What's yours called ?

zagmund

I don't know about you, but I call my vehicle a campervan. I have had some members of one of the stuffier UK clubs correct me and call it a motorhome, but I correct them back and call it a campervan just to annoy them.

I have also seen them described as motor-caravans, but that is really taking things a little too far. If anyone ever insists on calling my vehicle a motor-caravan I will be forced to ask them how their horseless carriage performs while giggling to myself. It's not a caravan and it's not a home.

In fairness, I think the nearest thing to an official description of it would be a motorhome, but to me it's a campervan and that's good enough for me.

For reference it looks a little like this - http://i20.ebayimg.com/02/m/000/7d/85/04a6_24.JPG - only nicer . . .

What do you call yours ?

z

folkswagen

ours is a camper:D called, Daisybus:) when our then 3 year old saw it first he called ait a pamping van:D

I think there will always be different terms used for your vehicle but you should be allowed to call it what you like yourself and not be corrected:)

peasant

Usually call it the "womo" (short for German "WOhnMObil) in english it's just "the camper", same as the old VW.

Oh yeah ...it has a name as well. Seenashow it's Italian it's called "Luigi" (you couldn't really give something this ugly a girls' name)

Terrontress

On the long trip back to Ireland from Germany, my friend and I took to calling mine "The Beast".

I haven't been away in it yet to get a feel for the character and give it a proper name.

Malta1

The kids call our camper "Cool Runnings"......looking at getting it in big letters on the front and back of the van:D

dowtchaboy

Ours is called 'Ivana B' -
(a) after someone we know
but
(b) mainly 'cos 'Ivana B' somewhere else, Ivana B beside the seaside, Ivana B on that ferry that just pulled out... etc.
definitely a 'she' - she's pretty, unique, stubborn, not too thirsty, gives lots of pleasure, and needs a MAN to handle her...(no no no I didn't mean that Dear, just trying to sound macho, pet....)

db.
(anyway - thought this thread should be bumped up a bit.....)
PS- as regards a generic term for these yokes - I think WoMo has a nice neat ring to it - like the German slang for mobile phones - 'Handi' - mein WoMo und mein Handi - much easier to say than 'My motorcaravan and my mobile phone' - interesting that such easy language comes from the Folk who 'have no word for 'fluffy'' (according to Blackadder...)... leedle bit OT I know....

peasant

dowtchaboy wrote: »

interesting that such easy language comes from the Folk who 'have no word for 'fluffy'' (according to Blackadder...)... leedle bit OT I know....

As a huge Blackadder fan, I'm gonna pull moderator privileges here and decree that this in fact very much ON topic :D:D

(there has to be a bit of banter on this forum as well ...)

Malta1

"moderator privileges " or blatant abuse of power???

peasant

whatever floats your boat ...:D:D:D

*Kol*

Ours was referred to "The Magical Mystery Machine" by a friend this morning!!!:D

fits

Ours is called Volker...

I'd love to get a big converted bus and call it Priscilla

dowtchaboy

Fits - if it were a VW LT extra Wide - would Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert be appropriate?<grin>
db.

SouthernBelle

Ours is a camper (or motorhome if we're feeling snobby! ) called The Squire. The name simply comes from the van itself,:o it's a Ford Hearld Squire.

still

Bessy and she is some woman, not a whinge to be heard, even sits quitely when her gearbox is broken.

I'll say it again, she is some woman. (and im not usually a fan of butch german girls).:D