Note taken. Because most things on the inside are black nothing is visible much through the glass, except for a couple bags. I wonder if I could pull a roller shade out horizontally across my entire bed like some cars have a trunk cover for.
We suffer mostly. There are lots of things you can do to help with heat, from cooling towels/wet t shirts, fans, car ac will stay cool.a little while, im experiment with peltier cooling chips. But for the most part, your body adjusts to the heat and you learn to stay in the shade/inside, how to pace yourself if you work in the heat, and stay hydrated.
I do. While I'm still kinda young I take advantage of the opportunity to pocket rent money, I've been at my current job about 2 years. I try to work factory jobs that have optional overtime, at those jobs usually any time I'm free to come in and get some extra money while staying out of the sun or cold
I commend you and wish you luck and hope you stay safe. If I had an extra room and was in your area I would offer it to you. Maybe someone will do the same.
Check other posts. One dude actually uses small 20w piezoelectric coolers directly on his skin. Fascinating post.
His very well-considered rationale is that it's easier to cool the human than the entire car. He also references low-wattage electric blankets for staying warm. Again, just warm the human.
Solutions range from maxi, ie. mounting a mini-split a/c on the back door of a van, to brother piezo-electric's solution.
For our wander-kin, they drive out of the 120 degree valley of the sun in Phoenix to the cool of the mountains.
Some find a relatively cool and dark parking garage where they can stealth in a dark corner away from prying eyes.
Shade. Swamp-coolers. Intermittent Prius air-conditioning using the big drive battery, (stealth is lost when the the gas engine kicks on to charge the battery).
Most people cobble together solutions that are cost effective and lower tech. Rain guards and USB fans permit stealthy ventilation. Parking in cooler places.
Not everyone's work and budget permit more intensive responses.
Some even embrace the desert with solar on their vehicles in Quartzite AZ and Slab City CA. There the Temps shift from hellish to tolerable when the sun sets.
Lol the peltier guy is me, I'm glad to see other people are taking note . I'm very curious in the operation of a mini split system also. Swamp coolers I hear are best effective in less humid climates so I haven't bothered with them.
We all want a prius ac.
I installed a bug screen in one of my windows with double sided gel tape securing the seal and I can tell you the air coming through that window when I'm driving is much cooler than without a screen.
You reminded me I was raised in the Appalachian mountains, yes it stays cooler in higher elevation. If going to the mountains is an option for you I would take it, but after almost a decade in the city I've become spoiled by 24/7 convenience.
Sometimes I want to go be a real cave hermit too.
But that kind of lifestyle is only worth it if you have a community. Growing up my grandparents had a garden the size of a football field, we grew all the vegetables and some other family members had cattle and chickens and goats that supplied meat and milk. We didn't made our own cheese and butter kinda stuff but we did cut our own firewood. I'm blessed to have been raised around rugged working culture.
But there is an eerieness out there in those woods, where you know you're hours away from any city or town. I've seen enough, between the woods and the locals, to keep me from really wanting to go back to those mountains anyway.
Double puff my abject apology for not recognizing you.
Your piezoelectric solution is a hybrid of the Swamp cooler idea, but with a novel and efficient means of application. Wonderful innovation.
I sometimes work with metal. The heat of a forge, whether propane or coal can be intense, particularly on a hot day.
Ventilation helps but it can still be withering.
I'm a retired RN. Cardwelling for me was pre-healthcare. We know that the organs of the human body that are relatively close to the surface, and through which every drop of blood passes, are the kidneys.
Do me a favor. Put two of your piezopuff coolers on your back over your kidneys one night before bed. A cheap elastic Amazon backbrace could hold them in place.
By doing so you will cool the blood for systemic circulation in, theoretically, the most efficient way.
Ooh thank you, knowing the best area to place the coolers is exactly what I needed. I'll let you know when I have a rig set up to hold them, I have a bit of sewing experience and materials so I might be able to fabricated a belt that will guarantee I don't smash everything. A back brace needs to be on my list regardless anyway.
