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02-28-2013, 07:29 AM
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Rivet Master  Commercial Member
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Interstate Comes to Canada
We will have our first Canadian showing of the Airstream Interstate in Canada today through Sunday at the Toronto International RV Show. Just in case anyone has been wanting to see one.
We also have seven Airstream trailers on display.
Andrew T
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02-28-2013, 07:46 AM
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Figment of My Imagination
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Just out of curiosity…
What are the differences between the Canadian and American models, aside from everything being in metric measurements or bilingual English/French labeling?
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02-28-2013, 10:54 AM
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Great! Will try to make it up to the show this year.
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02-28-2013, 12:08 PM
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The electrical wiring is sometimes different. The Canadian version of my trailer has CSA approval for the electrical. I'll go out on a limb and say the majority of the difference is meeting CSA approval.
Wish we could go to the Toronto RV show, but it's 5 hours each way from here, and I'm just a bit too busy.
Andy, good luck with the show!
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02-28-2013, 01:10 PM
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Shouldn't the Canadian model be named 'Interprovince'? 
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02-28-2013, 03:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aage
Wish we could go to the Toronto RV show, but it's 5 hours each way from here, and I'm just a bit too busy.
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Aage, why not fly? Where's the cape?
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02-28-2013, 07:33 PM
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 Now, why didn't I think of that!?
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02-28-2013, 08:14 PM
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The INTERPROVINCIAL. Neat idea from Cameron and great branding opportunity for Andrew T.
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02-28-2013, 09:29 PM
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It's even bilingual French-English. Oui, pour le vrai!
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03-03-2013, 06:36 AM
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Great Idea how about the TransCanada, if we could get it?
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03-03-2013, 02:24 PM
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I like that even more.
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03-03-2013, 05:57 PM
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No. Go with Interprovincial. Bilingual. Not off putting to Americans.
( in the new world we live in I'm sening this on my iPad from Buenos Aires, Argentina).
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03-03-2013, 06:29 PM
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Sergei
Hope you are enjoying yourself in Argentina. Why don't you tell us what you are doing there. It might entertain Bruce, since he is bored in his Airstream on the road down south.
I also vote for the Interprovidence.
Dan
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03-04-2013, 01:07 PM
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Dan,
Six weeks in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru. Urban travel sans Argosy. Capitals only: Buenos Aries, Montevideo, Santiago, Lima.
My delightful small hotel here in BA, 12 rooms off of a central open air courtyard, costs less than some US travel parks.
Sergei
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03-04-2013, 01:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokelessJoe
No. Go with Interprovincial. Bilingual. Not off putting to Americans.
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I've got to disagree. Interstate was named for a type of highway, just as the now-defunct Avenue was named for a type of street.
The coast-to-coast Canadian equivalent to Interstate is Transcanadienne, or Trans-Canada. I think the French spelling is more appropriate in this case. Who cares if it's off-putting to us Americans? We won't be buying them, since we have the Interstate.
By the way, I still think the Interstate is so-called because that's the best place to drive them. Now, if they could come up with an all-wheel-drive version called the Backroads?
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03-04-2013, 05:45 PM
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No problem with a French lesson from Louisiana here but we are talking about branding, something that engineers might not know too much about.
Why use two versions when one name badge will do?
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03-05-2013, 07:08 AM
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Figment of My Imagination
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokelessJoe
No problem with a French lesson from Louisiana.
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Yeah, that did come across as pretentious, didn't it? That wasn't my intention.
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03-06-2013, 09:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokelessJoe
No problem with a French lesson from Louisiana here but we are talking about branding, something that engineers might not know too much about.
Why use two versions when one name badge will do?
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Because Canadians would want to differentiate their product from the American one. I remember back in the fifties when the canadian cars where the same as the american cars, but they had different names and different tail lights, maybe other small differences too. I am an engineer, so I don't agree with it; I am sure it was for marketing reasons.
BTW, it sounds like you are having a grand time touring the capital cities way down south. Good for you!
Dan
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03-06-2013, 09:28 AM
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Dan,
What I meant is that because INTERPROVINCIAL is bilingual you need only one name plate, not two. This also appeals to the Canadian sense of themselves as being bilingual, even if they are mostly not.
Sergei
Still in Buenos Aires
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