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The Vanual – Guide to Living in a Van

232 pointsby dkthehumanover 7 years ago

22 comments

jrgiffordover 7 years ago
As someone who is going through the process of building a van to live in... this is a terrible resource. Better ones are:<p>- Almost anything on <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;vandwellers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;vandwellers&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alwaystheroad.com&#x2F;conversion-ebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alwaystheroad.com&#x2F;conversion-ebook&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sprinter-rv.com&#x2F;sprinter-rv-conversion-sourcebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sprinter-rv.com&#x2F;sprinter-rv-conversion-sourcebook...</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vandwellers.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vandwellers.org&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.campervanlife.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.campervanlife.com&#x2F;</a>
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Noosover 7 years ago
Imagine what will happen if you get the flu. You&#x27;re suddenly stuck in a tiny living space, on a street where you know no one, and can&#x27;t leave the van for fear of discovery, at 3 in the morning. You&#x27;re going to spend the night vomiting with only a tiny cassette toilet and what ever plastic bags you can scrounge up to hold it in, and if it&#x27;s strong enough, you might be too weak to even drive.<p>Now go and read that site&#x27;s health and hygiene, realize the owner never even considers this a possibility, and that his own van doesn&#x27;t even include a cassette toilet. That he can only defecate during a store&#x27;s business hours, and he uses a laundry bottle filled with bleach to pee into if he needs to urinate in the middle of the night.<p>You really want to listen to this guy?
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justboxingover 7 years ago
Living in San Francisco, I&#x27;ve always fantasized about living in a Van and saving 40 to 50K on rent annually. Have a cat.<p>Serious question: I couldn&#x27;t find a section for the 3 Essential Ss for every man - Sh*t, Shave, Shampoo.<p>What do these guys who live in Vans do for that? I know that the Google dude who lives on Campus in Parking lot can use the Company showers and Toilets, but what about the average everyday man in the City who wants to try this?
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mschuster91over 7 years ago
Hmm. What I&#x27;m dreaming about is doing the same but with a proper bus or an old flatbed truck instead of a van. That allows for stuff like a proper shower and toilet (given you have a place where to dump the sewage, and I don&#x27;t mean dumping it in the next available river), in addition that you can actually stand up in a bus.
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hoprockerover 7 years ago
Love it. Every few years, a site like this gets posted, detailing somebody&#x27;s transition from rooted to nomadic. If you work remotely, this can be an exciting idea.
knieveltechover 7 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;existentialcoms&#x2F;status&#x2F;638748223360765953?lang=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;existentialcoms&#x2F;status&#x2F;63874822336076595...</a>
zodPodover 7 years ago
It doesn&#x27;t really talk about where to park your van. I feel like the hardest part would be understanding where you can sleep and make camp for a time period.
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vadimbermanover 7 years ago
I&#x27;m sorry, but is living in the Bay Area really worth all this?<p>I remember reading old dystopian sci fi about middle-class people sleeping on the stairs, is that a reality now?
kazinatorover 7 years ago
Also doubles as a guide for how to live in an affordable Vancouver, Canada apartment.
Dowwieover 7 years ago
... down by the river. Matt Foley will tell you what his life is all about.
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josmarover 7 years ago
Hi! I wonder about anyones experience doing full- or part-time van-life, with an electric van (idea sparked by seeing the Tesla car on YouTube) in Europe?
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wsxcdeover 7 years ago
On a vaguely related note, Nomadland (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;34068480-nomadland" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;34068480-nomadland</a>) is a really good book that describes both living in a van and why a lot of people are considering (aka being forced into) the (van&#x2F;RV)-dwelling lifestyle.
Fnoordover 7 years ago
How does this work out for individuals or couples with one or more children?
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zoom6628over 7 years ago
This is the most drop-dead gorgeous, well thought-out and smoothest website that i have ever seen. Opened the site and was just stunned at how sensible the structure, transitions are. Brilliant.
vanthemanover 7 years ago
More vital information can be found here:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;suspiciousvan.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;suspiciousvan.com</a>
pkayeover 7 years ago
I&#x27;ve read those reflective insulation doesn&#x27;t do much with keeping out cold.
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dmh2000over 7 years ago
i don&#x27;t know if this is the best resource for modding a van, but on the other hand it is the best implementation of a resource for modding a van, by far.
cerealbadover 7 years ago
just what is going on with housing in america?
kristervover 7 years ago
The instagram links are broken.
raszover 7 years ago
affiliate spam under the cover of 1 paragraph &quot;tutorials&quot;
jlebrechover 7 years ago
I&#x27;m dreaming of living in a Tesla Semi
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thebiglebrewskiover 7 years ago
This is an amazing site! Great work.