Comments on: Boing boing, Grease, and Why a Car Won’t Work

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:33:35 +0000

If it is not too for my .02 cents the Vanagons by VW would be an excellent option (with the pop up top) it has a fridge that can run off propain, battery or plugged into an outlet. These are older cars but they are cheap to fix 3,500 for a new engine if you need one. Just dont be in hurry, relax people will approach you and when you use google maps click the avoid highways (or if you have a GPS) the no highway only added half an hour to a 3 hour trip. My wife and I have taken the most relaxing drives. We are hoping to buy a school bus w/ grease conversion one day.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:37:54 +0000

Sure theres a whole culture of vans out there, gas guzzling vans, but in India there is a whole culture full of rickshaws. That’s the ticket, a wicker rickshaw. You can sleep under it, sell hotdogs out of it, and pull people around to get some extra cash. It’s ecofriendly:)

By: Fay H.

Fay H. — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:14:13 +0000

Hi, you guys! I love this! I’m a granny in Ohio with the dream to live on the road. I love freedom, road travel and nature. I had to comment here because I found a website and even have a shortcut to it on my blogroll at 360. It’s http://www.freecampgrounds.com
There’a a map of the US, click on the state you’re in and it lists free or cheap places to camp. I subscribed to your page. My life isn’t very exciting right now, but I have myspace and youtube as well as the one I listed.

By: Markus

Markus — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:52:37 +0000

Thanks for all the help. It seems like there’s a whole subculture of van people out there. Pretty cool.

By: Bix bender

Bix bender — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:11:58 +0000

Good luck to you. I can put you in a 1985 Econoline (Ford) 350 (1ton) w diesel engine, 126 Kilomiles, 5 new tyres and cruise control for 2.2 Kilodollars. I’m in panama City FL.

By: Boko

Boko — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:28:20 +0000

What a great way to showcase a minimalist existence. It sounds like you are both in for a wonderful adventure.

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:00:40 +0000

Hey guys! Good luck on your quest! We highly recommend a Vanagon….still new enough for comfort, but can be reasonably priced. We don’t have a poptop camper, just a straight van & it has a bed in the back and we camp out of it all the time. The pop-top people are definately jealous that we have a bigger bed than them! We have a Carat model and there are 2 rearfacing jumpseats(removeable)instead of a middle bench and a built in table pops up between the back seats. There are lots of ‘help’ and support groups for VW people throughout the country, so if you have a breakdown, your VW family can help. Check out some of these clubs: http://www.limbobus.org, http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com, wetwesties.type2.com. Lots of info on these sites and many tips from people who have lived out of a VW for weeks or months! Good luck!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:53:00 +0000

Hi there: You may have found this site already, but I am surprised not to see it mentioned. IMO, this is the best place to start if you want to live out of your vehicle:

http://www.cheaprvliving.com/

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:49:08 +0000

I haven’t checked other comments, maybe someone’s mentioned this. When you’re selling your crap, beware of people offering more than the requested price in exchange for your arranging shipping – it may be a scam. They send you a registered check which you cash, but the money isn’t actually there. In the meantime you’ve sent the extra amount to someone who makes off with it, and you’re stuck with a worthless check and your crap besides.

My late (ex-) husband and I did a similar trip in the late 1960s, with a dog and a cat, in a Ford Econoline. About 8 months on the road, I think. No laptop or high-speed internet, custom bed was a plywood platform with a foam pad that we rolled up during the day. What passed for an office was a box of 500 resumes, the excuse was job-hunting. No stove, either – dinner was often a can of Spaghettios or Spam heated either by leaving it out in the sun, if we were camping, or putting it into the car’s heating vent early in the afternoon. By dinnertime it would be lukewarm. Once we found a road-kill watermelon that had fallen off a truck in Texas, so recently that the flies hadn’t gotten to it yet. Hot from having been on the truck in the sun, but the first fresh food in maybe a couple of months. Yum. Started in SoCal, down the Rio Grande, across to Florida, spent some time there (Mr. Morikami’s farm in Delray Beach), then followed the spring season up the east coast into Nova Scotia, gradually back to central California, eventually ending up in Michigan.

By: Enoch Root

Enoch Root — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:39:44 +0000

The VW Bus is romantic, but you want the Vanagon.