RV Nick Names

Ontos45 · Guru

RV Nick Names

GaryKelly · Guru

I figure all names get shortened eventually so I call mine PJ which stands for pride and joy. Pride cos it took forever to get my act together, and joy cos that's what I hope get from travelling Oz.

-- Edited by GaryKelly on Thursday 1st of August 2013 08:18:25 PM

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Ours isn't named, my partner objected to "The Palais"!!
Have seen some really witty names on rigs, one had "Mover" on the Tug and "Shaker" on their caravan.

capricorn and pisces · Senior Member

haven't got a name for the van, that will come in time I think......but the vehicles are referred to as his child (the Prado) and my child (the little Mazda) mine's often referred to as "the baby" so far I haven't had to get up in the middle of the night and walk the floor like I remember with the original babies!! cheers Capricorn

Happywanderer · The Master

My van is Myrtle as every one knows. I travel with Miss Marples who is a little teddy bear who wears a straw hat.

aussietraveller · Guru

Ours is called LIGHTNING as it never strikes twice in the same place without other places in between

Radar · Guru

Aussietraveller. That got real good giggle out of me.

Ours is a Supreme affectionately gets refer to as the Pizza.

Out shopping that'd for the home and that's the Pizza.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

capricorn and pisces wrote:
haven't got a name for the van, that will come in time I think......but the vehicles are referred to as his child (the Prado) and my child (the little Mazda) mine's often referred to as "the baby" so far I haven't had to get up in the middle of the night and walk the floor like I remember with the original babies!! cheers Capricorn

Geez that's a lot nicer than what my little Mazda2 gets called Capricorn... Himself reckons that compared to his Prado its just a speed hump, so he calls it "Humpy" cry biggrin biggrin

badgerhel · Veteran Member

I've seen a couple of beauties in our towns..."Boilers on the Run" and "Awayawhile".
Our "George" has a great heritage and therefore will be cared for like his namesake...(except nappies I hope.)

-- Edited by badgerhel on Friday 2nd of August 2013 12:24:18 AM

-- Edited by badgerhel on Friday 2nd of August 2013 06:10:40 PM

Happy Daze · Senior Member

Didn't do a deep think on naming the caravan, "she" is a Coromal Magnum and we just call her Maggie. Our tow vehicle (Toyota Hilux) we call "The Big Mother", and my Toyota Corolla is named Sophia. When we bought her I said she had a nice rear, and her colour is Positano Bronze, so she was named after Sophia Loren, to keep the Italian flavour. Looking forward to getting away again with Maggie in tow before too much time elapses. Cheers, Annie

Mobi Condo · Guru

Howdy all, Mobi Condo is the name of the van. We went from most of our lives in tents, swags and backs of HI ace Vans etc. to a 19' BushTracker which was like a Mobile Condominium by comparison to our previous lot. Hence Mobi Condo.
Cheers - Mobi (AKA Ian & Sally)

gooba53 · Guru

Ours is "quo vadis" means "where are you going?" It's got a nice ring to it and is a reminder of the yacht we hired for Stuey's 60th a couple if years ago.

Cruising Granny · Guru

My Landcruiser was Rosy. I stuck red rose stickers on her fenders because she's a girl's truck - the feminine touch. So it stuck. Then I remembered it was an abbreviation of my maiden name, so it really did fit.
Roma is the caravan because she is.
You'll note it's a girls' team.
Now the Mercedes Sprinter is the corporate executive suite, called Motel Mercedes to those who remember how I used to travel. To her friends she's "Betty Benz".
Cruising Granny will always be me.

While you're on the road, check out other labels for tugs and vans, and then the trucks. Some of them are the driver's autobiography I think. Food for thought.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

I thought "Camilla" might be a good name for our old girl, been round the block a few times, multiple owners, been tarted up in recent years, looks good (if you don't look to close) and not everyone loves her but she does the job.

Dunmowin · Guru

We used to live on acreage, and spent most weekends mowing the property. It was, therefore, a no-brainer when the van came along, that it would be called "Dunmowin". The Irish boyfriend of a friend of ours told us that "Dun" in Irish means Castle or Fort, and "Mo" or "Wen" means in or near. So with that in mind as well, we feel that "Dunmowin" is really fitting.

We have always had names for our vehicles - motor bikes called Suzie (suziki) and Kaye (BMW K100), the previous 4WDs being Jack - and Jack - both Jackaroos. Our current Nissan Patrol is Blue, so we call it Blue.

Mark · Senior Member

Colin the Cruiser...........
Cathy the Caravan........... (After Linda's Mum)

Grevo · Veteran Member

The DMAX is called Darryl.

The 5th Wheeler is called Shirley (it is a Cut Loose Sirius model....Shirley you can't be Sirius) biggrin

NeilandRaine · Guru

HOME is where The Heart is

Also have Mechanised Swaggies on back

dorian · Guru

Motorhome Sweet Motorhome

sarg · Guru

I call my little poptop ..."The Dog Box", cause I used to be in them a lot when the Ex was around. ha ha ha

Ontos45 · Guru

These are good folks. Seems we all have a reason for naming our RVs.

Keep e'm comming. Fun reading.

Peter

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

We affectionatly called motorhome "THE BUS" as it was, a bus..

-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Friday 2nd of August 2013 11:30:22 PM

NeilandRaine · Guru

I saw a van today with the name "Miss n Bits

Grams · Guru

I nicknamed our tug "Harvey" as in RV.

We don't have a name for the van...though its an Island Star Opal, so "Opal" sounds good to me.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

There are two parked locally... "Meander" and "Miss B Haven"

Douglas · Veteran Member

Ours is 'Diddy's Kennel'. I Have a pic of the pooch guarding his hoose but I'm having trouble uploading the pic.

Beth54 · Guru

Lucy & Lulu. No thought went into it, the names just popped into my head. Although Lucy may have been because she's red. biggrin

I think Lucy & Lulu rolls off the tongue easily.

Two Strays · Senior Member

Ours, "Two Strays" draws a few laughs and toots from cars passing us. The truckies often call up on the UHF asking where are we straying to now.

Happy Caravanning

The dog lady · Guru

I saw a campervan with "Mini-Bagow - Bed And Grub On Wheels" painted on the front, which I thought was very clever. Haven't named mine yet, maybe never will as I never named cars, and much as I like Mini-Bagow I don't want to plagiarise.

Willow · Veteran Member