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Old 12-11-2015, 05:18 PM   #1
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Motorhomes - I always try to read the Make/Model

Every Motorhome I pass heading the other way on the highway turns into a little puzzle of trying to read the badging, etc. Anyone else try to figure it out?
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Old 12-11-2015, 05:29 PM   #2
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Every Motorhome I pass heading the other way on the highway turns into a little puzzle of trying to read the badging, etc. Anyone else try to figure it out?
I actually am paying too much attention on driving to determine the
model or make of a passing motorhome. I do notice them over there, but
just try not to distract myself too much. Guess I'm just getting old....
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Old 12-11-2015, 05:36 PM   #3
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I'm waving at them ... trying to see if they wave back. Don't really notice the make/model of the MH unless there is something REALLY distinctive about it. \ken
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Old 12-11-2015, 06:58 PM   #4
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Yeah me too I try to see what it is too lol
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Every Motorhome I pass heading the other way on the highway turns into a little puzzle of trying to read the badging, etc. Anyone else try to figure it out?
I do the same thing but I usually don't get much further than no front grill a DP and grill a Gas model. Between the swirls and small lettering unless it matches my unit or something I recently read about in FMCA or Motor Home Magazines I usually don't have a clue.
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:01 PM   #6
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About the only chance we get is when they go blowing by us. Sometimes get to see the same one two or three times in a day.
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:22 PM   #7
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I always check them out. Don't mean to brag, but most of the time I can ID the coach. I'm a bit of an RV geek and I always check out other coaches when we're in a RV park and I also look online to learn about the different models. A few years of this has made certain features instantly recognizable.

I'm retired and a full-timer so it's one of the things that I do.
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Old 12-11-2015, 08:27 PM   #8
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I like to ID them too, from the co-pilot seat - not if I'm behind the wheel. I'm not as good a Mike, but I can spot a Bounder, no matter what year, coming at me on a straightaway a quarter mile away.

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Old 12-11-2015, 08:31 PM   #9
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I do it too. Its mostly a man thing. I check out motor homes, motorcycles, boats and pick-up trucks. On the other hand the DW never even sees one pass by.
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Old 12-11-2015, 09:56 PM   #10
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I love to try and idea them too, if I cannot tell what MH they are I look later on the computer and try. I hope some day to tell at a glance what they are,the make and around the year built.
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Old 12-11-2015, 10:09 PM   #11
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I always try to id them, too, but with just a glance I don't figure them out. I've learned that the badging is pretty obscure on most of them....can't read a lot of them unless I'm within 10-20 feet!

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Old 12-11-2015, 10:25 PM   #12
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Haha yes I do this too. But not just motorhomes. Cars, trucks, buses, army convoys.
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Old 12-11-2015, 11:25 PM   #13
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I looked for our coach for so long that I pretty much know most of them and can usually figure out what they are before seeing the badging. Haha
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We try to guess for fun but cant tell most of the time. They all have such similar shape.
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