Is some shit like this even possible?
Now I want an RV.
>>910677
There are million dollar RVs with this and much more.
>>910683
yep, this
>inb4 they aren't this wide
yes, they are, they expand
>>910688
No they aren't.
>>910677
Sure but it will cost you a lot of money.
It's better to just buy a normal RV and some throw DIY on it.
>>910677
Yes. As long as you have a rubber ducky in the shower, anything is possible.
Anything is possible if you follow your dreams~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83zSxu5qFp8
http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~gyo/English/campingcar.htm
Possible, yes, but keeping a cat in a space that small is just mean.
>>910677
Yeah, I built one. It's not as nice or cute.
>>910677
i think almost all RV's come with a roof nowadays
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RcNRO63.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
>>910677
check out 2016 RV models
>>910752
>Americans
>>910752
That is too extravagent to be cozy. OP's image is cozy.
>>910677
Nice and cozy but you can tell they're getting tired of the goddamn cat.
When I am older I will definitely get an RV. Travel around the states, camp out, the usual.
Speaking from personal experience, I looked at a number of small RV's (I live in the US) but I didn't want to have to own and pay taxes on two vehicles. A RV is terrible to drive to store or to work. About the only vehicle that can handle both roles is a VW Westphalia and they haven't been produced in years. So I settled on buying a Casita, a small 2,000 pound trailer that i can pull with my Ford Escape. And I like being able to unhitch when I'm camped and go exploring.
>>910709
Pretty sure they are, only bikes.
>>910677
i really like stuff like this, here is source of OP btw
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=182601
Why wouldn't it be possible?
The shower is always the tough part. Everything else you can cheap out and make do: crappy chemical toilet, hiking stove, thermo-electric cooler, etc. But you can't have a practical shower without full standing head-room, two big tanks, at least one powerful pump, and a good size water heater. It's all expensive and heavy and freezes in the winter, but if you don't have it you might as well just go camping with a motorcycle.
In OP's pic the volume required for engine, drivetrain, various tankage, and kitties litterbox all seem to be ommited. She seems to be storing spare gasoline indoors. It looks too wide, especially in Japan. No, shit like this is not even possible.
>>910917
A lot of RV showers only work when connected to external water, I thought, and an inline electric heater doesn't take up that much space.
>>910760
>tfw Euros will never know the joy of driving a house across a continent
>>910918
I don't drive apt, do truck stops usually have a water hook up or just scuzzy trucker showers?
>>910917
>two big tanks, at least one powerful pump
Nigga.
Hell you don't even need a shower, just a bucket and a washcloth.
>>910917
Well, if you take the shower vent to be a foot wide, the whole thing is 5 1/2' long. Let's check that:
The car is 50mm wide on my screen, while the license plate is 13mm wide. The actual plate would be a large-size Japanese plate (since the vehicle is over 8 tons), so actual size would be about 1690mm, or roughly 5` 6 1/2``
What throws off one's sense of proportion about this truck is the fact that the girl is pictured sitting at a low desk so she's essentially an inch above the floor.
>>911016
We can drive for an hour and be in another country with different language, culture etc.
Plus you could drive from the UK to Singapore or something if you wanted to do a mental long distance journey.
Parents own a van.
Basically the van in the pic is way larger than an actual van would be. Space is at a premium with most motorhomes, RVs not so much.
Basically my parents van is like this:
1. Driver and front passenger seat at front.
2. Above Drivers seat is a bunk bed, this is where I sleep.
3. Dining, seating area converts to a sleeping area.
4. Small Kitchenette/sink with fridge.
5. Last third or so is a bathroom.
Space is a premium in those things, it won't be like having a small bedsit on wheels. I'm willing to answer questions.
>>911041
I can bike from Buckingham Palace to Chinatown for lunch and then be tried, convicted and put to death under sharia law by late afternoon without leaving London. But that's not what we're talking about here. Terribly sorry, but the Americas have nothing on the Australasiafrican continent as far as cultural, climatic, nature and biological diversity is concerned.
>>910832
Good job being completely wrong.
>>911055
About what? Someone (you?) deleted the post providing context.
>>911052
>London is representative of the whole of Africeurasia
senpai that shitpost is just lamentable desu wa you
>>911052
>bike from Buckingham Palace to Chinatown for lunch and then be tried, convicted and put to death under sharia law by late afternoon without leaving London.
Would watch that movie.
>>911058
He claimed cars (actually motor vehicles in general) are against the rules of /n/, when they actually aren't.
>>911032
>I drive an hour and im in another city
>Texas is bigger than your shit countries
>authentic beaner food everywhere plus mah barbecue
>tfw thats all the culture i need
>>911088
All right, let's hear the tale of how cars are not against the rules of /n/.
