What's the ideal vehicle?

[rwand1]

I use an Nissan X-trail. I do not use my vehicle as an advertising tool.

But my biz comes by referrals, reputation, experience, blah, blah, blah. I don't even advertise. I sponsor local charity events under my biz name. I guess it depends who you wish to solicit your biz to. I think networking with individuals provides better referrals fwiw.

[Douglas Cossar]

What Steven said but my vehicle is a Hyundai Santa Fe
Best vehicle I'v ever bought!

Cheers

[Vern Mitchinson, CMI]

Vinyl letter last 6 to 8 years.
Decals last 3 years. This is what the printer told me when I ordered them last month.
I use a Ford focus.
My 4 section folding featherlite aluminium ladder folds down to 3' by 1' by 16" and opens to 12' 0" stright and 6' when folded in the middle. Cost only 150.00 fours years ago at home depot. I use for access to the attic and the roof. It is much easier to carry into home then a big old floppy step ladder. Rated a max 250 pounds.
Works for me.

[Craig C. Owen]

I drive a 1950 Chevy delivery truck for my business. I get looks all the time. I've even had old guys use me because of the truck. Go to www.owenandassociatesllc and you can see a picture of my truck. Love showing up for inspections in it.

[sdavies]

Originally Posted by cowen

I drive a 1950 Chevy delivery truck for my business. I get looks all the time. I've even had old guys use me because of the truck. Go to www.owenandassociatesllc and you can see a picture of my truck. Love showing up for inspections in it.

Nice truck!

Glad your not in ontario, your inspection prices would put me in the poor house. Then again the US Daller is worth a couple more pennies that
ours

Steven

[sdavies]

Originally Posted by dcossar

What Steven said but my vehicle is a Hyundai Santa Fe
Best vehicle I'v ever bought!

Cheers

Hey, Doug if you see a little blue Kia Rio RVX, with a ladder and
inspection tools in it in whitby, I've come to play in your sandbox

Most of my banking is done down @ rossland @ Garden.

Steven

[jschulte]

My Toyota Camry fits everything I need because of the fold down rear seat. Great mileage, very comfortable.

[W. Michael Chris]

Originally Posted by cowen

I drive a 1950 Chevy delivery truck for my business. I get looks all the time.

Craig - love your truck, can't help but think you have to get comments all the time about it, looks great.

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by wchris1

Mario,

Not sure, but somewhere I've read that some of the vinyls now should last between 5-8 years, you pay a little more . . . I'd check around, maybe in Toronto with the hard winters it might not, but we have the opposite, brutal summers at time (115F +) . . . just my 2 cents worth . . . love the van.

Michael

I will look into this, Thanks.

[jkogel]

You know, I was half joking about the sedan delivery, but yeah that's eye-catching. You must use the wife's Mercedes for the Upscale market, I guess?
(I am well familiar with the Chev 6, as my first car was a '49 Chev coupe, a "business coupe" with the long trunk, lots of room for a folding ladder, too.)

[jkogel]

Thanks, all. I guess a good start will shopping for a folding ladder, then go kick some small tires, eh?
Unless I find a '53 Pontiac sedan delivery first.

[George A. H. Luck]

Chevy Astro van. Not too big. Lots of surface area for lettering ( my truck is my best ad') Room to set up an indoor / mobile office. Full size ladders. Aerodynamics of a brick!

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Asssorted vehicles of our Office..........

[tneyedli1]

Originally Posted by John S. Kogel

Hi, newbie here. My present ride is an F150 Lariat, 4x4, looks great with a ladder, but is often seen at the pumps getting 100+ litre tank filled. I notice Mario drives a well-lettered Van. Does anyone have an ideal, fuel-economy vehicle, with winter capabilities? Whatever became of the 1950's sedan delivery?

John Kogel
from Vancouver Island

Dear John:
My ideal was a caravan, I had 2 of them. Ran them into the ground despite regular maintenance. Good on gas, winter snow drove well and carried the largest little giant ladder.
Now it is a Sonoma 4x4 manual shift with a canopy. Ditto as above.
T.Neyedli
www.alphahomeinspections.ca

[tneyedli1]

John:
As an added thought, just walk thru' the parking lot at an inspection conference and you'll get the picture. Lots of styles and ideas.
T.Neyedli
www.alphahomeinspections.ca