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i like the colours. they are calm and restfull . i wouldnt like all colours it would look ugly in the country side probably frighten the birds.

why are so many cars either black or silver these days . people like then.

If your van was not white the black streaks would not show so much and you would not want to spend plenty of your hard earnt £££s on streak remover and anti-streak detergent for your van. I too hopelessly fight against the black streaks with ever increasingly expensive cleaners while i wonder why my car does not suffer the same problems. Maybe it is because my car is not white....

BTW i think that red airstream looks lovely. Perhaps manufacturers are worried that bold colours will fade in time leaving older vans looking decidedly tatty. Seems to me that if it is a truck, a delivery van or a caravan it will be supplied in standard regulation white. There MUST be a reason for this and i look forward to a boffin explaining why!

A few years ago most tradesmen used white transit type vans, but there's been a trend that changed the norm to silver. It doesn't ring the same way that 'white van man' does,but there you go.

You never know, if enough people ask for change, it will happen. 

I like the silver sided vans

Plenty of silver caravanners around anyway!

Phil

Quote: Originally posted by thejackdaw on 08/2/2010

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I like the silver sided vans

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I thought most caravans were aluminium and therefore painted, so all the talk about GRP colouring only applies to front & back panels. Aluminium can be painted any colour you like.

I think manufacturers want a standard colour for each range fro quick easy production. You can bet if one or two started offering colours AND people bought them they would all quickly get in on the act.

Don't forget, caravans used to be coloured, greens, browns etc, but now look very dated and shabby. It's the same with bathroms. Thety were all white, then they went through a phase of avocado or whatever, now they're considered hideous and every one wants white again.

In fact most caravans are not actually white but some colour near to white.

You're right about bathrooms - it's actually impossible (or was two years ago when we bought a new suite) to get anything other than white. People do want colours, according to the chap we bought our white suite from, but no manufacturer dares be first to offer the choice.

What comes first - the chicken or the eggshell blue?