This is commonly called "NITPICKING" :roll:

tony

 

Even a motorhome is still classed as a caravan for the purpose of the IEE regs 17th edition 2008

 

motor home
 
–noun
a small bus or trucklike vehicle with a roomlike area behind the driver's seat outfitted as living quarters.
Use motorhome in a Sentence
See images of motorhome
Search motorhome on the Web
Also, mo·tor·home .

Origin:
1965–70

 

dunno, perhaps a motor caravan is where you dont have access from the cab and a motorhome you do.

 

You are of course entitled to your opinion, but it is exactly that, YOUR opinion. That doesnt make it right or wrong !! Others opinions will be counter to yours that does not mean they are wrong ! (or right!!) Just different.

 

Anyway we always call ours a campervan.

 

World English Dictionary
motorhome (ˈməʊtəˌhəʊm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]

- n
Former name: motor caravan a large motor vehicle with living quarters behind the driver's compartment

 

Hello everybody,

This will stir the water, but is meant seriously.

Why do people with motorcaravans insist on calling them motorhomes?

They´re not motorhomes....they have an engine at the front and a caravan behind...hence they are motorcaravans.

RVs are motorhomes, because that is what they are.

They don´t have a caravan at the rear of the engine, they actually do have a home at the rear.

Somehow I think it is just a snobbish thing to call a caravan with an engine at the front and a caravan at the rear, a motorhome.

Does anyone agree? Probably not. But my definition is correct to my mind

I`ve been drinking red wine ,what have you been drinking . :roll: :roll: :roll:

 

Me too nearly finished bottle No 1. :lol:

tony

 

Surely you need to have camels and be in asia to have a caravan.

Not yet seen a motorised camel in the U.K.

Davy

 

I think I may use motorhome because it's a shorter word than motorcaravan; but strangely when I'm feeling too lazy even to type motorhome in full, I abbreviate it to 'van which of course is short for motorcaravan - make what you like of that!

PS I'm not a snob, ask some of my plebby friends . . .

:wink:

 

I think I may use motorhome because it's a shorter word than motorcaravan; but strangely when I'm feeling too lazy even to type motorhome in full, I abbreviate it to 'van which of course is short for motorcaravan - make what you like of that!

PS I'm not a snob, ask some of my plebby friends . . .

:wink:

but then I realised the MH is even shorter than 'van'

but I always 'say' just popping out to the van for example.

 

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet! :wink:

Sue

 

Yes, I always end up calling it 'the van', but then it is based on a van.

One thing I appreciate about our language is that there are so many ways to say the same thing. OK, RV, motorhome, motorcaravan, campervan, camper, might have different connotations, but somehow 'motorhome' seems to encompass all the others.

Chris

 

Motorhome is the new motorcaravan!

 

I dont see what the difference is between an RV and a Euro motorhome. They are still both motorhomes. The RV motorhome is just generaly bigger. They still have the same stuff in the back its just one uses twice as much fuel and gets stuck down narrow roads.

 

A caravan is a towed kind of thingy so I suppose a motor caravan is that same towed kind of thingy but with its own engine instead of a yoke in front towing it :lol:
When I go away from my bricks and mortar home, I usually live in my motor home, that's the one with the engine not the one planted on the quarter acre. I don't think I would like to spend six months living in a van, 'twould be very uncomfortable, what with all the parcels and stuff falling around the place. :wink: :wink:

 

This is possibly the most boring & pedantic thread I've ever had the displeasure to open.

That is all.


D.

 

What is more interesting is the difference between a motorhome and a camper van. I used to get a little offended when people called my motorhome a campervan.

I tend to differentiate based on it having a shower or not. If you can live in it then it is a motorised home (motorhome) If you can't then it is a camper van.

That's just me though

Karl

 

We only call ours a Motorhome or MH on here, as that seems to be how everyone else does it.

Elsewhere, it's a Camper, or simply the van, (not so pretentious R us) we go camping in it, ergo ...... I suppose strictly speaking one only goes camping in a tent, which is where we started out, so it's a motortent

What it's called isn't so important is it, it's there to be enjoyed.

 

Why call them Motorhomes ?

Some very good descriptions of Tin tent on motorised wheels, But the First one is a load of SH1T, why do some people sit there and come out with this sort of crap, Has this person been stuck behind one for a few miles while the Motorhome driver is enjoying the sights of a piece of country they have not seen before and because they are not going to work or in a hurry they enjoy it,
We do call ours Camper because it's more of a one word name, if you think about it, Also it was named by the kids as Henry after the hover, My insurance document says Motorhome, Many people call there's Motorhome,
Please think before you post one of the most simple or stupid post's ever. I need some interesting post's

 

Now that this thread has been condemned it will run and run :lol:

ps I never would have dreamt of calling any of my motor caravans (according to V5C) a motorhome if it wasn't for MHF

 

do people really care what their called i dont.

 

I can t believe I have just sat and read the last 3 pages......

 

do people really care what their called i dont.

To be honest I don't think anyone REALLY does care do they????? I know I don't but surely the OP doesn't either and it was all posted in tongue in cheek WASN'T it?????? :wink:

Now that this thread has been condemned it will run and run :lol:

Hey Frank! Watch out - it might even out run your van improvements thread! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sue