>>910677
It is called a camping car. This one is shit. The bed should be above the driving seat, there is no place to stock things and there is no shiter.
And you don't want the cat to be trapped inside.
>>910677
>crumple zones: none
cosey enough? or too small?
>>911254
needs a pop-top roof deshou
>>911241
>Roller-skate wheels under front seats
Yes, that shit is actually quite hard to build.
I'm planning to build a camping car out of a Fiat Ducato van (16.3 ft external size).
Internal size: 2670mm lenght, 1872mm width (down to 1420mm in the rear wheels area), 1930mm height. That is, 105.1 x 73.7 (55.9) x 76 inches - but should subtract at least 30-40mm on every side for winter/summer insulation; this means that if you shouldn't be taller than 6ft...
I can actually place a standard-size bed (75x32 inch), accommodate a 27x55in bathroom (has a statue of Liberty on the door), and still have space for kitchen, sink, refrigerator, stove and a foldable glass table near the side door. Battery, inverter and white/black water tanks go under the bed (under the van there is not much space available)
The OP image is not possible without rebuilding the van, and the character playing with the cat is less than 5ft tall. Also, his internal useful insulated space appears to be ~120in wide x ~80in long. Also, I wonder where goes the cat poo, where are the (large and heavy) white/black water tanks, battery, inverter, kitchen gas tank, and so on.
Note also that heavy stuff should be in the lowest possible position (keep the CG low) and decently balanced, for safety reasons.
Using quality stuff (Dometic cassette wc, Shurflo water pump, and so on) I can build it with only 15,000 bucks, including insulation.
>>911304
How about using something like this instead? Already insulated much better than you can ever hope to achieve yourself, boxy shape with square angles easier to furnish. No idea about price on these things
>>911309
Yes, but it features also ugly miles/gallon, harder to park in urban areas, driver seat not connected with inside area.
>>910677
that car's balance seems really bad. you'll get some really ugly uneven wearing on the tires. plus, you're going to have to find an external water source, because there is no way in hell you're taking a fucking watertank and heater with you. it doesn't look very fuel efficient, and the uneven balance and added weight from all your crap isn't going to help.
>>911310
>it features also ugly miles/gallon
Does it really? I see no reason why it should...
>harder to park in urban areas
It's not that much larger footprint than a Chevy van, from the looks of it.
>driver seat not connected with inside area.
That is actually a huge safety bonus when vehicle is in motion.
get an ex ambulance
I spend a couple nights a week in my truck.
I get free showers with purchase of diesel fuel. Also I get $ for sitting in the seat, looking out the window and listening to music.
>>911324
That's a lot of dials. Are you truckin'?
>>911333
I am indeed Mr trips
>no bathroom
>>911050
I agree, OP >>910677 looks cozy, because the width is not realistic.
A single bedroom's width is already 90cm to 100cm.
A typical van's width is 130cm
Do or do not there is no try.
Those walls are hella thin
>>911201
It would seem that rules #1 and #2 are in contradiction.
I built this about a year ago, took pictures for portfolio, then took it back apart a little bit.
I lived in this truck for about 6 months once, before the remodel.
It's doable, but you have to know where convenient facilities are.
http://imgur.com/gallery/TyDZ1
>>911391
Not really. #1 defines everything outside the domain of Transportation as off limits for this board. #2 defines everything inside the domain of Automobiles as off limits. It's perfectly normal for charters or treaties to first lay out general rules, and then specific exemptions or clarifications. The 4chan rules are not authored in the most concise unambiguous language available, but it's pretty clear that rule #1 and #2 together means that /n/ is for discussions about modes and means of transportation, to the exception of discussions about automobiles unless it is in the context of a discussion about other modes and means of transportation.
>>911304
>Mixing unit systems
>Using non-SI units not approved for use with the SI
>Abusing SI prefixes and unit symbols
Read the SI Brochure in full before proceeding any further with your plan.
>>911417
Could you point me to the section of the brochure where it states that it is illegal to use metric and imperial in the same body of text? I can't seem to find it. Oh, never mind: I just recalled that the imperial units are defined as products of their metric equivalents multiplied by a respective coefficient, and are, as such, metric in nature.
>>910677
I'd fall out of that bed on the first night.
>>911197
>Texas is bigger than your shit countries
We have a cattle ranch bigger than Texas.
git gud
>>911447
>bed has a side board
>anon would still fall out
You what.
>get in carcrash
>now homeless, lost all your shit, and lost your transportation
>>910791
>have RV to live in/long distance
>have bike to go to stores and shit
Why not?
