Anyone Fancied A Camping Trip?

[Mr_Frosty 1 1 Cars]

Not sure if this is the right place.

 

A friend of mine who drives a VW T4 showed me this. we converted his standard van into a home early last year and he has been telling me it's the best thing ever.

He has been living solely in the van for about 18 months now (cheaper than student houses) after 3 months in he is still trying to get me to buy something similar.

 

Today though I think he maybe pushing it a bit fair but all the worth its very unique.

 

http://tinyhousetalk.com/extreme-car-camping/

 

 

 

Anyone thought of this?

[rallyeash 155]

I'd get pissed off with the small space, I quite like living in a house tbh plus the time I have slept in a car I spent longer trying to sleep than actually sleeping.

[Gman 29]

I love camping but sod staying in a 205. If i'm camping for anything linger than a weekend, I like to have creature comforts to make it more enjoyable, i.e. electric for cooler boxes, the wife's hair straighteners, blow up bed and lots of duvets.

 

There's something quite special about camping in nice weather with a load of mates. Got to be by the beach though!

[dcc 855]

Goliath and my self basically spent 10 days sleeping in a 205, was comfy as feck

[Weser 30]

I love camping and thats why I have got my campervan. However thats small. Anything smaller and I don't think I could cope!

[wicked 103 3 Cars]

Don't forget to mount a toilet....

 

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[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Many moons ago, on an EVO forum camping trip in darkest Wales (this pub's for local people and all that), I slept in the back of my old 205. No luxury of mattress but my sleeping bag and the sponge thing with the seats folded down was quite comfy. Had my head under the parcel shelf which was useful when the early sun came up, didn't wake me at ridiculous o'clock.

 

Goliath and my self basically spent 10 days sleeping in a 205, was comfy as feck

 

Together? Bugger all room for two surely? Cozy though

[mowflow 67]

I slept in my first 205 for one night. I was only 19 at the time and it was a case of I was staying at a mates, we went out to the pub, he pulled and fecked off and i couldn't get into his flat. So being 30 miles from home I did the logical thing. Went and bought a kebab and some porn and spent the night in the car. It was hell.

 

My mate that i go surfing with has a couple of campers that i've stayed in a few times. An old bay window and a converted transit. Neither are much fun and 1 night is the maximum I will tolerate. Given the choice it's a hotel for me. Camping is just a fancy word for homeless.

Edited January 21, 2014 by mowflow

[Gman 29]

Camping is just a fancy word for homeless.

 

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[stain 13]

We have a new VW California which is very comfortable and uses the available space very well. Sod living in it full time though!

[Weser 30]

love my Bay Window however if I was going to go for something more modern it would have to be this:

 

http://www.doubleback.co.uk/

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I love camping but sod staying in a 205. If i'm camping for anything linger than a weekend, I like to have creature comforts to make it more enjoyable, i.e. electric for cooler boxes, the wife's hair straighteners, blow up bed and lots of duvets.

 

There's something quite special about camping in nice weather

 

I love camping too!

This is what you can get in a 205!

 

IMG_5843 by simes205, on Flickr

 

IMG_5848 by simes205, on Flickr

 

3 weeks in the South of France, 2011 - 36deg!

Electric coolbox, blow up beds, barbeq, petrol stove, comfy chairs, blah blah blah

Our last trip like this in the 205.

[harryskid 193]

Sounds a bit "Camp" this!

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

love my Bay Window however if I was going to go for something more modern it would have to be this:

 

http://www.doubleback.co.uk/

 

£55k! Just think how many nights in a hotel that can buy you.

[Alastairh 47]

I always seem to be drunk when camping in the 205 and had no issues. Although sleeping 5 up in a Mondeo overnight at Dover was not fun.

[Weser 30]

 

£55k! Just think how many nights in a hotel that can buy you.

 

yer true. However you will look the don ant any campsite pressing the button and extending the back out.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

 

yer true. However you will look the don ant any campsite pressing the button and extending the back out.

 

Or in this (not 55K)

 

[Weser 30]

That is awesome!

 

However surely not still classed as camping!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Goliath and my self basically spent 10 days sleeping in a 205, was comfy as feck

I don't believe you! George sleeping in a 205!?

[TooMany2cvs 65]

We lived in a Westfalia VW T3 for a year and a half - www.WhereverTheRoadGoes.com - albeit not in the UK...

[welshpug 1,657]

I don't believe you! George sleeping in a 205!?

 

yes, he does it quite well, too well infact as we missed out allotted ferry on the way back from Austria