When Is A Campervan A Motorhome? (1 Viewer)

[Chockswahay]

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?

 

[Barclaybasher]

Get my drift here? What am I driving?

..............a Camperhome !

 

[Chockswahay]

..............a Camperhome !

LOL....... or maybe a Motorvan !

 

[GeriatricWanderer]

A campervan and be proud to call it that.

Motorhomes are for softies!

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

We called our last one a Motorhome.

We call our new one A camper van

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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[Flamenca]

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

 

[scotjimland]

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

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

Play safe, go with what it says in your v5

Motor Caravan

 

[Hughman]

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.

 

[Bartyfixedit]

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.

+1

 

[magicsurfbus]

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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[Minxy]

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

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

Play safe, go with what it says in your v5

Motor Caravan

You trying to upset some funsters!!!

 

[Minxy]

Get my drift here? What am I driving?

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





wait for it ....





ready ...




a LARGE campervan!

 

[Terry]

Simply call it a van because a soon as you say campervan or motorhome the price of anything you are buying doubles
terry

 

[Larrynwin]

A Recreational Vehicle

 

[Granjan]

Camping car

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[Enword]

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

 

[MattR]

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)

 

[mariner]

French = Campingcar.

Spanish\Italian = Autocaravan.

German = Wohnmobile.

Dutch = Kampeerwagon.

English = Motorhome.

You decide!

 

[ianhyslop]

Sit back in your MH or VAN and watch this thread develop .

 

[Wildbill]

we call ours a camper it six birth defleths glob trotter but it a camper to us call it what you like it's your van
bill

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[Chockswahay]

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





wait for it ....





ready ...




a LARGE campervan!

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

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

 

[Reallyretired]

Ours 7.6m A class is usually referred to as the van. I then sometimes have to clarify that its a fair bit bigger than a vw.

 

[Wildman]

you go campering in it whatever you call it, hee hee

 

[Fishman]

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

 

[hilldweller]

What am I driving?

Us mad !

What you need is the German approach, if one word does not fit string a load together.

You have a convertedpanelvanbigenoughfortwopeoplewhoareusedtolivingshouldertoshoulderwithoutcomplaining.

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[Beacons]

We say both camper and moter
our neighbours call it a caravan some say your holiday van my 89 yr old mum calls
your big bus thing.

 

[houdini]

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.

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Panel van conversion

 

[houdini]

Panel van conversion

Thank you Ralph-n-Bev.

 

[Larrynwin]

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.

Polyvinylchloride

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