Man with a red van for hire in Brixton

[sniff petrol]

I see one of these on the way to friends house regularly, not illegally parked but lots of people have complained about them being an eyesore. Just wondering what the general PH opinion on them was.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1040980...

[andyquantum]

I was thinking about getting one instead of shelling out for some driveway gates. I reckon I'd make my money back fairly quickly too for a £500 snotter.

[sniff petrol]

andyquantum said:

I was thinking about getting one instead of shelling out for some driveway gates. I reckon I'd make my money back fairly quickly too for a £500 snotter.

I don't get you sorry Andy

[JulianHJ]

I'm suprised they've not been torched...

[Chainguy]

They have to be roadworthy to be allowed to be left on a public highway IIRC.

So, pint of petrol, some matches and a 4 am trip outside then is it? Job done.

I doubt burned out hulks are classed as 'roadworthy', after all.

[LittleBro]

Isn't it just a "man with a van"? If so, so long as its not just cheap advertising, good luck to them.

It would annoy me if they parked outside my house permanently, like the guy across the road from me who bought a LWB transit - which moves once a year for its MOT - for extra storage.

It make the street look awful.

[andyquantum]

sniff petrol said:

andyquantum said:

I was thinking about getting one instead of shelling out for some driveway gates. I reckon I'd make my money back fairly quickly too for a £500 snotter.

I don't get you sorry Andy

Oh. Kind of like this

LittleBro said:

Isn't it just a "man with a van"? like the guy across the road from me who bought a LWB transit - which moves once a year for its MOT - for extra storage.

It make the street look awful.

[hugoagogo]

paint over the phone number

[sniff petrol]

Gotcha. Was considering leaving my old Transit in my old work carpark to store car parts and stuff in but then moved jobs so had to get rid of it.

[Neil_H]

I see one from the train parked next to Herne Hill station - fugly. I can see why people are pissed off with them. Pretty surprised they haven't been vandalised though.

[tinman0]

sniff petrol said:

I see one of these on the way to friends house regularly, not illegally parked but lots of people have complained about them being an eyesore. Just wondering what the general PH opinion on them was.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1040980...

Because it upsets so many DM readers (despite being one myself), I think this guy is merely taking advantage of the entrepreneurial spirit in the UK

However, considering some s-o-b parked some old clapped out Volvo attached to the shabbiest caravan you have ever seen outside a friends house and used it as storage and an extra office, which prevented my friend selling his flat for several years (who wants their front door next to a shabby old caravan?), I know how annoying this loophole can be.