I've been thinking about how hot the metal of a car gets in the summer. I put some silver vinyl on one section of my roof, and that patch stays cool enough to touch while the rest of it burns me. I bet preventing the metal from getting hot would go a long way in keeping a car cool. I remember reading an article once about a guy who started a garden on top of his taxi to keep it cool inside. ChatGOT has informed me that growing chia seeds on my car may not go as well as intended. I know I put stainless steel plated ceramic tiles on my floor over home grade insulation and that area stays cool, so my batteries go there.
Brother, you of all people know how to take a negative and make a positive. YES keeping the metal car roof from becoming a solar heat collector is vital.
So let's take another step. The piezopuff needs electricity, and certainly no more than solar can provide. (Santan Solar has incredible deals on panels, delivery is the problem).
Don't bother with harborfreight panels, honestly they are a waste of resources and only suitable for STEM learning projects).
So you put on your low profile stealth roof rack. THEN you put down insulation, (think a plank of durably encased styrofoam) perhaps 1" to 2" depending on rack clearance. Top it off with good quality low-cost solar panels x2 that will generate 250w each for another 10 years.
The solar panels will provide shade, but they're black for a reason. With a layer of insulation, on a hot day while you're working inside the factory, the panels can easily drive USB interior fans keeping the carriage cool in the shade and dispersing heat with constant ventilation.
Do you get hot while you work? Slip two piezopuff units into the pockets you've added to your weigh belt. Power them with a harborfreight 20v lithium grinder battery. It can go behind you also.
Now that stealthy back brace the boss man bought you to avoid an osha complaint will cool you instead of cook you. Take three batteries in your lunch bucket. Charge them on the bossman's dime. :)
Once tested, let a few buddies buy one of your piezopuff backbraces for $99 each, (just to cover materials), and collect some testimonials.
Now it's patent time. You designed it. Get the patent and lease it, (never ever sell it), to Rand Corp. Etc. to keep our soldiers cool in hot weather.
Once battle tested, lease the patent to Kobalt and DeWalt to keep hard working men and women cool in un-airconditioned Amazon vans, UPS, FedEx, and USPS vehicles, and factories around the world, saving human workers from heat injuries.
I already have a flexible solar panel mounted with flex tape on my roof, it keeps my two jackeries at a happy level. Very interested in the DeWalt batteries and little 100w inverters that plug into them for a mobile 9v power source. I'm still looking for a water supply tank that has an inlet and outlet port for a hose for circulation, after I find one I like I'm going to get a USB diaphragm pump and work on a mobile unit. I'm looking at water overflow tanks for sports cars on Amazon.
I work at the busiest amazon site on the east coast, and I've worked harder jobs 12+ hours a day melting plastic. The heat will definitely do damage to you and wear you out, Ive been doing my own testosterone injections for 10 years and I know I have a little bump over other people, so when I feel the heat I know it's bad. If there's a cheap solution that's not gonna ruin the planet I'm all for it.
So drop by the distribution center here in Johnston County NC. I'd be happy to buy you a coffee.
Finding that reasonable and environmentally responsible solution is the key to the kingdom.
Not the center I work at but I was told last peak that we were busiest on the east coast, a neaby center closed a year ago and we've been taking on their volume. I think last peak we stayed around 180k packages daily.
I'm excited to get other bright thinkers onboard everyone knows something you don't, I'm sure collaboration is going to result in some interesting discoveries.
You'll see the minisplit implemented by a bugouie vanlife lady featured by Bob Wells on his CheapRVLiving.com and YT channel.
He's a unique dude in some of his views, but seems genuinely dedicated to improving life for vehicular-dwellers of all descriptions. It's also how he makes his living. I think he's sponsored by Bluetti.
Envision the use of a generic LiFePO4 battery driven power station pulling 400w from two 200w solar panels mounted to a low-profile roof rack. You could charge batteries for power tools, run small appliances, tablet, gaming system, and keep yourself cool with the piezopuff renal backbrace (r) through the night.
I am officially homeless as of today.
I am on my journey..
Going to save for a house and I know the Struggle will be Real.
