When Is A Campervan A Motorhome? (1 Viewer)

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Chockswahay

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We have a 6 metre Globecar Globescout which is plenty big enough for the two of us and our particular needs. Whenever I say 'campervan' to other people they automatically assume that it must be small like a VW California......

We have all the same facilities as a 'motorhome' of similar size, so are we a motorhome or a campervan?

My son has a VW T5 which he has converted into what I like to call....... well, err..... a Campervan! However he can't stand up in it, shower in it to go to the toilet in it.....

Now, if I say we have a 'motorhome' then other people automatically assume we have a monster of a truck with a Luton top, perhaps 8 metres long with maybe 6 wheels!

Get my drift here? What am I driving? :eek:
 
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We called our last one a Motorhome.
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We call our new one A camper van
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Like yours you can stand up, shower, go to the loo etc. But when people see it they always say oh we thought you meant a smaller one.
 

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I refer to mine as a motorhome except when getting a quote over the 'phone from a garage to do some work on it when I call it a campervan ;)

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I still think of PVCs as campervans and coachbuilts as motorhomes. A false distinction probably, as I know many PVCs are bigger than some MHs, but for me it's something about the fact that a campervan is still something easily recognisable as the van it once was.
 

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I still think of PVCs as campervans and coachbuilts as motorhomes. A false distinction probably, as I know many PVCs are bigger than some MHs, but for me it's something about the fact that a campervan is still something easily recognisable as the van it once was.
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When we had a cranky rusty old Type 2 VW Kombi it was a 'campervan', and motorhomes were those big white boxy things with overcab beds that posh people drove around in.

Now we have a big white boxy thing with an overcab bed we call it a 'motorhome' to help distinguish us from those freeloading hippies and surf bums who drive around in campervans. :)
 

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Call it what you may.. they have various names depending on how they are behaving.. or not as the case may be.. :LOL:

Snobs call them motorhomes.. . plebs call 'em camper vans..

Play safe, go with what it says in your v5 ;)

Motor Caravan :D

You trying to upset some funsters!!! :LOL:
 

Minxy

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Get my drift here? What am I driving? :eek:
Here's a radical suggestions, not sure you'll like it but ...





wait for it ....





ready ...




a LARGE campervan! :LOL:

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I was told years ago if it has a shower its a motorhome
 

MattR

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I understand it is related to the facilities on-board. Generally, a camper van does not have a shower or loo plumbed in - a motor home does. A camper van has cooking & sleeping facilities (which differentiates it from a van)
 
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Chockswahay

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Here's a radical suggestions, not sure you'll like it but ...





wait for it ....





ready ...




a LARGE campervan! :LOL:

Or maybe ....................

'A slightly shorter than Minygirls Large camper van but still the same brand' :Dhehe

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Fishman

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When were away in the (motorhome ,campervan , van .)call it what you may , I refer to it as our house.
Northern thing I reckon
Tony

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Been meaning to ask for ages, please could you tell me

1) What is/does PVC stand for?
2) What are the different classifications? What would an Adria Coral 680SL be?

@beacons564 I like big bus thing, think I might use that. ::bigsmile:

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Been meaning to ask for ages, please could you tell me

1) What is/does PVC stand for?
2) What are the different classifications? What would an Adria Coral 680SL be?

@beacons564 I like big bus thing, think I might use that. ::bigsmile:

Polyvinylchloride (y)

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