>>911430
>that feelio when brits give height in m and weight in stones
>calls america ass backwards
>>910677
what? being a neet in an rv? might as well become an otr trucker m8, at least you'd get paid for it too
>>911430
>Could you point me to the section of the brochure where…
I could but I shan't. If I acceded to every such request it would form an expectation which would tend to reduce the number of people reading the SI Brochure.
>I just recalled that the imperial units are defined as products of their metric equivalents multiplied by a respective coefficient, and are, as such, metric in nature.
Implying the absence of conversion factors is not a key feature of metric units
Implying all metric units are accepted for use with the SI
You really are a tuberous root of some magnitude, aren't you?
>>911488
>that feelio when brits give height in m and weight in stones
That is rarely the case in my experience.
>>911479
you don't get it.
these type of vehicles aren't exactly your daily driver.
>>911498
>I could but I shan't.
You can't, but even if you could, there is still nowhere in the Imperial Units Handbook that you can't intersperse SI units among imperial in a body of text. And even if there were, colloquial conversation is outside the jurisdiction of any standards of scientific endeavour.
>>911201
Those "rules" are contradictory at their core.
>>911415
That means, by definition, that trucks, RVs, and buses should be banned.
>>911318
Cheap, for sure. But near its end of life. An ex ambulance is even worse than an ex shipping van...
>>911371
You should also be able to stand up inside...
>>911479
>park your 4-wheeled house
>go buy cigarettes
>funny: your 4-wheeled house was stolen.
Smoking is unhealthy.
>>911316
>miles/gallon
23-24 mpg with a full-optional RV aren't that uncommon, at least here in Europe
>park in urban areas
largest car stalls here are 14-15 feet
>driver cabin not connected to inside area
imagine you have to take a dump (or a shower) and outside is raining cats and dogs...
>>911583
RVs? Stalls? Dumps and showers during rain...? What are you talking about?
>>911583
>23-24 mpg with a full-optional RV aren't that uncommon, at least here in Europe
plase post some
>>911377
Ah, the Beford Rascal Bambi van. Uncontested King of the road, and really fucking fun to drive. I rented one to drive round Scotland in and it was hilarious
>Speeds above 55mph = Suicide mode engaged
>Any real wind = end up in hedge
>Always wanted to lead a parade? Drive up a hill and admire the miles of backed up traffic in your mirrors as you chug up at a stately 15mph
Super comfy. Like being a cosmonaut in an alternate 1990's
>>911589
Recreational vehicle.
Parking spot.
Use of a toilet and shower.
He's not from the United States.
>>910677
I've seen something similar built using an old UPS delivery vehicle.
I saw these once in another post. Action Mobil from Germany.
>>910677
It's called a camper van..
>>910677
If I ever win the lottery. This is what I would have in mind.
>>911342
>he doesnt shit in the shower
>no bathroom
use a bucket
>b-but the rules say!
Fuck off Piggy.
>>914273
>honestly tho, you comprimise so much space with bathroom stuff, just have a couple gym memberships instead
>>914725
so you're the one shitting in the squat rack
comfy
I want to live in an RV and fantasize it's a spaceship
>>912843
>>911466
Are you in central Australia?
>>915430
not bad; just needs a pop-top
>>910739
my old roommmate couple, the wonderful industrius hippies from montana got an old RV, fixed it up and moved in with their hairless cat and neopolitan mastiv. they generally drive it across the country and stay with friends and family
my other roommate couple from new york followed suit and bought an rv for half that price, didnt fix it up and are still parked in front of the old house with no water, electricity, plumbing with 3 cats and a pitbull. i believe theyre on heroin now
i have a ford rangercab height shell on the back filled with a twin size bed
in the cab is anything of value locked away hidden behind the driver and passenger seats:
bmx tools, cast iron pans and propane stove
in the bed is my twin sized bed. wish i had something thinner because i cant even sit up striahgt
what do i keep in there? 4 changes of clothes and two weeks worth of socks/undies in a travel messenger
fuck off load of blankets for cold nights, sleepingbag for freezing nights
my bmx bike dissaseembled to my right
big cardboard box of kitchen utensils to my right
big cardboard box of random foodstuff to the left
small cardboard box of my daily esssentials (left)
small cardboard box of random crap (left)
cardboard boxes are flexy and not ridgid against my body and kinda fit into each other
I even have room to keep my spare tire cause my trunk tire holder cable snapped
AND there is still room for comfy sleeping and mediocre sex!
i usually have it parked in someones yard and do most my cooking/living in the house and just sleep in there with a powercord running to my truck to charge my phone and run a lil space heater i have
when im on the road, sometimes ill need to emergency shit. very panic situation
also stressful is popping out and pissing on the side of peoples houses every morning after the sun has come up.