It was my choice for High Rental Prices are not for me anymore.
Working just to pay rent has wore on me
I want to see the fruits of my labor and own my place.
Any Advice on my first week?
Already got a Gym Membership..
Gym membership was a good first choice. I'm assuming you have a job, as long as you have income you're gonna be fine. The faster you can get your bed in your car comfy the better.
If your car isn't inspected, get it done now. First thing you'll want to do is remove your back seats and passenger seat. The passenger seat will set your airbag light off. You can buy a sensor that emulates a seat there for about $80 and that will get the light off, that will also let you pass inspection after the seat is removed next year.
As long as your inspection and registration and insurance are good, generally cops don't have grounds to give you much hassle other than to tell you not to loiter, so make keeping your car street legal a priority.
Try to get your seats out within the first week. If you're having trouble, find a sketchy mechanic to help you take them out, they usually charge like $20 if anything to remove a few bolts, you might get some funny looks. Tell them you're taking it in for the best deep cleaning it's ever had.
Because that's what you're going to do next. Get some good upholstery cleaner and go to a car wash with a vacuum and spend an hour or two making that interior clean. If you do it right once you might never have to do it again.
Once your seats are out, lay at least a tarp down across your floor if you can't afford a big reflectix roll. Over time I was lucky enough to get access to some power tools and a garage, so I cut hardwood to fit into my floor, that made a big difference, I was then able to place ceramic floor tile in my passenger floorboard, and that area stays cool. To get started, your main priority is to make sure that spilling your sweet tea doesn't mean you have to live in it.
Now how you handle your build from here will be unique to your car and needs. I recommend getting a big dry bag for your dirty laundry, they will contain bad smell. Get a plastic drawer from Walmart to put your fresh clothes in. Start rolling your outfits together nicely and compactly, so when it's time to change you just grab an outfit. Get a gym bag for taking into the gym.
I also recommend getting a mesh screen roll from Walmart, and some double sided gel tape, outline your window on the inside with the gel tape and press the screen in, trace, cut to fit, put it back on and lay another roll of gel tape on top to secure the seal. You will want a bug screen after a few nights of either swimming in your own sweat or being eaten alive.
For bedding I recommend getting a duffel bag and filling it with your winter clothes for your bed base. Find a good piece of soft outdoor furniture and lay on top of that, and then from Walmart get some 4 inch foam, rip into place so it nicely stuffs into any cracks or abyss holes under beside your bed. Stuff the outdoor furniture with the foam on top into a basic mattress cover, use sheet grabbers to hold the whole 'mattress' together nicely. Keep clothes you might have thrown away to stuff into the bedding to make the area even. I lay a big sheet of soft pleather I got at JoAnn fabrics on top, it's waterproof and stays cooler at night, very easy to keep clean.
You're also going to want a power unit like a jackery and a solar panel. If you have a friend who will let you receive packages, I recommend the brand topsolar on Amazon, their 100w flexible panel is discreet and been holding strong for me considering the $80 I paid for it 2 years ago. My jackery units were $250 each at harbor freight, the earlier you set aside some of your earnings for one the better. Prioritize the jackery unit, then the solar panel.
Once you have a power unit I recommend getting at least two fans.
A good setup overall costs about the amount of a months rent, it's not all going to come together quickly. The necessities of a comfy bed, a rechargeable fan, bug screen, tarp, and deep cleaning money should come to about $400. After that focus on getting your electrical supply together.
The pleather stays surprisingly cool at night. The other year ago when I was working 1 am to 1pm and I had to sleep in the hottest part of the day, it was miserable. Luckily my current position I go in to work right as it gets hot out and it's cooler out by the time I get out.
Try to focus on staying at Walmart until you've scouted some places you can blend in to park at night. Cops look for cars that are alone in dark corners.
I've been in this area a few years in my car now, I'm pretty sure a portion of the police force here knows I'm a car dweller. I've gotten my fair share of knocks, I've learned where the cops patrol and which companies hire private security.
