DO NOT Watch Transformers!

The original and still the best!

I wouldn’t usually use this site for my own private end, but I have to advise all readers of Vansdirectnews.com and all the customers of Vansdirect.co.uk not to watch the new Transformers movie.  If you value your time, sanity, humour and money - do not go.  It’s not suitable for children and it’s certainly not suitable for an adult with a reasonable level of intelligence.

Vansdirect.co.uk is on the move

New Office For Vansdirect.co.uk

Vansdirect.co.uk - the UK’s largest independet van retailer & the best place to find cheap new vans for sale on the internet - is relocating from to new offices in the slightly more sunny Cardiff in the next couple of weeks.  If you’ve ever moved house, you probably have some idea of what the poor Vansdirect staff are going through.  However, moving the Vansdirect.co.uk office and its operations is more difficult again.

Middle Lane Drivers

MLDs - the source of congestion and all evil

You know who you are!  Everyday, when driving to the Vansdirect office, I must witness no fewer than 10 middle lane drivers along a 35 mile stretch of the M4.  Effectively this three lane stretch of asphalt is reduced to a two lane carriageway because of these lazy drivers!

Another Ad Break

At Vansdirect, when we’re not busy finding cheap vans to sell, or indeed selling those very same cheap vans, we’re trying to keep up with all things vans related.  Vansdirect staff read the latest journals, magazines and utilise perhaps one of the most powerful research tools today….YouTube!  We can therefore bring you van adverts from around the world - the perfect excuse for a break and a source of inspiration perhaps if you’re currently trying to decide what new van to buy (Remember, you can always call Vansdirect to help you with that problem; we have every make and model of vans for sale ready to be delivered free to your door!).  On this occasion, Vansdirect brings you a Nissan commercial which could readily appear alongside this Summer’s Transformers movie….enjoy!

Transporter S Line -V- Vito X

This should be an obvious question - which of the Volkswagen Transporter S Line or the Mercedes Vito X is the quickest round any track they’re pointed at?  Let’s face it, the Vito X has more torque than an Audi S4!  Unfortunately, these are not cheap vans (circa £28,000) and thus my request to the Vansdirect board to throw them around a track for the day was turned down (hmmph).  However, the good people at Fifth Gear, including the lovely Vicki Butler Henderson, can put this travesty to rights. So sit back and watch two non-cheap vans be driven round a track at break neck speeds to discover the result; VW versus Mercedes vans.

Marketing cheap vans for sale starts with Blue Sky thinking

Round and round we go, where it stops nobody knows!  Or at least that’s how this Credit Crunch feels for car and van makers across the world.  Ford announces a 20% increase in sales since April yet cheap vans maker LDV slip back into administration - the Credit Crunch is certainly a story of extremes.

Vansdirect - out to dominate Google

I’m not a natural marketeer - but then who is?!  However, the world of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is fascinating even for an outsider.  The lengths websites will go to to attract a customer and more importantly attract a customer before anyone else.

For some sites it’s probably a byproduct of what the site does - eBay’s content changes daily through user interaction and with obvious corporate input for example - for someone like Vansdirect it’s a little bit more complicated.