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Motorway Mayhem and Meerkat Madness

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We were somewhere around Ipswich, when the mayhem started to unfold…

A white van seemed to be heading directly at the CVI limo…sideways!

We were driving down the motorway, safely in the left hand lane, when out of the right window it looked as if a white van was about to crash into us.

Then…nothing…

Instead of the expected collision, the van continued past us.

I was baffled.

Once the van was ahead of the limo I could see the problem…it was “Bent.”

The wheels were travelling at a weird angle, although the van was still able to somehow avoid total mayhem despite the fact it kept wanting to shift to the side.

Then the white van disappeared into the distance.

“We need a break, do you want to get a pot noodle? Asked the limo driver.

I shuddered at the thought, remembering the Cardiff incident. Kind of like Pavlovs Dog.

“Er…no, let’s go to a service station and dine out in style…and then put in on the CVI tab, we deserve it,” I replied.

10 Minutes later we arrived at a service station and found a Pizza Hut that was open for business. It was full of commercial drivers, some of whom were no doubt driving lorries and tankers on long haul drives.

We sat down and as I was reading the Pizza Hut menu I overheard the table next to me…

“We’ve got a 2 for 1 voucher for our meal…we got it from buying lorry insurance from Compare The…”

“MEERKATS!” I shouted, unable to help myself.

I turned to the man on the table next to me and said – “Are you seriously telling me you bought lorry insurance from those pesky meerkats just so you could save a bit of money on a pizza?”

“It’s a good deal,” he replied, proudly.

“NO…It’s MADNESS…Meerkat MADNESS,” I shouted, unable to help myself once again.

“Do you not realise that you could go to Cheap Van Insurance and save yourself a packet? Then you could afford to buy yourself a hundred pizzas and still have change,” I lectured him, but I could see nothing was getting through.

At that moment another man in a red baseball cap entered the restaurant and started placing an order for takeaway.

“Oh, I’ve got a 2 for 1 voucher for that…all thanks to those meerkats,” he said with a smug arrogance that sent me over the edge.

“This is MADNESS,” I shouted. “You people are INSANE.”

The restaurant fell completely silent and everybody looked at me, stunned and with their mouths open.

“Go to the Nations favourite…3 minutes is all it takes.”

However, they just looked at me with blank faces.

“I will not stay in this Pizza Hut a minute longer. Driver…let’s go.”

10 minutes later and we were sat in the CVI limo eating a pot noodle.

“How long until those meerkats get a piece of the pot noodle pie,” I said to the limo driver.

“I dunno,” he replied.

I finished my Bombay BadBoy and then realised this Meerkat Madness was taking up too much of my time and energy. We had a mission to complete.

“Onwards to Dundee,” I announced to the driver.

We got back on the road and sailed along the motorway without any further madness.

Then we arrived at the Scottish border and the CVI limo passed through and into a new country.

“Not long until we arrive in Dundee,” the limo driver told me. It was the first words he had said since the service station.

I sensed that a duel was waiting for me in Dundee. Something which could finally bring this story to a satisfying conclusion.

I took this opportunity to send a text back to HQ. “Motorway Mayhem and Meerkat Madness…”

Aviva Attempt to Join Forces With Van Insurance Brokers

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I could see our CNR was disturbed after the Cardiff incident. “Take an easy assignment…there is a story in Dundee,” I told him.

So he headed out of HQ and into the CVI limo. Now I turned my attention to headlines within the van insurance industry. Aviva to be exact, who have recently tried to join forces with van insurance brokers.

The insurance giant have recently launched something called “Fast Trade e-trading quote and buy” which is designed to help van insurance brokers get the best prices so they can compete in a very competitive marketplace.

Not all brokers are able to take advantage of this facility from Aviva though…only those brokers who have an Aviva agency.

This all comes at a time when van insurance brokers have been falling by the wayside, somewhat, in recent years.

Van insurance companies are turning up the heat with free gifts for consumers and hogging all of the advertising space…which means brokers are becoming more and more sidelined, to the point where many are going out of business.

Of course, those van brokers who partner with us here at Cheap Van Insurance are never left out in the cold. There is always a fresh catch of the day, every day. And as our fishing boat reaches the safety of land, we offer our bounty to both van insurance companies and brokers.

So how do you, the van owner, find your way into the net so you can put yourself in the fish market, so to speak? It’s easy…

…all you have to do is fill in the form which can be found at the top of the page you are reading right now. Then, spend around 3 minutes filling in the form and then, just press the “submit” button.

You instantly get around 40 quotes from both trusted van insurance companies and brokers, which puts YOU firmly in control.

