Does anyone on PrepHole live in a van? Has anyone on PrepHole ever lived in their vehicle? What are your thoughts on this lifestyle? I'm really considering giving it a shot. I'm fortunate enough to work entirely online so all I'd need to figure out is how to get a consistent and reliable internet connection.
Yea I live in a van, bang hot babes and make bank trading crypto. Living the dream!
Liar
No u liar
I own a vw van like one in OP, the problem is I don't have a remote job so its only a temporary getaway vehicle. If you can get starlink, solar and enough battery to stay offgrid for 5 days at a time with a remote job you are way better off. Vanlife within most cities limits is just constant stress of finding a decent spot to overnight, worrying about tweakers looting your van, and finding a place to shit in the morning. You can avoid all this if you stay in rural areas where noone gives a shit.
I never lived in it, but I had a VW bus. High top, a dinnete that transformed into a decent size bed and another small bed on the hightop. No plumbig or anything, just a coleman stove and a cooler. It was great for weekend trips. Longest I spent on it was maybe two weeks.
Living in a van is MASSIVE upgrade vs being straight up homeless i.e. living in a tent or under a bridge, but Im pretty sure taking showers at the gym and shitting on gas stations gets old fast. Dont fall for instagram memes anon. And dont buy a vw bus, those are old af and its getting hard to keep them running. Buy a modern second hand van, an econoline or something and trick it out for trips with your girlfriend.
> Vanlife within most cities limits is just constant stress
Listen to this guy, he is 100% right.
>I live in California
Im sorry anon.
TRUTH
If you must go into the city, do it only long enough to do what you need to do, and get out. Do not stay in a city overnight unless absolutely necessary.
Yeah I lived out a van for a while. Drove from Vancouver down to Santa Barbara over the course of a few months while waiting for my work visa to go through. Good fun, character building, feels good not cucking to landlords but ultimately it’s a bit of a pain in the ass not having running water and mains electricity.
In a couple years there will be a shitload of used vans for sale when companies start upgrading their fleets.
There will be a shortage of used vehicles for a decade
Why is that?
A few hundred thousand cars didn't get built because of the chip shortages. A lot of commercial vehicle fleets aren't going to upgrade because of lockdowns (no one working = cars aren't wearing out) and the recession.
Pair that with all these moronic market forces for electric which is going to frick the used car market when people realize the car dies after 4 years due to battery degradation
On top of the other reasons already mentioned, "Cash for Clunkers" happened, and a lot of cars that were still in very serviceable or easily repairable shape got turned in because "lol free government cash". Over 677,000 cars got scrapped, and the government blew $3 billion of your tax dollars out of its ass.
Not him but I expect it's true, here after 2000 they introduced new laws requiring crumple zones for safety
Except in a minor crash the car "crumples" to protect the occupants and writes off the car
Whereas an older car just firms it
another homeless thread, my favorite
why is this such a recurring theme among moronic zoomies?
good grief, if you want to be homeless trash, just go do it. you don't need to ask anyone's permission.
and it's not like the barriers to entry are that high:
step 1:
>be lowlife filth
step 2:
>leave your shit everywhere and beg for handouts.
done!
in seriousness though, the amount of entitlement and nihilism.. we're so fricked in about 15 years.
most homeless folks are PrepHole 24 hours a day, didn't you knoew?
You should make a youtube video series about it too :^)
Lol I'm camera shy and it would be gay. I'm not an attention prostitute or a grifter
>live in a van
....down by the river?
do zoomers even know?
My boomer parents unironically invoke this skit whenever I tell them about my van life aspirations
mine too ha ha
I find it funny that a certain lifestyle which was frowned upon and considered "loser tier" 30 years ago is increasingly hip, cool, and something to aspire to now.
it's the same way the 'tiny house' nonsense became popular. imagine talking to a time traveler from say.. 1980 about them
>it's a one room, tiny house. but costs almost as much as a normal house
>so they're completely moronic?
>no, you don't get it. it's a tiny house, but still really expensive.
>okay, so they ARE moronic?
>bruh, do you even instagram?
>something to aspire to now
I dont think living in a van is really something to aspire to....larping out for a year while traveling is one thing. Living in a van cuz your a loser is another...maybe its a fine line...
The consensus is you should own a van, but not live in it.
Yup.
