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08-25-2012, 03:48 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
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When does a motorhome become a coach?
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2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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08-25-2012, 03:50 PM
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Senior Member
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When ever you feel like calling it that. 
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08-25-2012, 03:58 PM
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Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Like when DW calls you DH and you have to think of which meaning she is referring to. 
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2003 DSDP w/2015 Jeep Wrangler, 2 Kayaks & 2 bikes. Living and Loving life.
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08-25-2012, 04:01 PM
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Registered User
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Varies Depending on The Weather
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Joe,
The term Coach goes back to the western days but has been used in many other ways to describe types of vehicles that hold people.
Dr4Film ----- Richard
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08-25-2012, 04:19 PM
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Three answers -- the snob version: The more it costs, the more likely it is called a coach.
My version: People are gradually shifting to motorcoach, because motorhome is often confused with mobile home.
The Greyhound version: A long distance bus is often called a coach, so the more "buslike" your motorhome is, the more likely it is to be called a coach.
There may be other versions.
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2014 Honda CRV, wife and cat
Florida and South Carolina
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08-25-2012, 04:28 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Location: Chula Vista, Mexifornia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mgtr
Three answers -- the snob version: The more it costs, the more likely it is called a coach.
My version: People are gradually shifting to motorcoach, because motorhome is often confused with mobile home.
The Greyhound version: A long distance bus is often called a coach, so the more "buslike" your motorhome is, the more likely it is to be called a coach.
There may be other versions.
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What he just said. 
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08-25-2012, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: CA
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My avi shows my coach.
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P30, 454 ENG, TURBO 400 TRANS
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08-25-2012, 05:04 PM
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Administrator in Memoriam
Newmar Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's Spartan Chassis
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Newark, DE
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Some folks refer to their trailers as coaches.
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08-25-2012, 05:10 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicagoland
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I didn't know there was a difference..... 
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2005 Winnebago Aspect 26A/2012 Subaru Impreza toad
Illinois! - Where the politicians make the license plates......
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08-25-2012, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Debary Fl
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I don't know, mine is a camper we go camping in 
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1999 ForeTravel U295
012 orange Jeep Wrangler
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08-25-2012, 05:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bbeane
I don't know, mine is a camper we go camping in |
This is a really good point I haven't thought of until now. What the rig is used for probably has a lot of influence over what their owners call them, but there's no real definition that I know of.
I do kind of pause for a moment when someone refers to mine as a "camper" but if bbeane can call his Foretravel a camper I'm good with it. 
Rick
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08-25-2012, 05:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Holland, MI
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When I was driving tour buses and called it a bus the owner would get upset that he did not have any buses, only coaches. His thought was that over $400K it was no longer a bus. My DW keeps calling ours a trailer. After 53 years I know better than try to convince her it isn't a trailer.
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08-25-2012, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: Lakemurray,SC
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When it's spelled "coach"!
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2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara toad or
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08-25-2012, 06:18 PM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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While in the business for 18 years, I heard the motorhomes most often referred to as" #1 camper #2 RV #3 motorhome #4 Coach #5 Bus
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32 years mechanic at Delta Air Lines 15 year motorhome service manager. 3 popups....2 travel trailers....5 motorhomes....loved them all.
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