Living in a mini-van.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

iMickey503 wrote:

But as I type this. I am in my car right now.

Jeeszuz iMickey, I read all those posts. I’m near speechless.

I was a military deserter for about 70 days in Oceanside California. I lived out of a Toyota Echo and helped detail cars with a black guy for food and cigarettes. It was definitely the most depressing time of my life, the shame and guilt, I drank at it for over a decade after. I no longer worry about it. That is the life of a young emotional, alcoholic/addict who is lost in life, far from home.

Luckily I only had to sleep in that car a few nights. I slept at the black people’s house. They were very poor and it was culturally different lol. Some people truly have it bad in life. I seen it and lived it.

When you desert, obviously there is a federal warrant out for your arrest so a legit job is out of the question. I was only about 20 years old. Eventually I got caught sleeping in my car, and because I was drunk I was hauled in. Sent back to Pendleton. LOL Good times.

Can’t say I regret anything except for the unfair Uniform Code of Military Justice. UCMJ. They need to dial back the rules a little. Stop ruining young men’s lives over some marijuana or article 86 AWOL… they’re kids who have been through boot and back from a war, cut them some slack! I always thought it was bulls~~~ that cocaine and meth clear out of your system in 3 days yet weed (an arguably less offensive drug) takes over 30 days…. They p~~~ test the Marines and all the crackheads get to stay but god forbid your smoked weed after your trip to Fallujah, now you get an other than honorable discharge and it follows you for life. Meanwhile, the coke addicts are making SSGT…

Oh well. I made it in life and I get paid much better, eat the apple f~~~ the Corps.

[ChristopherParticipant 2478]

interesting thread/useful info – mgtow expat had a v good video about how to live in a car – i think his channel was taken down but may have been re-uploaded under a different tag.. big john mgtow is freedom videos on the mobile home setup is good.

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[OgreParticipant 5863]

Cheap RV Living has budgets, build out articles, and a lot of other info. The site owner has lived on the road for decades, and his book is for sale in multiple places.

You can also point your search engine at van dwelling or van life.

Here’s some motivation for you if the goal is travel.

I failed to realize in my youth that I was the prize. I was going to work. I was going to earn. Little did I realize that due to feminism, that no longer meant I had to share. Road soon, Desert after.

[MrHelicopterParticipant 69]

Christopher wrote:

interesting thread/useful info – mgtow expat had a v good video about how to live in a car – i think his channel was taken down but may have been re-uploaded under a different tag.. big john mgtow is freedom videos on the mobile home setup is good.

OP here!

And thats what I’m thinking of focusing on now.
I only want to live in a vehicle for a temporary amount of time, not forever, there is an end.

I am flirting with
the idea of living in my car(Ķia Rio 2006),and using that as the lipnus test for whether or not I could do it in a van or more comfortable
vehicle. I already have a steady job which I plan to keep, we have a couple 24hr gyms here and I can track down a laundromat. The only major problem I can think of would be having to take a dump in the middle of the night.

I eat a fairly paleo-ish diet so I’m okay with eating raw vegetables, fruit etc. I just need to figure out the best way to store them.

The only thing that’s stopping me from trying this now is I have 5 more months on my lease, I need to figure out what to do with all my things in my little bachelor pad, I also should figure out the best way to organize everything into this car.

BTW,I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Just to give everyone some perspective.

[SantiagoParticipant 144]

Truck Stops… largely called Travel Centers now, to cater to the RV and auto travelers more.

While your budget might not like eating in the somewhat overpriced restaurants, it’s still a warm (or cool) place to get indoors, they don’t mind people sleeping in the parking lot, so long as it doesn’t look like you’re squatting. Most have clean restrooms and showers, and TV/movie (sometimes both) rooms where you can just relax for a while in temperature controlled comfort.

I spent a couple decades on the road as a truck driver, and as long as someone didn’t look like a freeloader or hitchhiker, I don’t remember anyone ever bothering to check for a CDL to see if someone “belonged”, and that was when they were largely meant to cater to truckers. Also, more options have appeared on the culinary front, as fast food operators open more locations in truck stops all over the place.
At some point, gyms started to appear at many of them, but I’m not sure how that panned out, and haven’t really checked.

Truckers aren’t quite like they’re depicted on TV and movies, and Sea Bass ain’t gonna slam open the door while you’re in the can. We’ve come from all walks of life, and it’s more apparent the more you get to know ’em.
I’ve since retired from trucking, but I do live near a cluster of truck stops, so I get a taste of my old life from time to time. I may go back to it if/when I can shake off my current “obligations”. Probably not, though. Part of the reason I left trucking was that they’ve turned a whole profession, that used to be comprised mostly of independently minded men and women, and converted it into yet another group of remote-controlled yes-men… if you want to keep working, anyway.