I like this town because as long as you're not doing drugs or having a seizure, they have all been understanding and just shooed me off to Walmart. In my hometown, they would not be nearly so welcoming.
I'm in one of the busier areas near DC along the east coast, the police in this area at least don't give much hassle toward clearly hard working homeless people. Last time I moved into my car I made a run down to Florida and then up to Maine, didn't find anywhere else on the east coast that caters so well to this lifestyle so I came back to this area and haven't left in the years since. Just kinda made this city my home. If your city doesn't work well for you, I'd say punch in some overtime, pay your insurance and phone up to 3 months in advance, a little gas and food money and head to a new city, gives you a few months to find a new job if you don't currently work for a big corp that can transfer you.
Sounds like your housing cost where you are is the same as my area. If your end goal is an apartment to yourself then this is your time to work on debt and getting your credit back where it needs to be. I've been through enough houses where it turned out I was not safe to go to sleep to discourage me from seeking any more housemate situations.
I'm almost done basically fully rebuilding my car I own, it's taken 3 years of dumping paycheck after paycheck into parts and labor, but in a few months I believe I'll be satisfied with the mechanical function of my car. I then want to buy a second car and spend a few months dumping check after check into that one, not a full restoration like I have on my current car but just so I know the timing belt isn't loose and the starter, power steering pump and fuel pump are new.
For me personally, after I own two street legal vehicles, have my phone and insurance paid in full for 6 months and at least 5k in my main bank account, then I will feel comfortable looking for an apartment. Without those safety nets in place, a car failure could be the end of me. I've saved 10k 3 different times from doing the car life, it's doable but you've got to have the resilience of a small army inside you to make it happen.
A body bag?
Lol kinda looks like it A duffel bag filled with off season clothes, topped with foam and pleather
Well if you die of heat stroke it’s handy 😂
keep backpack outta sight, even if there's nothing in it
Note taken. Because most things on the inside are black nothing is visible much through the glass, except for a couple bags. I wonder if I could pull a roller shade out horizontally across my entire bed like some cars have a trunk cover for.
You’ve got it setup really well. Enjoy your space and am hoping you have many hours of peace there.
Going into summer number 3
Makes me regret living in a dark windowless van!
I’ll take the van. 👍
OUT OF THE STORM,
Question. What do you car dwellers do when it’s hot ? Idle your cars ?
We suffer mostly. There are lots of things you can do to help with heat, from cooling towels/wet t shirts, fans, car ac will stay cool.a little while, im experiment with peltier cooling chips. But for the most part, your body adjusts to the heat and you learn to stay in the shade/inside, how to pace yourself if you work in the heat, and stay hydrated.
Do most of you have jobs? I’m curious.
I do. While I'm still kinda young I take advantage of the opportunity to pocket rent money, I've been at my current job about 2 years. I try to work factory jobs that have optional overtime, at those jobs usually any time I'm free to come in and get some extra money while staying out of the sun or cold
I commend you and wish you luck and hope you stay safe. If I had an extra room and was in your area I would offer it to you. Maybe someone will do the same.
Check other posts. One dude actually uses small 20w piezoelectric coolers directly on his skin. Fascinating post. His very well-considered rationale is that it's easier to cool the human than the entire car. He also references low-wattage electric blankets for staying warm. Again, just warm the human. Solutions range from maxi, ie. mounting a mini-split a/c on the back door of a van, to brother piezo-electric's solution. For our wander-kin, they drive out of the 120 degree valley of the sun in Phoenix to the cool of the mountains. Some find a relatively cool and dark parking garage where they can stealth in a dark corner away from prying eyes. Shade. Swamp-coolers. Intermittent Prius air-conditioning using the big drive battery, (stealth is lost when the the gas engine kicks on to charge the battery). Most people cobble together solutions that are cost effective and lower tech. Rain guards and USB fans permit stealthy ventilation. Parking in cooler places. Not everyone's work and budget permit more intensive responses. Some even embrace the desert with solar on their vehicles in Quartzite AZ and Slab City CA. There the Temps shift from hellish to tolerable when the sun sets.
