Naming of the caravan
Hi everyone, me and the wife and kids are all new to caravaning and we have just bought our first brand new caravan a sprite major 6.
we would like to knoe if we should name the caravan and to see if anyone else has named their caravans?
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We name ours- I name my cars too. Only drawback is they become too much part of the family and its horrible when you sell them on , I cry when they have to go :-(
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We don't want to name our car but we class the van as a new member to the family
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Ours is called the caravan
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All of our caravans have had the same name - "The Van". Never believed in getting sentimental in case it got stolen etc. Seems a bit daft to give a name to a lump of metal. Same with our cars - either "my car" or for my wife "your car".
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The caravan is boring. We would like it to feel a big part of us and the kids. We have named her Poppy!
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We have no name for the caravan but I call the hitchlock.....Alfred
and when driving I call the cruise control....Tom.
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Involving the kids in all things caravan related is great and it sounds as though naming your new addition will just add to that involvement and add to their fun and enjoyment, so go for it, I say.
We had a classic VW Camper before we switched to an Eriba, and we named the Camper as like you, it seemed part of the family.
Enjoy!
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Ours is called Gordon!
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Our caravan (Amara) is named Amey.
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I've just bought my first motorhome... Yay! Soooo excited... Pick her up on the 27th... I've named 'her' already! ' H'y ' is her name... Used to be my nickname for years (short ish for Helen) and the reg is HY ... So she was 'meant to be'!
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Like many others, "the van". The towcar is "the Kuga" and the OH's runabout was called "the Getz". Its replacement, an i20, is a little more difficult to name requiring two syllables. Answers on a postcard, please.
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I find the naming of inanimate objects a bit bizarre. I think if I felt the desire to do it I would seek psychiatric help.
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Buildings, boats, planes and trains - I could go on - are named. Four of my six motorhomes were named, two having the name on them in vinyl, and one having a name best not repeated on this forum. The current one is a van with no name but sadly is not as
tough as the Clint Eastwood character.The dealers attitude to those bearing their name in vinyl was much better than those that were just a regsitration plate. Having a name was also a hit with the kids who helped name three of the vans.
I draw the line, though, at referring to the vans by name on forums.
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We bought our first caravan last July as our 30th wedding anniversary present to ourselves. So we named her Pearl.
The nissan x trail we bought to tow Pearl is called Davinia (her Sat nav voice sounds posh and we felt Davinia a suitable sounding posh name)
My tiny little suzuki alto is called Pops, because she's only used to pop out somewhere local.
Beginning to think I now sound a bit odd and need to get away in Pearl more often.
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I find the naming of inanimate objects a bit bizarre. I think if I felt the desire to do it I would seek psychiatric help.
Your name on here is named after an inanimate object, I think you might all ready need psychiatric help
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Caravan is Eddie, disco is Bonnie, runabout fiesta is Daisy, Harley is Hank, Vespa is Simon, sat nav is Gertrude... Naming vehicles is normal
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the past I have had ford escorts called Gary and Wayne, a fiat uno called Bianca, a fridge called Frank and a wheelbarrow called Alan.0 -
Caravan is Eddie, disco is Bonnie, runabout fiesta is Daisy, Harley is Hank, Vespa is Simon, sat nav is Gertrude... Naming vehicles is normal
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the past I have had ford escorts called Gary and Wayne, a fiat uno called Bianca, a fridge called Frank and a wheelbarrow called Alan.....i have a vague recollection of a Monty Python sketch along these lines......
im embarrassed to admit that out motorhome is almost exclusively called 'the van'......no capital letters involved.
similarly, our white Fiat 500 is called......'the car'
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we'd never been into naming inanimate objects until we bought our Tuscon, with the reg. BFE he just had to be christened "Beefy" as he's such a great little tug. Not wanting to leave her out we then named the van "Matilda" (having just watched the film)
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Well not many of our cars got named but we had 2 different 'Granny' Granadas, a Volvo called Vicky, A Fiat Panda runabout that was called the 'Shoebox' and we had a camper for several years we called 'Nookie Mobile'
.Oh those were they days.
Now we have a Kia Sportage we call the 'Tank' and a Bailey Ranger which we haven't decided on a name for but I think it's going to be the 'Old Folks Home'
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We also have naming ceremonies ..... "I name this caravan (name) may god bless her ... and all who burn toast
We don't smash a bottle on the outside though 
Our caravans are always female ..... although our friend has a caravan called Dave 