More likely, since I can do my current job remotely, I can make a home of my Suburban, maybe even find a small trailer to put behind it, and live a more mobile lifestyle.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Helicopter, there are only two reasons someone would do it.

1. You’re under such financial duress that you literally have to.

2. You’re such a free spirit, or so completely bored, that you want to undergo some seriously turbulent and challenging times.

Listen to the people who posted before. They lived on the street out of a car. It is not advisable. You will be making acquaintances with drugs addicts, violent street people, prostitutes and worse. You will be a target by not only the police but by crazy people.

I’d almost say that getting married would be safer and more comfortable. Again re-read what Mickey and others wrote. You want to voluntarily live like that? Are you high?

It must be that you’re either crazy and fed up with your current situation to consider something so drastic or you’re literally so poor as f~~~ that you’re going to be on the street anyway.

What city are you in? You need to find another living arrangement (like a roommate to split rent with) or you need to earn better pay from a better job. Are you facing down an old criminal record that prevents you from decent employment? I know how this is, I dealt with that too, it can be overcome.

My concern is that when you make these decisions, they can snowball into a worse predicament. You could end up on the streets for life with no assets or possessions. You could get in a fight with a bum, take his life by accident and do 20 years in prison.

Do not attempt to go live out of a mini-van. That is my advice and concern bro. If its not applicable then forget what I said.

[MrHelicopterParticipant 69]

Gravel Pit wrote:

Helicopter, there are only two reasons someone would do it.

1. You’re under such financial duress that you literally have to.

2. You’re such a free spirit, or so completely bored, that you want to undergo some seriously turbulent and challenging times.

Listen to the people who posted before. They lived on the street out of a car. It is not advisable. You will be making acquaintances with drugs addicts, violent street people, prostitutes and worse. You will be a target by not only the police but by crazy people.

I’d almost say that getting married would be safer and more comfortable. Again re-read what Mickey and others wrote. You want to voluntarily live like that? Are you high?

It must be that you’re either crazy and fed up with your current situation to consider something so drastic or you’re literally so poor as f~~~ that you’re going to be on the street anyway.

What city are you in? You need to find another living arrangement (like a roommate to split rent with) or you need to earn better pay from a better job. Are you facing down an old criminal record that prevents you from decent employment? I know how this is, I dealt with that too, it can be overcome.

My concern is that when you make these decisions, they can snowball into a worse predicament. You could end up on the streets for life with no assets or possessions. You could get in a fight with a bum, take his life by accident and do 20 years in prison.

Do not attempt to go live out of a mini-van. That is my advice and concern bro. If its not applicable then forget what I said.

Like I said I’m in Victoria BC.

I want to do it so I can throw at least $1000 dollars at my student debt every month. I have about $23,000 of a balance remaining.
I pay $700 for rent at the moment and I figure I could put that to better use.

I guess that’s not a good enough reason eh?

[SantiagoParticipant 144]

It can, and has, been done. The best way to avoid some of the aforementioned pitfalls, and they can be daunting, is to keep clean.
You’re on a road trip. You have a little bit of extra stuff in your van.
Most of my years spent as an OTR truck driver, I had far less space in my little 42″ flat top sleeper than you’d have in almost any minivan, and I couldn’t even sit up in my bunk. I managed to keep from looking, smelling, and acting homeless. That’s what the truck stops are designed for anyway… a place to provide those things that you normally need a dwelling for, but can’t carry around because, in a truck, the more your rig weighs, the less you can haul. Otherwise everyone would be driving a rolling condo around.

Keep clean, keep your van clean, and if you have more stuff in it than the normal commuter, just don’t let it look like a rolling packrat’s nest.
If you adopt the truckstop method, just walk around like you belong there. Nobody’s likely to give you any trouble anyway, but if you look cagey enough, someone might wonder if you’re there selling speedb~~~~ or something.

Check out http://www.cheaprvliving.com for more ideas, and there are plenty of folks there who range from car dwellers, all the way up to more traditional RVs.

[ChristopherParticipant 2478]

Gravel Pit wrote:

Helicopter, there are only two reasons someone would do it.
1. You’re under such financial duress that you literally have to.
2. You’re such a free spirit, or so completely bored, that you want to undergo some seriously turbulent and challenging times.

Im not telling you what to do but I mostly agree with GravelPit. Although it can be done Imho ‘in general’ it is not advisable – but hey thats just me. You say you are planning it to save on rent money for student debt – perhaps also consider staying somewehere cheaper or with a friend. If you do decide to do the car thing have a back up plan if it aint working out for you. You have your whole life to take care of that 23 k – dont jeopardise your wellbeing if the car thing aint working out for you.

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