This is the point where…the fish becomes a shark.

Back to Aviva and a spokesperson for their company had this to say – “Brokers still get the normal commissions, but we take out the costs and pass on those cost benefits to those who use it. We don’t have any transaction fees from software houses so the prices should be cheaper than the average that they would normally access. It’s a good deal.”

My opinion? Aviva might be on to something here, who knows for sure? What I do know is that both van insurance brokers and van owners should start right here, at The Nations Favourite.

If you are a van insurance broker who wants to get in on the action then give us a ring. We might be able to include you in our comparison service…although places are strictly limited and the application process is tough. We only take the best.

If you are a van owner then all you have to do is fill in the 3 minute form. You only get quotes from the best of the best.

Speaking of the best…I’ve just received a text from our CNR who is on route to Dundee.

“Motorway Mayhem and Meerkat Madness…” was the only words he wrote.

Something tells me we are in for another wild ride. Stay tuned.

The Cardiff Incident – RE: White Van Man

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As I walked back towards the CVI limo I noticed the windows were steamed up. “What are you doing?” I demanded to know…

Hi, It’s the CNR from CVI here and I am probably getting ahead of myself a bit. Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? Ok, here is the bizarre story, involving a…yep you got it, a white van man.

As CVI enthusiasts will know I’ve been in Cardiff on tour, seeking out stories about white van men becoming “unhinged” in this “summer of scam” that is going on right now, as we speak.

I wasn’t disappointed .As soon as I took to the streets of Cardiff I found plenty of stories about white van drivers being unleashed and unchained.

At the end of a long day filling up my notebook with stories I decided it was time to take a break and get some food before heading back to the hotel for the night.

“Take me to Tesco,” I said to the Limo driver, and with those words he drove me through the quiet Cardiff streets to the supermarket car park.

“I’m going to get a pot noodle, do you want anything?” I asked the limo driver.

“yes get me a beef and tomato flavour,” he replied.

“Ok…oh and put the kettle on while I’m gone…we need it for our pot noodles,” I said.

Tesco was empty which meant I quickly located the pot noodle aisle and found a chicken and mushroom flavour for me and beef and tomato for the driver, then I headed for the checkout.

With two pot noodles firmly in hand I walked back out into the quiet car park and what I saw next I couldn’t believe. The end of the day suddenly became the headline of the day.

My first reaction was to drop the pot noodles and reach for my Motorola, but then I remembered it didn’t have a camera. So I did what any Chief News Reporter would do in this situation…I got out my notebook.

I simply wrote what I saw…

“White Volkswagen van driving around Tesco car park, with a man clinging to the top and doing press ups. Another man in the van driving. Man on top still doing press ups. Coked up? Puff the magic dragon? Has the white van man finally become totally unhinged? Still driving around the car park…still doing press ups..it has now driven off into the night.”

What more could I do? I headed towards the limo still in a daze.

As I walked back towards the CVI limo I noticed the windows were steamed up. “What are you doing?” I demanded to know…

The window of the limo opened up slightly and some steam flew out.

“I’m boiling the kettle…for the pot noodles,” the limo driver said.

“Oh” I replied, “of course,” realising I had forgot all about the pot noodles.

I went back and picked them up off the ground and then got in the limo.

We sat there in silence eating our pot noodles. I wasn’t even sure if the limo driver had seen the white van incident because the windows had been steamed up. I wasn’t even sure if this was reality anymore.

Rather than say anything about the incident I decided to finish my pot noodle and then say to the limo driver…

“Take me back to CVI HQ…we must drive through the night.”

I didn’t want to hang around in Cardiff any longer I thought to myself. This summer was getting way too strange.

The Summer of…White Van Women

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Last week our chief news reporter told the truth about white van men. “The summer of scam,” he reported while on the road.

This week a new report landed on our desk here at CVI headquarters, and while our CNR continued to tour the country in the CVI limo and find out the latest news regarding white van men…we decided to push this news story regarding white van women forward.

The report started off with the quote – “Everyone has heard of the white van man, but now it’s the ladies turn.”

What are they basing this on? Well, according to official statistics there was 26,166 women who filled in a van insurance application form last year…compared to 17,198 in 2016.

Right now in 2018 we can only imagine how many women have already got their van insurance online.

Of course, many of them decided to compare van insurance for their white vans right here, at The Nations Favourite.

3 minutes is all any white van woman needs to get around 40 quotes from well known van insurance companies and brokers.

“There is no denying owning a van has many benefits, and it seems female drivers are starting to jump on the bandwagon,” was another quote we found in the report.