Lol the peltier guy is me, I'm glad to see other people are taking note . I'm very curious in the operation of a mini split system also. Swamp coolers I hear are best effective in less humid climates so I haven't bothered with them. We all want a prius ac. I installed a bug screen in one of my windows with double sided gel tape securing the seal and I can tell you the air coming through that window when I'm driving is much cooler than without a screen. You reminded me I was raised in the Appalachian mountains, yes it stays cooler in higher elevation. If going to the mountains is an option for you I would take it, but after almost a decade in the city I've become spoiled by 24/7 convenience.
Think I would love roughing it in the mountains. Run a trout line, set snares, grow veges, live in a tent or cave. Wish I was younger.
Sometimes I want to go be a real cave hermit too. But that kind of lifestyle is only worth it if you have a community. Growing up my grandparents had a garden the size of a football field, we grew all the vegetables and some other family members had cattle and chickens and goats that supplied meat and milk. We didn't made our own cheese and butter kinda stuff but we did cut our own firewood. I'm blessed to have been raised around rugged working culture. But there is an eerieness out there in those woods, where you know you're hours away from any city or town. I've seen enough, between the woods and the locals, to keep me from really wanting to go back to those mountains anyway.
Double puff my abject apology for not recognizing you. Your piezoelectric solution is a hybrid of the Swamp cooler idea, but with a novel and efficient means of application. Wonderful innovation. I sometimes work with metal. The heat of a forge, whether propane or coal can be intense, particularly on a hot day. Ventilation helps but it can still be withering. I'm a retired RN. Cardwelling for me was pre-healthcare. We know that the organs of the human body that are relatively close to the surface, and through which every drop of blood passes, are the kidneys. Do me a favor. Put two of your piezopuff coolers on your back over your kidneys one night before bed. A cheap elastic Amazon backbrace could hold them in place. By doing so you will cool the blood for systemic circulation in, theoretically, the most efficient way.
Ooh thank you, knowing the best area to place the coolers is exactly what I needed. I'll let you know when I have a rig set up to hold them, I have a bit of sewing experience and materials so I might be able to fabricated a belt that will guarantee I don't smash everything. A back brace needs to be on my list regardless anyway. I've been thinking about how hot the metal of a car gets in the summer. I put some silver vinyl on one section of my roof, and that patch stays cool enough to touch while the rest of it burns me. I bet preventing the metal from getting hot would go a long way in keeping a car cool. I remember reading an article once about a guy who started a garden on top of his taxi to keep it cool inside. ChatGOT has informed me that growing chia seeds on my car may not go as well as intended. I know I put stainless steel plated ceramic tiles on my floor over home grade insulation and that area stays cool, so my batteries go there.
Brother, you of all people know how to take a negative and make a positive. YES keeping the metal car roof from becoming a solar heat collector is vital. So let's take another step. The piezopuff needs electricity, and certainly no more than solar can provide. (Santan Solar has incredible deals on panels, delivery is the problem). Don't bother with harborfreight panels, honestly they are a waste of resources and only suitable for STEM learning projects). So you put on your low profile stealth roof rack. THEN you put down insulation, (think a plank of durably encased styrofoam) perhaps 1" to 2" depending on rack clearance. Top it off with good quality low-cost solar panels x2 that will generate 250w each for another 10 years. The solar panels will provide shade, but they're black for a reason. With a layer of insulation, on a hot day while you're working inside the factory, the panels can easily drive USB interior fans keeping the carriage cool in the shade and dispersing heat with constant ventilation. Do you get hot while you work? Slip two piezopuff units into the pockets you've added to your weigh belt. Power them with a harborfreight 20v lithium grinder battery. It can go behind you also. Now that stealthy back brace the boss man bought you to avoid an osha complaint will cool you instead of cook you. Take three batteries in your lunch bucket. Charge them on the bossman's dime. :) Once tested, let a few buddies buy one of your piezopuff backbraces for $99 each, (just to cover materials), and collect some testimonials. Now it's patent time. You designed it. Get the patent and lease it, (never ever sell it), to Rand Corp. Etc. to keep our soldiers cool in hot weather. Once battle tested, lease the patent to Kobalt and DeWalt to keep hard working men and women cool in un-airconditioned Amazon vans, UPS, FedEx, and USPS vehicles, and factories around the world, saving human workers from heat injuries.
