Why do tradesmen drive white vans?

[JimO]

......mine is the hilux, painter has a mazda ute everybody else is a white van man..........

[Hitcher]

Why do birds suddenly appear?

[BoristheBiter]

why do they make so many white vans?

[steve_t]

Blank canvases for the signwriters to do their thing?

[BMWST?]

white good background colour for the signwriting

[mashman]

Women need something to wash once they've finished the dishes or they'd go stir crazy

[Padmei]

White is pure... & honest... like us tradesmen.
All part of the uniform really. Signwriting is a lot more visible on a white car.
Most of the vans we use are jap imports & you know how they like white cars over there.

[Scuba_Steve]

generally speaking your choices in van colours are white or mitzi red, no-one wants to look like a PIG van or own a mitzi so your left with white... simple really aint it

[mossy1200]

Whites the new blue collar colour

[spookytooth]

white don't show the dirt so you never need to wash em

[Madness]

white don't show the dirt so you never need to wash em

I used to believe that but trust me, it's a myth.

[Oakie]

Why do birds suddenly appear?

Every time you are near.

[Gremlin]

Coz candy coloured ones look far too dodgy.

[Flip]

Higher resale value for the above reasons.

[GingerMidget]

I used to believe that but trust me, it's a myth.

Factory off white is best. I've owned my car nearly a year, and washed it twice. Actually, I bribed other people to wash it for me. It lives in a garage and gets taken out 4-5 times a week. Its still not brown despite it being months since its last bath.