Vacation in it? Sure, why not.
But live in it?
You'll be hating your life within a month.
I live in a van, it's mostly chill. Main issue is honestly just power. Toilets are plentiful and I shower at the gym. Keep to yourself (or park out of the way) and you'll be fine. I just use my cell for internet, either on it or as a hotspot.
Get a ac to DC shore power charger. If you keep your eyes open there's quite a bit of 110v outlets scattered all over the place for Christmas lights and etc. If you get one that can handle 230volt as well you can charge via an EV charger with an adapter. I got one but my city started charging stupid prices to charge EVs so now I just steal power from public outlets.
I just use an external battery pack with a folding solar panel. I also sometimes charge it with the inverter, if I'm driving a while.
I've thought about getting a little generator, but the only thing I have that really draws power is my laptop, and it's not worth getting just for that.
There's your problem, those jackery things gave dog shit capacity for the price
>external battery pack
>sometimes charge it with the inverter
>in this way I maximize how many electrons I lose by converting DC from my alternator into AC just to turn it back into DC and then probably back to AC again if my packaged battery thing has AC outlets on it
Abhorrent efficiency loss.
Lead acid golf cart batteries have the greatest usable amp hours for dollars invested. Charge them with solar and from your alternator directly (with a continuous duty solenoid to separate them from engine battery).
Please stop buying those pre-packaged battery pack scams, they're nothing more than overpriced batteries shrouded in plastic and marketing.
Pretty much this. Unless you build your own lithium battery with unbranded cells and a aliexpress BMS you are just getting ripped off. The entire portable battery market is hyper inflated prices for capacity. Also if you aren't moronic and understand boost buck converters you can power almost everything with DC and never need an inverter.
based! what led you to van life? how do you make money?
>what led you to van life?
Honestly? Divorce, alcoholism, and a mental breakdown. Didn't really plan for it.
>how do you make money?
I...work? It's just a normal job, pays like shit but it keeps me around.
Larp, that van is way too clean and organized for a full timer.
Look everybody! Its "Liar-Anon"!
NPC response
>if you live in a van you must live in filth and squalor
>if you keep your home clean you're larping
does your mom still clean up after you or what?
No but I had a truck with a camper top I used to go on road trips in the eastern sierra. Small spaces that are lived in for any length of time are in a state of obvious squalor even if you are normally a neatnick.
looks good although I disagree with the other reply, you need to vacuum
what kind of dog?
>what kind of dog?
The not-a-dog kind.
I was surprised at how well she adapted to the van, she loves it.
Helps that I usually walk her for a few hours each day.
Cool
Based on so many level, gib chin scritches from me
is cat
Well-spotted, Anon.
I wanted to, then I met a woman in a camper and moved into that. Long story short, moved outta that, bought a van and started converting myself. I'd say I'm a little over halfway through. Looking to take off in Spring
Living in a van is fricking cringe. Owning a house and a van you take out is less cringe.
have no experience, just watch vanity vanlife channel sometimes, some of his earlier videos are better if you want a whitewash glimpse into what it might be like
>vanity
*vancity
>vancity vanlife
I find that guy kind of annoying. I like foresty forest better
I'm fairly certain he's a massive fraud, the dude is like 50 and living in a van with a huge channel there's no way he's roughing it in a van anymore.
>the dude is like 50 and living in a van with a huge channel there's no way he's roughing it in a van anymore.
he uploads a new video like every day though. his content lately is shit but I don't think he's not living in his van
Forestry forest is better but he doesn't really show van life and I don't care about summits or watching cooking, maybe he has older vids like the other guy.
His older vids, he has a playlist. His new stuff is youtuber tier, but sometimes interesting to me. He obviously fakes enthusiasm, etc. but that's most youtube people.
if you live in it full-time its best done for backpacking trips or working holiday/wwoofing stuff where you want to maximize seeing as much of a country as you can in a year.
if you arent doing PrepHole memes in it though, its best used just for weekend warrior stuff, like surfing, fishing, hikes etc for those times you want to wake up at the PrepHole you want to do and do it from sunrise, instead of losing half a day driving to it.
main thing for me at least is showering and lack of space.
yeah you can rig up some decent bush showers on a van or hung from a tree branch but nothing's like a nice hot shower or bath at home.
as for the size thing, anyone that lives in a van more than a week is probably a manlet. if you're a normal height like 6ft4 then you'll be constantly crouched over no matter how many $100k you throw at buying a fancy vehicle
>normal height like 6ft4
The van is for sitting/sleeping in, not playing racquetball.
t. above average height
try cooking a meal in a van without a high top moron
>height represented in the mind of a woman
>if you're a normal height like 6ft4
>tfw 5'6
God may have made me a subhuman gnome in the eyes of my peers and women, but at least he made me the ideal size for van life. I'll use this as my cope if I ever do van life.
