michaelmorris Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 We've just taken delivery of our first motorhome and we've decided it needs a name. However, we can't decide on one. Are we just odd or there other equally deranged individuals out there too? :-D If so, what do you call yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshortcircuit Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I always find it humorous when these "deranged individuals" give their inanimate piece of metal a name and keep referring to it like a member of the family. You will be no different to many others and you can do whatever you like. I have no name for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hello, of course we give the van a name, why not? We've not covered ourselves in either glory or imagination with the latest though. Bill. Yes, as in Bill Bailey. Deranged of Blackburn :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coot Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ours is Bob the little boy next door called it Bob the first time he saw it on the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don636 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I have not given the van a name. I can understand why people would do this as it is just a bit of fun and motorhoming is a fun activity but van naming is not for me. I also can't understand why people refer to vehicles as she, as in, "she drives beautifully". It is a thing, not a person so what is that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ours is called THE VAN. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Don636 - 2015-06-07 8:10 AM I also can't understand why people refer to vehicles as she, as in, "she drives beautifully". It is a thing, not a person so what is that all about? I have a he and a she ;-) ................ "Horace" is our camper, who is clearly a chap as he has proved to be a reliable, dependable uncomplaining vehicle :D .......... Where as my delivery van "Fanny the Tranny" has been trouble from the day I got her *-).........unreliable, temperamental, and cost me a fortune in bodywork over the years 8-) ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 People name ships and boats, aeroplanes, trains, buildings [not just an address], sporting arenas, etc why shouldn't you name your motorhome. We've named three but not the other three; two of them were named by the children. Even the dealer referred to one by name. Our current van is not named but given it's German, slow and continually putting on weight, Big Bertha might be a descriptive name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 In our family naming vehicle is a girlie thing, and my OH has mostly bestowed a name on all our fleet. Her first car was Matilda and they all had names - except the motorhomes, none of which ever got labelled, and I don't really know why, and her latest one, or rather two, because when we added an iQ to "her" Honda CRV to tow behind the MH, the CRV became her "other car". We had a Honda C90 motorcycle which we used to hang on the bac of our last MH and he was called Kevin, reflecting his number plate, which included the letters "KVN", but that broke the mould because hitherto they had all been female names - and female seems more appropriate to me somehow, based I suppose on ships always being female. Maybe she (the OH, that is) is getting past it all because none of our three current family vehicles have been named and we had them for 13, 9 and 5 years respectively, which you would think long enough for the naming process to happen if it was going to. All three have given us good service, so I haven't been tempted to call them names so far either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will86 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ditto ............... its just a van ................ made of .................. wood-plastic-metal ................ a van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The van but the satnag is either Maggie for the old garmin quest, or Dennis for the old mio digiwalker the snooper name is unrepeatable as it is a b.....d to program. tonyg3nwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I wonder if any Dutch owners ever name theirs Van. :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 malc d - 2015-06-07 1:00 PM I wonder if any Dutch owners ever name theirs Van. :-| Nice one Malc :D :D Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian is B Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Daisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiplamum Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ours is called Bronwyn because the 3 letters of her number plate are a welsh word so we gave her a welsh name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakofox Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 In the war pilots named their planes, BBMF Lancaster is 'Thumper' , the Americans had artwork and names on their fighters & bombers. OK, our MH is not as important today as those warbirds were yesterday but to my wife our MH, will always be Matilda. I just drive her, that's the MH not the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocro Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 George, Walley, Rennie,The Disaster, Bertie, Egor, Tribby, Crosgor, Ex-Crosgor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellnpod Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 some people have iPhones we have iVan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ours is just called "Large" & the car is "Little" That's as long as they behave, Then either are called $^%£()$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombies Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I decided on Walter for ours im not into giving vehicles a names, thats for Jessies (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francheezy Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Yes, we have just bought a 2002 Elnagh Dinghy 1, we previously had a van conversion and never named her as we could never come up with something suitable, so we decided we would name this one,my husband was reading out the reg no, as i was filling in the reg forms and when he said it out loud NU02 TSZ , he said tizzy and so she was named, silly but simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmorris Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 At the moment our working name is 'Snowdrop'. Other names are being considered, but that's the front runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsden001 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 our old one was called Molly (Molly Motorhome), the previous owner called it Elvis (instead of Elddis). We will give our new one a name but not sure what yet - we usually let our daughter choose , which may of course prove an interesting choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Our Motorhome is called Mabel (my grandmother), Our 2 electric bikes are Volts & Amps, our Citroen 2CV is Doris, wife's grandma, our motorbike is simply MadAss. I have also had Canardly the XJ6, Sigrid the SpitSaab, Mazie the MX5 & Canardlydeux the XJ8. WE know exactly what we re talking about..... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboyprowler Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 She is French, and she is chic and beautiful, and she is called Lillibet, after my wifes mothers name, and shortened to Betsy!! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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