Give my new Chausson a name (1 Viewer)

[Chris Laing]

Not sure if i even want to give it a name but I see a lot of people do.
Cant really think of one suitable so I'm open to suggesting if someone can come up with a good one I might happily use it.

 

[johnpengers]

If she's part of the family she needs a name..........I'd be looking at something french.

John.

 

[iandsm]

Why not call it motorhome, or perhaps camper, that's what it is.

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[Kingham]

I named mine after my first two vans and it will always be referred to as "van", or "the van", or if things start to go wrong "that bloody van" !

I sometimes wish I'd kept my dog's name a whole letter shorter and called him "Dog" instead of "Zack"

 

[CWH]

Gosh Chris @Chris Laing you can't name it until you know something about its character - I mean, you're referring to it as "it" - so do you even know yet whether it's male or female??? You know what happened to a boy named Sue...

 

[Chris Laing]

Maybe I should just call it 'it'

Gosh Chris @Chris Laing you can't name it until you know something about its character - I mean, you're referring to it as "it" - so do you even know yet whether it's male or female??? You know what happened to a boy named Sue...

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[Kingham]

.... so do you even know yet whether it's male or female??? You know what happened to a boy named Sue...

Does it matter ?.....it's the 21st Century and don't get me started on defending Transit vans (we don't call them trannies anymore)

 

[Baldeagle7470]

If you fancy something French call her Chantal.

 

[BobtheBass]

Powerful Pierre?

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[jonandshell]

I call our Chausson "Pile of Crap", our Elddis was called "Piece of S**t"" and our VW was called "Rusty pile of Junk".
Welcome to your new motorhome, just make sure you carry a small toolkit, duct tape and cable ties!

In all seriousness, our Chausson is holding up well to lots of use. We would have another.

 

[Gellyneck]

Maybe I should just call it 'it'

Good shout! When bits start falling off, leaking, breaking down and everything else that can go wrong does it's easy to be shouting at "it" by it's non-abbreviated proper Sunday name, SH**!

However, if you want to have a link to the model name perhaps a few suggestions would be -
Flash - the dirty old man!
Welcome - the door mat!
Allegro - the square wheel!
Suite - trio (as in three piece)!

Well that's my pearls of wisdom.

Bon chance (or no blo*** chance)

 

[Mandthelifeboats]

WE call our van Charlie Chausson.Enjoy your new van.

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[CWH]

Our last one was Harvey, he was a wannabee RV.

 

[Paddyfrog]

We live in France but our UK friends immediately christened it our Passion Wagon. That shocked our (young adult) kids a bit, shook 'em up, and so Passion Wagon she is. She? La voiture? or is it le camping car? So he? Or perhaps my French stinks!
Pretty French to me is Mathilde. Isolde. Nathalie. Christophe. Jacques. Jean-François.

 

[Chris Laing]

Not sure if 'it' is a he or a she yet, but I may name it after the famous intrepid diver Jacque cousteau. So Jacque could be a contender.

We live in France but our UK friends immediately christened it our Passion Wagon. That shocked our (young adult) kids a bit, shook 'em up, and so Passion Wagon she is. She? La voiture? or is it le camping car? So he? Or perhaps my French stinks!
Pretty French to me is Mathilde. Isolde. Nathalie. Christophe. Jacques. Jean-François.

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[Paddyfrog]

OK, but if you want it to be really French, you'll need to call it Jacques, note 's' at the end, now that is French! Or you know how they love to be polite, perhaps M. Cousteau as in monsieur Cousteau. Imagine going for a spin in Mons. Cousteau. Sounds very upbeat.

 

[Vanderek]

Here is one I saw earlier (last summer)...real Chausson ..real name...zoom in.

 

[xsparks]

How about vin blanc.

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[Gellyneck]

Guess it's Stan then???

 

[Chris Laing]

Not likely

Here is one I saw earlier (last summer)...real Chausson ..real name...zoom in.

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[Kingham]

OK, but if you want it to be really French, you'll need to call it Jacques, note 's' at the end, now that is French! Or you know how they love to be polite, perhaps M. Cousteau as in monsieur Cousteau. Imagine going for a spin in Mons. Cousteau. Sounds very upbeat.

@Chris Laing Paddyfrog has it "Monsieur Cousteau" is perfect for a French van and Jacques Yves was a very inspirational man for me growing up. He is probably the biggest reason that I got in to sport diving as a teenager, which in turn got me in to boats, kayaks & surfing, then on to the RNLI Lifeboats.

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[Ex-caravantugger]

How about 'one'......................wait for it........................'the Chausson one'

 

[Ann and Pat]

Hi, We called our Chausson "Charlotte", a name which has it's origins in France but which which was taken up on this side of the channel. It just seemed right!

 

[Paddyfrog]

Alors bonnes vacances Mons Cousteau et bon retour!

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[John.]

If it's a girl & it's French you could say it's probably "Trouble"

 

[Spidey]

we called our Chausson 'Fifi' as she was a little french fancy 6m van. our Hymer is called Hildy

 

[Saltings]

Hi Spidey

My first 8' rowing dinghy was named by a French pen friend "FiFi". So perhaps that would be good. You can always call your next one "FiFi II"

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[magicsurfbus]

According to Google translate, Chaussons is the French word for Slippers, so presumably Chausson is Slipper.

https://translate.google.co.uk/?hl=en#fr/en/chaussons

Just saying.

 

[Tony50]

when our Chausson can be got from the dealer we might call it "Hope", Like hope it's not going to fall to bits like the last caravan and Motorhomes, I do wonder what might go wrong when using the vehicles for the first few times , the last caravan we use to think before we stared on a trip "I wonder what will go wrong this time". If Dealer says to me when we do pick it up " any problems we will sort it out on the first service " he might well get a rocket as they seem to expect a list of faults.

Tony A

 

[Chris Laing]

Hi Tony

We've had ours for a month and can't find fault with it yet. Fingers crossed!

We have also decided to bin the idea of a French name and decided to call him Hugo which I'm led to believe means
"Bright in mind and spirit".
Might as well give him a German name since he will spend most of time there