>"Just go PrepHole!"
Ok, im out now
>"Homeless junkie trash!"
every time
99% of "van life" and "off grid cabin" youtube shill channels are trust-fund kids playing with mommy and daddy's money. I could care less if they all got assaulted by a drunk injun.
prove it
>assaulted by a drunk injun.
This happens way more than you think it does, its a real danger
all you have to do to avoid this is stay clear of reservations. they're so drunk and dumb that they rarely leave its vicinity
There are indian reservations all over the southwest and they are near many of the cool places to camp
If you live your life avoiding indians , you are going miss a ton of awesome stuff
I'm from northern minnesota so I understand. the injun morons here let their dogs run wild and they form packs. camping near reservations is always a hassle for me because I'm always worrying about being confronted by a pack of stray dogs. it happened to a family friend a while back and they attacked him, ripped part of his finger off. I fricking hate injuns so much it's unreal.
Come out west brother
They are so different out here
English is not even the native language for many of them
So you do care.
So what?
I know 2 people who live in vans. So I can say that 100% of people who live in vans are average hard working guys who do not have a youtube channel.
I know one. He works at an Amazon warehouse for 6 months then lives on the road for 6 months.
I live in my car right now. I got back from a long international climbing trip a couple weeks ago without much money and decided to buy a car for a thousand bucks rather than pay $2500 in move-in costs for some shitty room in some boomers house. I injured my ankle I can't really do shit outdoors for a bit so it's not so great. I got a job it's easy because I'm not a tweaker piece of shit
Am I working towards stability or an apartment? no, not really, I'll find a seasonal job with housing somewhere in the next few months then sell the car blow the money on gear and a few months of freedom. visit one of my women somewhere. I wouldn't mind living in nice new AWD Transit with stand-up headroom and a shitter/shower combo or a Super Duty with a drop-in camper. Anything else is just a pain in the ass. I'd rather buy some off grid property rather than drop $50K on a van and I'd rather live in a cheap room than a beat up old econoline looking for a place to shit forever. this concludes my blog for today thanks come again
Your going to have to wrap up puberty and enter adulthood at some point anon, unless your aspiration is to be a smelly old hobo in a shanty town tent encampment filled with tweakers and wierdos.
Take the wildfire pill fren, its what i do than i climb in the winter. Unless you dont like Alpine climbing than i guess get fricked.
great, who let the hobos on the board again
Always been here, always will be
to be fair terry was a certifiable genius, his story is actually quite sad. It's also very different from the strung out junkies/alchies who shit up every single street corner in the PNW panhandling.
He was too good for this world. He was God's van-lifer.
Legend
I live in California and made a library card to borrow a free hotspot.
boomp
I'm working on a job in the wops and I camp down a rough 4x4 track in my ute mon-fri beside a river nobody for miles
>all I'd need to figure out is how to get a consistent and reliable internet connection.
I have an unlimited 4G sim card but where I camp has almost no reception.
I just loaded movies onto my tablet (pictured Indian in the cupboard) and I guess I can download youtube videos while I'm working since there's reception there.
If I was desperate for internet I would try mounting a big 4m whip aerial on the ute, one that you can fold down, with a 4G receiver on the tip which would probably work.
Not sure how I would connect it to my tablet but a laptop would have USB ports and just run a cable.
Power is easy since I have all my makita tools and a makita USB attachment for my 7x 5.0mah batteries that I keep charged at work
There were a shitload of vans sold the last couple years-companies don’t drive them into the ground so they’ll be a lot for sale the next couple years
I've got a toyota sienna that I've got souped up
But I will not live in it and I will only nap in it if there is no better option.
I don't see the point of a perfectly good utilitarian vehicle and turning it into a shitty house.
It's hot outside.