Reading on…we discovered that white women van drivers actually pay less than their white van men husbands and brothers…£181 less in fact, with an average quote of £1025 per year for coverage.

Perhaps more women are visiting CVI than men, and that is the main reason why they get cheaper van insurance? It wouldn’t surprise me one bit.

As regular readers are well aware, the white van men are too busy causing mayhem on our nations roads and appearing in court – “white van men unhinged,” it was called.

Meanwhile the white van women were accessing CVI on their computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones, and then getting cheaper quotes in only 3 minutes.

One of the boom professions right now that requires a white van is dog walking, and statistics show that females are embracing this profession more than males.

Light commercial vans are typically the main weapon of choice for professional female dog walkers, with white being their preferred colour and CVI being their favourite website.

Self employed female cleaners also enjoyed getting cheap van insurance on their white vans…while female care assistants also got great prices.

Let’s just hope these white van women don’t go the way of the white van man, although if there is any unleashings, unchainings or if any white van woman becomes unhinged, then you will be the first to hear about here at The Nations Favourite.

Speaking of which…we have just received a text from our CNR out who is touring the country in the CVI limo.

“You are not going to believe what just happened in Cardiff…” he wrote.

Stay tuned for the full story.

Van Meets Lamppost in Somerset – “I Can’t Believe It”

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Somerset…the land of rolling hills, endless farm land and apples, so sweet and tasty, you could eat them all day.

It is also the land of lampposts, according to one resident who wishes to remain nameless. Although many of these lampposts are positioned away from the road, in designated pedestrian areas that are safe for power walkers and joggers.

So you can imagine the confusion when residents of a sleepy Somerset village awoke one morning and they looked out of their windows and saw…a council van smashed into a lamppost

This wasn’t an ordinary crash either. This was a full on SMASH. The kind of collision which means the van was a total writeoff.

What makes this story even more bizarre is the fact that the lamppost was nowhere near a road. Farm land? Yes. Apple trees? Yes…but roads? No.

According to one eye witness the council van had the wing completely ripped off and was in a state of such destruction the only logical place to take it was the scrap yard.

It really does make you wonder just what happened here? What caused this van to take a detour away from the roads and then drive along a pedestrian zone with such speed and power…that the collision meant a total writeoff.

Obviously the residents of this Somerset wanted answers so they turned up outside the council offices (without pitchforks) and demanded a spokesperson for Somerset council address the crowd.

It seems the South Somerset District Council are still not entirely sure what exactly happened, which means the crowd didn’t get the answers they demanded.

An official statement has mentioned that an investigation has been launched into the matter and the driver of the council van is unhurt but embarrassed

Apparently, one resident did offer the van driver a cup of tea although any other information is still light on the ground.

One clue that may shed some light on the situation is a grainy photo taken on the morning when the carnage was discovered.

While it isn’t exactly clear what we are looking at, the picture does seem to suggest the lamppost was directly in the middle of the foot path.

Could the council van have been trying to pull off some kind of spectacular manoeuvrer to swerve around the lamppost..only to have lost control at the last second? We may never find out the exact answer.

It remains a mystery, but the one thing that doesn’t remain a mystery is how to get cheap van insurance.

Van owners in Somerset flock here to CVI every year, and every year they are rewarded with cheap van insurance.

Arizona Dream? No, It’s a Reality

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The state of Arizona has seen its fair share of van mayhem over the last 12 months. Who can forget “white van man in the desert?” You can’t.

Arizona really is a hotbed of van activity, but this past week it wasn’t British white van owners who were causing a stir in the dry American State, it was the self driving van.

Not just any old self driving van either. This was a Google self driving van, better known as a Waymo self driving van.

If you thought that eradicating white van men from the drivers seat was going to mean an end to the trail of destruction, rage, and all out carnage, then think again. Driver or no driver, these machines are still made for crashing.

While your average white van man was tucked up in bed in Britain, there was a Waymo self driving van being tested on the roads of Arizona during a particularly balmy evening.

However, before you start grabbing your pitchforks and heading down to Google HQ, you might want to find out exactly what happened here.

Yes Google have been known for causing crashes before (and then trying to flee the scene without giving insurance details), but in this particular story it appears things might be different.

Reports of the incident suggest that a Honda Sedan had to swerve to avoid another car, and in the process went right into the path of the Waymo self driving van.

That’s right. This Google Waymo machine was just innocently and quietly coasting along the hot tarmac of the Arizona highway and the “BAM” – there was a crash.

So a human driven car swerved to avoid a car…being driven by a human. It was the humble self driving van who was just minding its own business, and through no fault of its own became involved in the fracas.

