What is a PVC ?

[Phil89a]

Whilst sitting outside with this strange big ball of yellow floating in an equally strange blue sky, I was thinking that hopefully my new PVC would turn up before 2025, but what have I ordered.....

Ok, I know what a Panel Van Conversion is but between Campervans and Motorhomes, where does a PVC sit?

Is it a Motorhome or is It a campervan; does having a toilet make it a Motorhome; but it isn’t coachbuilt so is it a campervan? But what about those little campervan these days that have a toilet in a cupboard?

I must admit, when talking about the new PVC, I always refer to it as “the campervan”, but am I guilty of breaching the trade description act ?

Hmmm

Phil

 

[Blue Knight]

I always say that the plastic tupperware boxes are motorhomes and anything else is a camper, albeit a PVC is just a camper on steroids.

Just my take though.

 

[Phill D]

Think you need to have your new toy delivered ASAP so that you have other things on your mind

 

[Odd-no-more]

A campervan is a van you can camp in, a pvc is a small motorhome, if it has heating, a toilet and a shower it's not camping

 

[Phil89a]

Think you need to have your new toy delivered ASAP so that you have other things on your mind

I know - all this waiting frees up the thinking

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[63720]

AFAIK....... A Panel Van Conversion sits where it needs, after all any mobile home is a compromise somewhere

 

[Speve]

According to Adria they are campervans :

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[Dorwyn]

I always say that the plastic tupperware boxes are motorhomes and anything else is a camper, albeit a PVC is just a camper on steroids.

Just my take though.

When I was a caravanist, used to call those lovely fibreglass 90s Autosleepers with the big side window, Ice Cream Carts.

 

[Jonno1103]

When I was a caravanist, used to call those lovely fibreglass 90s Autosleepers with the big side window, Ice Cream Carts.

... and A class are mobile libraries.

 

[Nanniemate]

Call it what ever you want, I have a fiat van with beds and a loo and toilet I call it Van the nearest it has to a name and its a camper to me.

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[Dorwyn]

Call it what ever you want, I have a fiat van with beds and a loo and toilet I call it Van the nearest it has to a name and its a camper to me.

I really like those little vans with unit kitchen and storage units that you can take out when not required, and a front seat the converts into a bed. Ideal for one person, no problems with narrow roads and parking. And really liked our first van, a 9 seater Bongo that we converted into a camper. There are so many ways you can have MotorhomeFun.

 

[Nanniemate]

I really like those little vans with unit kitchen and storage units that you can take out when not required, and a front seat the converts into a bed. Ideal for one person, no problems with narrow roads and parking. And really liked our first van, a 9 seater Bongo that we converted into a camper. There are so many ways you can have MotorhomeFun.

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I'd call that happy looks like fun , crocs let you down though

 

[Dorwyn]

I'd call that happy looks like fun , crocs let you down though

Crocs are the best! Smaaart, comfortable, je ne sais quoi. Stylish campervan wear. Yes, I've got a pvc just to add to the effect!

 

[Dorwyn]

That's not me in the pic, by the way

 

[deleted79651]

A campervan is a van you can camp in, a pvc is a small motorhome, if it has heating, a toilet and a shower it's not camping

But it is rather civilised; and warm & comfy. I did my 28 days character building Outward Bound Course number 307 St Vincent Watch at Aberdovey in February 1971. The character that was built has fallen into disrepair because of inadequate maintenance which I blame on reading a dictionary and finding the definition of Bohemian ...

Steve

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[Nirvanauk]

Crocs are the best! Smaaart, comfortable, je ne sais quoi. Stylish campervan wear. Yes, I've got a pvc just to add to the effect!

The holes in crocs are where your dignity oozes out....

 

[philann]

My V5 says it’s a Motorcaravan

 

[Ex-caravanner]

Funny, the things that go through your mind when perched upon the throne.
How high does a hill get before it's a mountain?
What "Year" did people say it was before christ was born? Was there a "during Christ" period before becoming A.D?

 

[mikebeaches]

As has been mentioned, call it what you like - camper; campervan; motor-caravan; or motorhome: maybe even RV?

We normally refer to our PVC as 'the camper' or the 'campervan'

You'll be able to concentrate on other things when the new van arrives...

Enjoy!

 

[deleted79651]

To us, she is Brunhilde, pure and simple, and owned by the two of us; simple, but not so pure ...

Steve & Elaine

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[Next Stop]

The holes in crocs are where your dignity oozes out....

Fun fact, Crocs always land the right way up when you throw them down

 

[Dorwyn]

Depends if you're still wearing them!

 

[Phil89a]

As has been mentioned, call it what you like - camper; campervan; motor-caravan; or motorhome: maybe even RV?

We normally refer to our PVC as 'the camper' or the 'campervan'

You'll be able to concentrate on other things when the new van arrives...

Enjoy!

Must admit I was thinking of a name for the PVC the other day (more random thinking ) and settled on “the Van”

So Motorhome or Camper, it is going to be “the Van”

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

My V5 says it’s a Motorcaravan

Mine too!
And I still reference to her as “ The Van” or “Arabella”.

 

[Skez]

Whatever you want it to be!

Ours is Marcel the Murvi Campervan

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[Spriddler]

If I had a PVC I'd call it Diana Rigg.

 

[tacr2man]

Funny, the things that go through your mind when perched upon the throne.
How high does a hill get before it's a mountain?
What "Year" did people say it was before christ was born? Was there a "during Christ" period before becoming A.D?

This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus of Scythia Minor, but was not widely used until the 9th century

 

[Hoovie]

All "Motor Caravans", but I would generally call a PVC a Campervan and one with a body that is plonked on a chassis cab generally a Motorhome.
I'd say a very common difference between the two is the presence of a permanent shower room. Without that, I don't think a vehicle could be regarded as a motor home and is more of a motorised tent that you camp in.

 

[Grianan]

I call mine the van. I think of it as a Campervan though it does have a shower and a loo. Glamping van perhaps.

 

[Blue Knight]

In 2018 when we had our Pilote MoHo my father (now 84) would say "Andrew, are you taking Nicky away in the motorhome this weekend?". Yes I would reply.

We then bought the PVC and my father would say "are you taking Nicky away in the campervan this weekend".

Me: "No dad, it's a motorhome, not a camper".

Dad: "Ah, OK, motorhome".


Two weeks later and for every fecking month thereafter for the next two years he would say "are you going away in the campervan?".

......to which I now reply "yes Dad, we're off in the camper.

.....so it's a camper, not a motorhome.