Car sales seems to have risen by a hell of a lot over the month of January but is this because people are thinking the recession is over or is it something else?

The Reasons

Well the sales have actually risen by a massive 29.8% which of course is great news but remember how much of a state the world was in last year around this time. There were so many people last year that were just too scared to buy something like a car because they didn't know what the recession would do to them.

The government’s car scrappage scheme had a lot to do with it too as this has been extended to the end of March. This actually aloows people a £2,000 trade in sum which of course is why a lot of people are trading in their cars for a new one.

The Christmas period is over and people will perhaps have a bit of extra money spare around the late January early February time and having a really nice car is just one of those luxuries you are going to have if you have a bit of spare money.

Is It Going To Hold?

However when you look into the overall predictions for this year you will see that it isn't looking great. 1.The figure of cars that are expected to be sold this year is around the 82 million mark which although sounding great is 10% down since last year. The last time that the sales of cars got this low was 1995.

It is certainly going to take a long while for people to recover from the recession there is no doubt about that. The fact is that many people are spending their money on their homes now trying to fix them up because they haven't had the money in a long while.

Even bad credit car loans are going to be expensive. The best thing to do it look out for cheap lease cars and cheap van leasing.

It would seem that the white van is the main van that the police track for criminal activity but why is this?

Well to start with, over the past few years the white van has been the accomplice to many criminals from burglaries and theft to abductions and even rape. Why is it that so many criminals choose a white van over the thousands of other vehicles out there?

Well over the years the vehicle of the criminal has changed and it would seem that the modern times have chosen the white van. Here are some of the vehicles that have been top of the criminals most wanted list over the past century.

Ford V8 B-400

This is of course the most famous of the criminal cars because it was the model that the famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde used to rob banks, small stores and gas stations. If you take a look at this car you automatically think mafia or of the guys from wacky races.

1966 Chevrolet Impala

This was the choice of a deadly serial killer back in the 1960’s. The killer has not been found and the car still stays hidden too so he is either very clever or sat somewhere very far away. He only preyed on people that were inside cars, a bit strange. It was reported by several victims and also drawn out several times. He murdered five people and attempted to do it to another seven.

So as you can see the vehicles that criminals choose are ever changing and it is only so long before the criminal chooses another one over the white van. The van seems to be chosen because it is suitable for any criminal activity which is the only downside to the vehicle.

The plus side to vans is a much better one, they help thousands of people and businesses across the world every single day. van leasing has helped even further by providing affordable means of getting hold of a van. fiat van leasing and Mercedes Van Leasing are just some of the options out there to choose from.

These are just some of the best ways you can totally wreck a van. By no means is this article supposed to encourage this kind of behaviour it is only here as a joke and none of these are recommended unless you are a professional in crashing a van.

Blow It Up

This is a good starting point as there are so many ways in which you can actually blow up a van! Using TNT is a good idea because believe it or not it is safe because you can detonate it from a distance. Perhaps forwarding this list onto a TV show like Brainiac might be something that is worthwhile. Other things you could perhaps use include a grenade, machine gun or even shooting the gas tank.

How About Rolling The Van Over

You actually need to be behind the wheel to be doing this which is why it is one of the most dangerous ways to wreck a van. Many films feature vans rolling over, toppling down a hill or something along these lines. The important thing to remember is that most of the time it is a model and when it isn’t the van is designed to be rolled and not hurt the driver in anyway. If you were to roll over a normal van then whoever is driving is pretty much dead.

Crash It

This of course is the most common way to wreck a van due to the fact that there are many van crashes across the world every single day.The main reason why this is the biggest killer is because people try not to actually crash into things but of course it happens every day across the world. This is something that should be left to the dummies.

So there you have it, just a few things you shouldn’t do with your contract hire vans. Commercial vehicle leasing and contract van leasing companies would not be interested in giving you cheaper deals if you are planning to do these things.

You really should not try this at home because “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"!”

Aavans.com Crash Testing and Wheelchair Vans

The mobility industry is an interesting one, for many reasons, but mainly because it’s somewhat elusive.What I mean is that information is sometimes difficult to gather.   For this post, I will concentrate on crash testing because it is interesting to look at differences between buying a regular vehicle and buying a converted van for wheelchair accessibility. 

When you shop for a regular vehicle, let’s say a Honda Odyssey minivan, do you question whether the vehicle has passed all the government safety requirements?  Probably not, I never have.  I have purchased 4 cars in my life and never once asked if the vehicle had been crash tested.  It is something I think the majority of us just assume, that the vehicle we are buying has been crash tested, and has passed.

Did you know that all modifiers of vehicles, like VMI, have to re-crash the vans we build after they are modified.  Since we change the structure of the original vehicle, by cutting off the floor, NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) requires the van be crash tested again.

When you are shopping for wheelchair accessible vans, ensure the van you are looking at passes all NHTSA crash test requirements.  This especially becomes important when shopping the manufacturers who sell wheelchair vans direct and don’t use a network of Mobility Equipment Dealers.How do you verify that these companies have passed all federal regulations in terms of crash testing the van?I would first contact NMEDA (National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association) and determine what is required.  I would then contact the manufacturer of the van you are looking at purchasing and ask them

Aavans.com  – Crash Testing and Wheelchair Vans

Wheelchair Vans – Mobility Vans

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Believe it or not without the van in the postal service we would be even more lost in the UK than we are today. With the Royal Mail in ruins and once again on strike it begs the question, how on earth do they deliver the mail on a normal day, let alone the days in which they strike on. Well here is how it is supposed to work.

Well what is meant to happen is that the postman will recieve a lot of letters and parcels to deliver to all of the roads he has been assigned. Once the postman is out of mail he will stop and wait for the red van to pull up. When this arrives the driver will unload the next lot of mail for the postal worker to take to the next lot of roads on his lengthy route. So why is it never on time?

Time is actually very important here as they start later. Postman are not allowed to start as early as they used too which is partly why we do not get our post until at the very earliest 1pm every single day. This is really bad compared to the days in which people were receiving two lots of post in the same day. This was actuallythe entire purpose of 1st and 2nd mail. The 1st lot was also meant to arrive at your door before you left for work in the morning.

Nowadays you are lucky to get it before you get home.

With more postal strikes occurring, businesses have finally realised that the Royal Mail are not up to the job. The Queen is still sticking to her guns and sending post out via the Royal Mail but does anyone actually care what she thinks?

Would it be easier for smaller company’s to look into getting van leasing UK or van contract hire to get ahead of the Royal Mail? Commercial vehicle leasing has allowed many people to start up businesses because it would seem it is cheaper than buying the vehicle outright.