discuss getting the maximum utility out of your vehicles.
one day I'd like to get a short wheelbase G van. Its a shame they're so expensive because everyone else wants one too. Crazy seeing a normal LWB G20 in decent shape for like $2000 and then listed next to it is a shorty van in probably worse shape for $8000I found a brown shorty van near me that according to google maps hasn't moved since 2007 and I'd like to knock and ask about it but unfortunately I'm retarded and afraid of talking to strangers
>>28792750>I'd like to knock and ask about it but unfortunately I'm retarded and afraid of talking to strangersYou can either have the G20 SWB or be cripplingly autistic, but not both.
>>28792750Why would you want a SWB? seems less useful than a longer one.
>>28792877same reason you'd take a coupe over a sedan. because it looks cooler
Taking it back to the Boogie Vans of the 1970s. There were a lot of cool custom jobs before the up-fitters took over the market.
>>28792738>maximum utilityIn Oz it's popular to have removable camping components in a van, so it'll work all week and go camping on the weekend. Usually designed on cad, made from cut and fold aluminium for low weight and bolts in.
"Vans are neat. You can keep all your stuff in 'em, and if you ever want anything you just slam on the brakes and it hits you in the back of the head!"- Leo Gallagher, 1983
>>28792937I'm surprised these aren't factory options by now. Plastic cabinets that latch in with shelves and water tanks.>>28792996lol true. Metal cargo dividers are required for safety.
I like to take mine into the woods and climb stuff
>>28792877greatly increased poon factor
>>28792930I think this modern van wave isn't going away like the 70s one. Lithium batteries and solar make it much more viable as a lifestyle.
>>28792738maybe not the place to ask, but i only have a small car and it's very uncomfortable to sleep in when i make trips to the mountains. i'm pretty sure i would be happy living in a van full time but i don't have the balls to do it with work and family and so on, and my budget.but a friend told me that i should buy an small van or SUV and try small trips on that, with only the most basic diy camperization and see how it goeshe recommended the dacia duster, said it's comfy enough for me, and a great all around car in any case so it doesn't matter if i end up using it mostly like a car only, like normal peopleanyone has any advice or comments on all this?
>>28792738>discuss getting the maximum utility out of your vehicles.
>>28794134Check out cheap rv living on youtube. He tours tons of people's setups. There are plenty of people who live out of a sedan, SUV, or minivan. A sedan camper is fully doable if you pull the front seat to make a bed platform. Minivans have similar space to a SUV, but get way better mpg.>>28794140Damn straight. I'm glad to see commercial trucks in America are moving to a cabover design. Now we need factory 4x4 vans and suspensions tuned for towing like trucks.
>>28793096a flimsy partition won't help you if you aren't strapping your shit down.
>>28794145thanks, i'm enjoying that channel. i didn't imagine there is so many old people living by themselves on the road, it's a good feeling
>>28794819They are metal and bolted into the frame.>>28795650Yup. They are on social security and can't work, so their only option is to make houslessness comfortable.
>>28794145>Now we need factory 4x4 vans and suspensions tuned for towing like trucks.A van will never be able to tow like a proper pickup truck. If you need tow haul your living quarters around AND tow heavy a dually pickup with a camper has that covered. 4x4 options are obviously plentiful as well as engine options.
>>28795819The reason vans can't tow is a chicken and egg situation. If OEMs made towing or 4x4 vans then you'd find them commonly. Currently anything like this is a custom build aka expensive.If you bought a factory van with 4x4 it costs a lot less than buying a new van and paying $20,000 for a conversion with custom parts.
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>>28795857GM put the 6.6 Duramax in the Express and nobody bought it. You can get a new one with a 6.6 gasser which will tow but nobody buys them to tow with. 4x4 Sprinters don't exactly fly off the shelves.
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>>28796886Same issue as before. There aren't factory open beds or extended cabs. If someone could buy a super long bed van with 4x4 that can tow a 5th wheel, they would.>>28796936Wow it only uses 20 watts of power.
Vans have more room for activities at every size.
The best work van I've seen I can't find a pic of. It was some big electrical service company. It had a full length open bed with utility boxes on the sides, and a full length roof rack.
>>28795650Those old folks basically invented living in vans.
>>28795857I love my 4x4 van, very fun
here's minetook me a long time to find this one here in europe
>>28797449Hell yeah brother>>28796941Well how much does a PSone take? It handles that just fine (not a PS1, a PSone)