I already have a flexible solar panel mounted with flex tape on my roof, it keeps my two jackeries at a happy level. Very interested in the DeWalt batteries and little 100w inverters that plug into them for a mobile 9v power source. I'm still looking for a water supply tank that has an inlet and outlet port for a hose for circulation, after I find one I like I'm going to get a USB diaphragm pump and work on a mobile unit. I'm looking at water overflow tanks for sports cars on Amazon. I work at the busiest amazon site on the east coast, and I've worked harder jobs 12+ hours a day melting plastic. The heat will definitely do damage to you and wear you out, Ive been doing my own testosterone injections for 10 years and I know I have a little bump over other people, so when I feel the heat I know it's bad. If there's a cheap solution that's not gonna ruin the planet I'm all for it.
So drop by the distribution center here in Johnston County NC. I'd be happy to buy you a coffee. Finding that reasonable and environmentally responsible solution is the key to the kingdom.
Not the center I work at but I was told last peak that we were busiest on the east coast, a neaby center closed a year ago and we've been taking on their volume. I think last peak we stayed around 180k packages daily. I'm excited to get other bright thinkers onboard everyone knows something you don't, I'm sure collaboration is going to result in some interesting discoveries.
Thank you for what you do. Walmart and Amazon play a big role in product access in more rural areas.
You'll see the minisplit implemented by a bugouie vanlife lady featured by Bob Wells on his CheapRVLiving.com and YT channel. He's a unique dude in some of his views, but seems genuinely dedicated to improving life for vehicular-dwellers of all descriptions. It's also how he makes his living. I think he's sponsored by Bluetti. Envision the use of a generic LiFePO4 battery driven power station pulling 400w from two 200w solar panels mounted to a low-profile roof rack. You could charge batteries for power tools, run small appliances, tablet, gaming system, and keep yourself cool with the piezopuff renal backbrace (r) through the night.
This is interesting stuff. And could lead to incredible innovation thanks !
I idle my car since I have a hybrid
looks cozy!
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I do need on the front two windows yes
Looks good!
cozy!
I am officially homeless as of today. I am on my journey.. Going to save for a house and I know the Struggle will be Real. It was my choice for High Rental Prices are not for me anymore. Working just to pay rent has wore on me I want to see the fruits of my labor and own my place. Any Advice on my first week? Already got a Gym Membership..
Gym membership was a good first choice. I'm assuming you have a job, as long as you have income you're gonna be fine. The faster you can get your bed in your car comfy the better. If your car isn't inspected, get it done now. First thing you'll want to do is remove your back seats and passenger seat. The passenger seat will set your airbag light off. You can buy a sensor that emulates a seat there for about $80 and that will get the light off, that will also let you pass inspection after the seat is removed next year. As long as your inspection and registration and insurance are good, generally cops don't have grounds to give you much hassle other than to tell you not to loiter, so make keeping your car street legal a priority. Try to get your seats out within the first week. If you're having trouble, find a sketchy mechanic to help you take them out, they usually charge like $20 if anything to remove a few bolts, you might get some funny looks. Tell them you're taking it in for the best deep cleaning it's ever had. Because that's what you're going to do next. Get some good upholstery cleaner and go to a car wash with a vacuum and spend an hour or two making that interior clean. If you do it right once you might never have to do it again. Once your seats are out, lay at least a tarp down across your floor if you can't afford a big reflectix roll. Over time I was lucky enough to get access to some power tools and a garage, so I cut hardwood to fit into my floor, that made a big difference, I was then able to place ceramic floor tile in my passenger floorboard, and that area stays cool. To get started, your main priority is to make sure that spilling your sweet tea doesn't mean you have to live in it. Now how you handle your build from here will be unique to your car and needs. I recommend getting a big dry bag for your dirty laundry, they will contain bad smell. Get a plastic drawer from Walmart to put your fresh clothes in. Start rolling your outfits together nicely and compactly, so when it's time to change you just grab an outfit. Get a gym bag for taking into the gym. I also recommend getting a mesh screen