/large/Goldwing_gall_large_16.jpg”>
It was difficult choice Phill, but the van just lost out. 😀
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What a coincidence Phill
The old signwriter that comes round to me for vinyl cuts is named Arthur
and guess what? Yes! He drives a Sierra EstateTruth
Honest
A sierra estate complete with ladder racksJohn
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😉 Nearly as big as a new van John, with reverse too and nearly as much to buy as a new Transit, trailer and sidecar too (?) 😆 Got to love Wing Ding ‘ers how soon before they put a roof on it like the feet forward bike ideas from the late 70’s. To everyone else this is a Honda Goldwing, usually bought by the over 50’s, just before they give it up for a bathchair, is the multi changer stacked up with Dean Martin, Frank Ifield & Willie Nelson, eh John (?) (?) 😆 😆 😆 😆 😉
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LOL!
yeah, I kinda (as Steve B and Mikethesign know) smashed my one almost 2 weeks ago, saying that, it wasn’t a wing but half the size and looks exactly the same as Steve B’s. Funny enough, it’s exactly the same as Steve’s. Oih, Stevey, how much you want for front two farings, forks, yolks, clocks, front wheel etc 😉
On another light note, I actually did use my bike for delivering and showing up to do a job or two, rucksack on the back. Just one tip, if you can’t get the graphics in your rucksack take the car. I stuck a 500mm graphic in my bag, zipped it up (one zip at each side) so the top of the graphic was peeping out the top. When I got there I went to pull my graphics out…. Well I think you know the next bit.. yes.. they were lying about 2 miles away from where I set off from, on the road at the pearl of some nasty lorries 😳
Getting back to nearly the subject – you could go to sleep riding pillion on that wing! Comfy or what!
Gav 😉
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Well, you got the age right, just the wrong side of 50, but no Frank Sinatra in the multi-changer.
And, yes, the wife does go to sleep on the back of a bike. Back in April we rented a Gold Wing for a tour of Florida and she was so impressed with that seat that I thought it would be a good idea to have a Wing of our own here to encourage her to come on longer trips in Europe. I’ve still got other bikes if I fancy a blast.
But, back to the point because I don’t want to hijack Phill’s thread with a discussion on bikes. Perhaps Rob would allow us to have a separate thread for that. I use a bike wherever I can, partly because I enjoy it, and partly because it’s quicker through the ever increasing traffic these days. Obviously I need to weigh up the individual client because some only take you seriously if you turn up in a suit and a decent car but its surprising how many are interested in bikes and how many have one of their own. As an example, the fleet manager at one of my larger clients, a FTSE100 company, is a keen biker and is disappointed if I go to visit her in a car.
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Yeah – I bet it’s Deep Purple, and Hawkwind on the CD player most days – with the Eagles on those hot summer days cruising down by the coast – (and Abba on the days when you go sneaking off to to those dodgy parties full of suspect theatrical types :wink:)
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