When is a MH not a MH?

[Vanman]

I noticed on a well known UK Camping sites web site that they differentiate between sites that accept Campervans and those that take Motorhomes. It got me wondering if there is a definite distinction? The "no shower/loo" thought sprang to mind but then I've seen VW type Campervans that have had them fitted ... is there a maximum size/shape that denotes a Campervan? If I turned up in my 5.4m PVC would I be turned away?

 

[Devon Sue]

Slight topic swerve here.
DVLA says:

So TECHNICALLY (and in know that's not the same as IN PRACTICE) - if your moho starts out with a detachable table & a twizzly leg thingy, but you swap it for a folding table so you can also use it outside, TECHNICALLY are you no longer a moho, & therefore subject to all sorts of payments as if you were a commercial vehicle? (No I don't expect anybody would look either, just a hypothetical question.)

Our first motorhome, a 2008 Bessacarr only had a free standing table for dining, that had to be stored in a narrow cupboard,

 

[nicholsong]

My view is it depends on how you use it.

If it is like a tent in that you don't have facilities, to wash, shower etc and can't stand up straight then you are camping in a van.. Ergo a camper van.
If you can live in it full time and it has the basic essentials you find in a house such as kitchen, dedicated room for shower and toilet, central heating and a fixed bed it is a Motorhome.

I don't think it makes any difference if it is a PVC or coachbuilt.

I tend to go along with that definition, but note the fact that I omitted to 'bold' the fixed bed, as I know one of our Members who has to stagger around after a few Leffes to make up his bed, but that is only because he has a 'rear lounge' fixation. However, I would still call his vehicle a Motorhome (except is was built be a member of the swallow family and has since deteriorated under current ownership)Also they have lived in it for many months at a time which fits Gromett's definition.

[We are/were mates really]

Geoff

 

[EX51SSS]

Always have differentiated by coach built (Motorhome) or panel van conversion (camper). Just my opinion however!!

So what would an A class be then?

 

[Cal54]

@EX51SSS - a Motorhome! Not a basic van that is fitted out aka a camper van!! Lol

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[EX51SSS]

I just think it's how people portray the type of vehicle. Years ago it was a dormobile, camper and these days a motorhome. It's like trying to differentiate with tents as in the single one man type and the super sized things we could drive into. They're all tents.
AFAIK, mine's a motorhome but if there was a less charge for a camper, then mine's a campervan.

 

[mitzimad]

i chose the cheaper campervan option for chester despite now being a motorhome

 

[Teuchter]

VW camper, Mazda bongo or similar (with or without elevating roof) - campervan

PVC, coachbuilt, B class, A class etc. - motorhome

@eddievanbitz and @Jim (our esteemed leader) type vans - RV's

 

[Kingham]

VW camper, Mazda bongo or similar (with or without elevating roof) - campervan

PVC, coachbuilt, B class, A class etc. - motorhome

@eddievanbitz and @Jim (our esteemed leader) type vans - RV's

Having owned 2 motorhomes previously, I could never consider my current Panel Van Conversion to be a motorhome, but happy if you want to refer to it as such

 

[juwlz]

Context is everything. There is no definitive definition of either, so if a website IS makng a distinction between a Campervan and a Motorhome, you need to ask the owners of that website what they consider the difference to be.

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[Allanm]

In my opinion, they are just words, but I would never have called our old VW a motorhome. Call it what you like. In France they are called camping cars. No distinction between their construction, be it a classic VW, H van conversion, PVC, coachbuilt or RV.

 

[skylinersi]

We call ours a motorhome (6m pvc)
Because we is far too poshe to have a campervan innit