The RV Name Game or How to Traumatize Your Customer

[fulltimedaniel]

I have noticed in the past couple of years a trend by RV manufacturers especially Trailer manufacturers of giving really horrible names to their products.

This all reminded me of that George Carlin bit about Baseball vs Football, you know the one...where he intones in a soft and measured tone that Baseball is played in a...field...and then screams that FOOTBALL IS PLAYED ON A GRID IRON.

Well some RV names strike me this way.

Most RV's have pleasant names meant to foster good feelings and images of the outdoors and nature:

Eagle Gulf Stream, Forest River, Mallard (an oldie) Fox, and probably the best of all R Pod. Very cozy and enticing.

Then there is the recent trend to names like these:

Avenger Raptor Violator Warrior et al. These units are usually adorned with slashing, sharp edged and Dark, very Dark graphics that seem more like weapons you'd find on Game of Thrones than anything.

This is a sad turn that may speak to something deeper in our combined social conciseness. Now my guess is that no one chooses an RV based on the outside graphics however I am also sure that the wrong graphics may stop the sale of the offending model given that interiors are a wash.

But this dark and disturbing trend is carried over to the inside as well with blacks and greys and Las Vegas Wh*re house lighting.

I for one will be glad when this trend ceases. Give me the Old Hamms Beer Commercial mythic outdoors any day...Land of Sky Blue Waters...

[CavemanCharlie]

Walaby wrote:
'Swing with a Vengeance'

:B :B

[Walaby]

'Swing with a Vengeance'

[CASmitty]

Speaking of problematic RV names, I was driving down I5 in central California yesterday and drove by an RV (not a TT) called "Swinger." Apparently made by Georgie Boy in the '70s.
FYI - for some special fun google "Swinger RV."
Personally I would prefer Swinger to Vengeance.

[irishtom29]

fulltimedaniel wrote:

bpounds wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
Many of these big jocko-homo toy haulers have what I call douche bag seating---very long couches, 6-7-8 places. At which tattooed louts in backwards ballcaps can sit all in a row drinking beer, watching the "big game" on a "flat screen" and performing other manly acts.

Judge much...yer honor?

OP's attitude sounds like something a hippy from the 60's would say. Peace. Love. Flower power, dude.

Obligatory 🙂

You apparently didnt read the original post. There was nothing about any of the above mentioned nor did it intimate any such ideas.

I fear like some others you have missed the point entirely. But keep posting I find many of these total misunderstandings humorous and entertaining in their own right.

I read the OP and understood it. I then went off on my own tangent, for my own amusement and (I hoped) that of others. Your approval isn't required.

[bpounds]

fulltimedaniel wrote:

I fear like some others you have missed the point entirely...

Often occurs when someone fails to clearly express oneself.

[fulltimedaniel]

bpounds wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
Many of these big jocko-homo toy haulers have what I call douche bag seating---very long couches, 6-7-8 places. At which tattooed louts in backwards ballcaps can sit all in a row drinking beer, watching the "big game" on a "flat screen" and performing other manly acts.

Judge much...yer honor?

OP's attitude sounds like something a hippy from the 60's would say. Peace. Love. Flower power, dude.

Obligatory 🙂

You apparently didnt read the original post. There was nothing about any of the above mentioned nor did it intimate any such ideas.

I fear like some others you have missed the point entirely. But keep posting I find many of these total misunderstandings humorous and entertaining in their own right.

[irishtom29]

bpounds wrote:

irishtom29 wrote:
Many of these big jocko-homo toy haulers have what I call douche bag seating---very long couches, 6-7-8 places. At which tattooed louts in backwards ballcaps can sit all in a row drinking beer, watching the "big game" on a "flat screen" and performing other manly acts.

Judge much...yer honor?

Of course I judge.

[bpounds]

irishtom29 wrote:
Many of these big jocko-homo toy haulers have what I call douche bag seating---very long couches, 6-7-8 places. At which tattooed louts in backwards ballcaps can sit all in a row drinking beer, watching the "big game" on a "flat screen" and performing other manly acts.

Judge much...yer honor?

OP's attitude sounds like something a hippy from the 60's would say. Peace. Love. Flower power, dude.

Obligatory 🙂

[fulltimedaniel]

irishtom29 wrote:
I had a KZ toy hauler that was called a Sportsman 22th or something, no S&M macho-rough trade nonsense. I used it for the space, not for hauling machinery with which to tear up the countryside.

Many of these big jocko-homo toy haulers have what I call douche bag seating---very long couches, 6-7-8 places. At which tattooed louts in backwards ballcaps can sit all in a row drinking beer, watching the "big game" on a "flat screen" and performing other manly acts.

LOL 🙂

[noteven]

How bout Jayco "31ETXW Does the WiFi Work? Nope"

[Johno02]

Maybe all they need is a manufacturer name and model number instead of a name. Then let each owner make up their own name. Maybe give a discount cupon for a graphics shot to do a vinyl name tag.

[qtla9111]

Why not names related to the great outdoors? Nature?

All the other is a poor attempt by what manufacturers think the market wants. Attracting man stuff. Let's face it, that's the purpose of the rough and tough names.

Would you want to own a Bounder Bluebell? A Thor Thistle? A Cruiser Fufi Funfinder? Names don't matter much to me, I'm all for the floor plan and weight.

[NYCgrrl]

Veebyes wrote:
I'm waiting for a manufacturer to use a model name like VAGRANT, INDIGENT or HOBO. There is probably already a NOMAD.

....I'm holding out for BOWERY BOUND, MAD DOG 20/20, or THUNDERBIRD. When any of those names are in use by RV manufacturers, I'm gonna buy it sight unseen....

[CavemanCharlie]

It is also possible that there have been some many RV manufactures over the years that it is probably getting tough to find a name that hasn't already been used.

My TT is a Sunrise by Cobra.