Of course, the major news outlets have picked up the story and made Google Waymo and its self driving van the ENEMY, but here at CVI we are going to take a more realistic approach.

The truth of the matter is that self driving vans are the future, in America and in the UK, and if you are a tradesperson such as a roofer, builder, carpenter, plumper, electrician, general handy man or woman, or a “man” or “woman” with a van (and a plan), then the self driving van is going to be your bread and butter in the near future.

Stop seeing this technology as the enemy is my advice, and refuse to believe the hype that you read in those tabloids.

Here at CVI you only get the truth, and cheap van insurance quotes as well. Good times all round. You might even be able to save enough money on your next quote to go for a holiday to Arizona.

White Van Men On Tour Get GREEN LIGHT

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Rage, discontent, and anger. These are all words that could have described your average white van man after Brexit happens.

Especially those white van owners who like to go “on tour.” Off they go, North, South, East, and West. Driving in their vans to go to far away lands, for business and pleasure.

It was thought that Brexit might have put a halt to these regular jaunts. A big RED LIGHT was expected to be staring each and every white van owner in the face, and, as we all know, when white van men are hindered in some way then the result is usually…all out destruction.

Initially, experts predicted that UK van insurance would no longer be valid on the roads of our European neighbours

That means if a British white van just wanted to go for a casual drive in the French countryside, then it would quickly be scanned by French Police.

“Monsieur..Monsieur..pas de taxes” they would be shouting.

A night in French prison would no doubt be in store for the white van man, which would probably push them to the brink.

Fortunately, this is not going to happen, due to the fact that it’s just been announced that UK van insurance will be accepted in the EU after Brexit has happened.

If you are stopped on the roads of France, Germany, Spain, or Rome…

Then all you need to do is show them Cheap Van Insurance on your smartphone…

and they will instantly leave you alone.

“It’s okay, I’m with CVI,” you say.

“Danke,” the German traffic police would say after they pulled you over on the Autobahn.

No fuss, no hassle, and no rage. Just a GREEN LIGHT for every white van owner in the country to go “on tour” and not get in any bother.

It could have been a lot different though. A Green card system had been proposed by European chiefs and an extra £10 fee to get European van insurance for UK drivers.

“Hola, tarjeta verde por favor ” the Spanish Police would say after pulling over the traditional UK white Ford Transit van.

“You what mate?” the white van driver would say…getting a bit hot under the collar.

“Tarjeta verde… AHORA!!“” the Spanish police would demand.

Who knows what would happen after that? We all know how white van men have, in the past, been unleashed and unchained, to the point where car doors have been ripped clean off.

Right now everybody is friends, and our white van drivers can move forward to the continent with a good mood and CVI on their phone.

“Orange” – The New Code for No Van Insurance

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Sitting around and trying to make up your razzudocks what to do with the evening? You could go for a drive in your van and…

…play “hogs of the road” – with no van insurance…

“Code orange,” the police will say on their walkie talkies after scanning your van, and just like clockwork they pounce into action with flashing blue lights and all of that…

Just like what happened to one guy in Warrington. He went out into the countryside in his van with some off road bikes in the back. He then got the bikes out the back, and then…

BUSTED! “No van insurance and no tax,” according to official police reports, but it just goes to show you that police officers are everywhere and it only takes a quick “orange” into their radio mikes and the game is up.

The owner of that particular van in Warrington should have visited CVI to get some very cheap quotes.

Some people have said our site is the “Ludwig Van…of comparison sites.” Or as Ludwig Van himself was once called…”the CVI of classical music”…apparently

You could fill in our 3 minute form with Beethoven’s 9th Op 125 playing in the background, and then…once you get around 40 quotes…”Oh Bliss! I knew such lovely pictures!”

Unfortunately not everybody is taking our advice, just like the van driver who was caught in a place called Loudwater…

“Oh no,” said the van driver.

“well, well well well, well well well…” replied the police officer.

Yes, you’ve guessed it…it was that code “orange” again, and just like clockwork yet again, the police officers had zoned in on their target and brought justice to UK roads.

This particular van driver was driving a Mercedes van without any insurance and the eventual punishment was a £185 fine and being disqualified from driving for 28 days.

Just remember, if you take a chance of driving without van insurance then you might not just get off with a fine or disqualification. What could the punishment be instead? Well…

“655321” is now your prison number, something you will have to remember.

If you are going to take anything away from this blog post then it should be this…

“Thinking is for the gloopy ones. The omni one’s use like…inspiration.”

So use that inspiration right now…by filling out our 3 minute form and saving yourself a packet.