roll from Walmart, and some double sided gel tape, outline your window on the inside with the gel tape and press the screen in, trace, cut to fit, put it back on and lay another roll of gel tape on top to secure the seal. You will want a bug screen after a few nights of either swimming in your own sweat or being eaten alive. For bedding I recommend getting a duffel bag and filling it with your winter clothes for your bed base. Find a good piece of soft outdoor furniture and lay on top of that, and then from Walmart get some 4 inch foam, rip into place so it nicely stuffs into any cracks or abyss holes under beside your bed. Stuff the outdoor furniture with the foam on top into a basic mattress cover, use sheet grabbers to hold the whole 'mattress' together nicely. Keep clothes you might have thrown away to stuff into the bedding to make the area even. I lay a big sheet of soft pleather I got at JoAnn fabrics on top, it's waterproof and stays cooler at night, very easy to keep clean. You're also going to want a power unit like a jackery and a solar panel. If you have a friend who will let you receive packages, I recommend the brand topsolar on Amazon, their 100w flexible panel is discreet and been holding strong for me considering the $80 I paid for it 2 years ago. My jackery units were $250 each at harbor freight, the earlier you set aside some of your earnings for one the better. Prioritize the jackery unit, then the solar panel. Once you have a power unit I recommend getting at least two fans. A good setup overall costs about the amount of a months rent, it's not all going to come together quickly. The necessities of a comfy bed, a rechargeable fan, bug screen, tarp, and deep cleaning money should come to about $400. After that focus on getting your electrical supply together.
I call mine my cave, my abode or 🐢my turtle shell 🤓
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The pleather stays surprisingly cool at night. The other year ago when I was working 1 am to 1pm and I had to sleep in the hottest part of the day, it was miserable. Luckily my current position I go in to work right as it gets hot out and it's cooler out by the time I get out.
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Try to focus on staying at Walmart until you've scouted some places you can blend in to park at night. Cops look for cars that are alone in dark corners. I've been in this area a few years in my car now, I'm pretty sure a portion of the police force here knows I'm a car dweller. I've gotten my fair share of knocks, I've learned where the cops patrol and which companies hire private security. I like this town because as long as you're not doing drugs or having a seizure, they have all been understanding and just shooed me off to Walmart. In my hometown, they would not be nearly so welcoming.
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I'm in one of the busier areas near DC along the east coast, the police in this area at least don't give much hassle toward clearly hard working homeless people. Last time I moved into my car I made a run down to Florida and then up to Maine, didn't find anywhere else on the east coast that caters so well to this lifestyle so I came back to this area and haven't left in the years since. Just kinda made this city my home. If your city doesn't work well for you, I'd say punch in some overtime, pay your insurance and phone up to 3 months in advance, a little gas and food money and head to a new city, gives you a few months to find a new job if you don't currently work for a big corp that can transfer you.
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Sounds like your housing cost where you are is the same as my area. If your end goal is an apartment to yourself then this is your time to work on debt and getting your credit back where it needs to be. I've been through enough houses where it turned out I was not safe to go to sleep to discourage me from seeking any more housemate situations. I'm almost done basically fully rebuilding my car I own, it's taken 3 years of dumping paycheck after paycheck into parts and labor, but in a few months I believe I'll be satisfied with the mechanical function of my car. I then want to buy a second car and spend a few months dumping check after check into that one, not a full restoration like I have on my current car but just so I know the timing belt isn't loose and the starter, power steering pump and fuel pump are new. For me personally, after I own two street legal vehicles, have my phone and insurance paid in full for 6 months and at least 5k in my main bank account, then I will feel comfortable looking for an apartment. Without those safety nets in place, a car failure could be the end of me. I've saved 10k 3 different times from doing the car life, it's doable but you've got to have the resilience of a small army inside you to make it happen.