Mike’s comment on my recent post regarding campground etiquette for big rig RVers prompted me to finally compile the list of outrageous RV names that we’ve been jotting down since we embarked on this journey. Below is our top ten list of ironic RV names that we’ve come across. Please vote and let us know which names are the best. Or shall we say worst?
- Prowler
- Hitchhiker
- Wild Cat
- Challenger
- Conquest
- Ultimate Advantage
- Avenger
- Bounty Hunter
Note: I say these names are ironic because I think its funny how recreational vehicles are supposed to enable people to get out and enjoy the peace and quite of nature and commune closer with our mother earth, yet the names imply otherwise.
What’s not so ironic is that the most obnoxious big rig RVs that have the most ironic names are the huge toy haulers filled with yet more annoying vehicles inside.
Yes, we do pull a fifth wheel with a monster truck, but you can’t call us hypocrites. Well, you can, but it wouldn’t be fitting since we fill our Cummins engine with biodiesel whenever possible and our trailer is only 24′ long, not to mention it is our only home. We are just dumbfounded by the size of some of these things that pass us on the freeway and make even our rig feel small.
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July 24th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Toy Haulers have nothing to do with “enjoy the peace and quite of nature and commune closer with our mother earth” So names like Weekend Warrior are well suited.
//A
July 25th, 2007 at 9:31 am
My honorable mentions::
WILDERNESS, N’TENSE, CELEBRITY, COMMANDER, EVOLUTION
NITROUS, OCTANE, RAGE’N, and ULTRA SUPREME..
July 29th, 2007 at 9:47 am
I’m always relieved to see a “Diplomat” or an “Ambassador.”
July 29th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Hey…they have to come up with some name, don’t they? I suspect most names for motor vehicles, regardless what kind they are, might already be taken.
And, yes, I get annoyed by them, too.
August 21st, 2007 at 6:22 pm
“recreational vehicles are supposed to enable people to get out and enjoy the peace and quite of nature and commune closer with our mother earth”
Are you kidding me?! From my extensive experiences camping in our beautiful national park system, far too many RV’ers have no intention of communing with Mother Earth. They want to know how far it is to drive to the __________ (fill in remote, breathtakingly beautiful, natural phenomenon here), then reply with a disgusted look of horror when told one can only get there by foot. So, I agree with AKC and feel the names are appropriate. “Marauder” would be a good one.
Now that I’m done ranting, I have also met some truly amazing people who are out to get closer to nature while living in an RV. They restore my faith in humankind, but there aren’t enough of them to make me ever want to go to a national park in the summer again!
August 21st, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I’m sure not kidding as we sit here in the dark silence, after hand pumping water to fill our tank, totally connected thanks to solar power, waiting for morning to enjoy a bicycle ride through the woods. But I suppose that just makes us sly like our Arctic Fox*.
*Our camper model.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Jim , I would have given my life savings to have you and Rene next to me in Yellowstone. Each night we got to listen to generators rumbling and satellite TVs blaring (in addition to the outside RV lights shining into our tent). Each morning we awoke to families whose only means of communication was screaming (and they weren’t angry). We moved to a different campground on each of our three nights (no small task, since weren’t in a home on wheels), and it was just as horrible at each place. RV’ers in small campgrounds (especially campgrounds that don’t have flush toilets and showers) are a different story. All who wander off the beaten path are truly there for the peacefulness and quiet, whether they arrive on foot or by RV or something in between. It’s sad that the national parks have become huge parking lots. (And, to be fair, I’ve camped in a walk-in campsite with the most obnoxious group of river guides you’d never want to meet or have guide you down a river while hung over!)