Thousands of van drivers around the country have already done the same. Isn’t it time you joined them? Of course it is. So don’t delay. Save money today by joining CVI, The Nations Favourite. .

No License, Van Insurance or Permission = Friends No More

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When your van goes missing you don’t expect the culprit to be…a work colleague. Forget those criminal gangs. Everybody is a suspect.

The potential thief who is going to take your pride and joy could very well be a neighbour, family member, or even someone you are sharing a B&B room with.

That is exactly what happened in Manchester, where two men were doing some work in the area. To save money, only 1 B&B room was booked, although while one of the owner of the van was sleeping the other man…

…Took the keys for the van and decided to go off on an adventure. What kind of adventure? The kind where you have no driving license and no insurance for the van, but, most importantly you have no PERMISSION.

Let’s face it, if a friend just took your keys and drove off into the night with your van without any kind of permission then wouldn’t you be a bit miffed? Of course you would.

To make matters even worse, the man who went off in the van had apparently drunk 6 pints down the local boozer.

So just to sum up…he had no license, no insurance, no permission, and was drunk. Something tells me this story is not going to end well.

And it didn’t. Our boys and girls in Blue did their job for once and pulled over the friendly joyrider.

“It’s my mates van,” he could have said.

“Do you have permission from your mate?” the Police officer might have asked.

“No,” would have been the honest reply.

As we all know, any time the Police pull you over and find that you have no licence or insurance then you can expect to find yourself in trouble. A night down the local nick could be in store and a star appearance at the court is definitely going to happen.

So the man with no permission had his day in court and immediately pleaded guilty from the dock.

This was all the judge needed to hear, and with the trusty hammer firmly in her grasp she slammed it down with such force that everybody in the courtroom jumped a bit.

Jail time was not on the cards in this particular case, but a 12 month community order and 120 hours of unpaid work was.

Not only that, but he was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £85 victim surcharge.

I think the moral of the story is…if you are thinking about going for a drive in a van that is not yours, then make sure you get permission.

Also, make sure you have a licence, and check to see if you are insured to drive the van.

Temporary van insurance can be compared right here of course, at CVI, The Nations Favourite.

Once you have permission then go directly to the top of the page and click on “get a quote.”

Van Drivers Say – “Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me…”

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Have you ever woke up in a sweat late at night – “It was a planet…full of…those creatures from TV” you shout, recalling your dream..

Not Apes…but Meerkats…those adorable creatures we see on the TV who promote a certain comparison website. Compare the…you can fill in the rest.

It’s those meerkats who try to sell things such as van insurance, by tempting van drivers with the offer of 2 for 1 movie tickets and such things.

Who doesn’t like a good movie? I know I do, and I’m pretty sure that van drivers also do. Some even take the day off work to visit the cinema.

The problem is most van drivers are not really motivated by getting movie tickets when buying van insurance. Instead, they would prefer to simply get very cheap van insurance. It makes sense.

That is why all sensible van drivers flock here, in their droves.

“Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty…meerkat,” is what they say, before clicking away and going directly to the Nations Favourite…Cheap Van Insurance.

What if you could take advantage of those meerkats though? Well, now you can, thanks to a trick I’ve just heard about from ITV and money saving superstar, Martin Lewis.

On his website, there is details about how you can get movie tickets for only a pound or two, which works out really cheap when you consider that most people need to re-mortgage their home to visit the cinema these days.

What Martin advises is to get cheap travel insurance from the meerkat site, the very cheap kind that only costs you £1 or £2, and then you also be eligible for the movie tickets.

So that is 1-0 to the van drivers over those pesky meerkats.

“See you soon, losers!” Is what you will be shouting out of the window as you drive away in your van with the tickets blowing in the wind.

Of course, while it’s good to get cheap movie tickets you must remember that the serious business is done right here, at CVI.

Don’t even be tempted by those meerkats when they start banging on about comparing van insurance. Come directly here. Don’t hang around.

Don’t go anywhere else either. You might be tempted by other mascots such as “Dave van dog,” but while he might be one of the best ideas of all time, the reality is that even “Dave van dog” cannot get you cheap deals on your van insurance.

Fortunately you are in the right place, right now. The kind of place where 3 minutes of your time and a few basic details will give you…the most outstanding van insurance prices ever.

So here is your to-do list:

1) Trick the meerkats

2) Ignore “Dave van dog”

3) Get around 40 quotes from Cheap Van Insurance.

Step 1

Complete your quick and easy quote

Step 2

Reveal your van insurance policies

Step 3

Pick your favourite and get instant cover