>>914725
>gym memberships
or a bucket
just shit in a bucket and dump the bucket out the window
if you want to get fancy put a plastic bag in the bucket first, then you dont have dook sticking to the side of your bucket
>>910677
OP plz
Do you even /r/vandwellers
>>915638
gorgeous.
but... how many ampere/hours will he need when off-grid?
Campervan's are now officially /n/
>>915651
Here's the deets senpie
https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/3wyf4s/after_bugging_you_guys_with_questions_and_lurking/
>1000w pure sine inverter and a 125ah battery (I plan on doubling that very soon) that's recharged by 200w of solar, the alternator or shore power. Doesn't last all that long by itself but I'm plugged into shore power most of the time anyway. Will be replacing it with a nice laptop soon enough.
>I can only run it for a few hours on full blast off my battery but am connected to shore power most of the time. I plan on switching to a nice laptop soon.
I would love to buy an acre of land and park my RV there and live in it. Sadly even that isn't allowed
>>915661
But you buy an RV because you want to see a different panorama every morning.
>Not having 3 floors
>Not having a ground floor zen garden/ballast
>Not embracing modern design
>>915732
dat aero
>>915734
I'm sure some topiary work on the conifer could improve the aerodynamics.
>>915732
is that spock driving?
>>915879
Pretty sure that's Jeremy Clar-- well I'll be damned, it does look like Spock.
>>915660
I don't think I could trust the advice of someone who abuses SI prefixes and unit symbols so gratuitously.
>>916107
>>916114
dropdown bed
>915723
a larger version
>>915732
ground floor zen garden spotted
>>910677
like this?
Here in the Netherlands the regulations on camping and living in these things is so tight its virtually impossible... sad. There's no freedom here.
>>916626
What specifically is regulated?
>>915441
probably not
central australia is a rock surrounded by desert. thats it.
>>911324
Butt scratcher....
Images like this make you want to live in a van.
>>911853
23-24 mpg ?
>>915661
>buying an RV to live on a certain spot without moving around
Are you retarded?
>>915314
Kawaii as fuck.
mandatory Star Wars image
i beat all of you guys.
>>918036
>>915264
Source please, this is wonderful.
>>918037
>Not including the topless pics
>>917073
>$1/L
I wish gas were that cheap.
$1.35/L here, for ethanol-free 94 octane.
>>915264
>>911338
That's pretty dangerous taking photos like that; plz be careful senpai
>>911641
Kek
>>919375
CUTE
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P7CyXaMLf7M
>not being part of a pro team
Fuckin pleb
>>916873
Can't wait for self driving cars (and vans) to take off.
Just lying in bed looking out of the windows.
>>911304
>>911304
will need to fasten a number of things, tho
>>910677
Where's the door?
>>923644
Where the shoes are, stupid.
>>923650
What the holy report button did you just say about me, you little level 1?
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>>910739
You know, there are lots of truckers that have cats that they take along with them.
>>918330
>topless pics
blue board, anon.
>>918343
I can get 87 octane with 10% ethanol for $1.39 a gallon.
93 octane for $1.95 a gallon.
I'm loving every minute of it.
>>923661
It's not so much of an issue at that price difference but do factor in the reduced efficiency of ethanol. It holds less energy per gallon so no amount of ECU jiggery pokery will fix that.
>>923660
Implying anyone gives a shit about tasteful nudity here
>>923713
Ethanol is slightly less efficient, but not enough where most people are going to notice. The biggest difference is that it doesn't store for as long as gasoline w/o ethanol. It will more readily absorb the moisture in the air.
>>910677
It certainly is possible.
That being said, do you have the humility, patience, and money to live in one? You don't get everything you want, but you get everything you need. Of course, finding a place to park to live legally is the challenge, assuming you don't want to pay for monthly fees at an RV park.
lambda november alpha
I remember like 10 years ago when I was like 8 my school took some gay field trip to some art/invention museum, and then there was this thing that looked JUST LIKE THAT van you put in the picture, except it was like some kinda little pod or something. And I was all askin' the tour guide like, "If they were to make more of those, how much would it cost?" and then they laughed and said "A lot more allowance than you'll ever make in 18 years."
mfw I got roasted.
mfw I have no face.
Sorry, just wanted to tell that to you guys, since OP triggered me with that pic.
>>924021
Does your mother know you're posting on a Cantonese collabaritive finger painting social circle?
>>924022
Yee prolly.
>>915934
I think hes wearing a cap, that why - but damn yeah does he look like spock
>tonight, on top trek!
>Clarkson starts an interstellar war
>Hammond and James eats a tribble
>And Gul dukat is the star in our reasonably priced Starship
>>923875
>Current high compression neat ethanol engine designs are approximately 20 to 30% more fuel efficient than their gasoline-only counterparts.[31]
>inb4: if you fart, you'll have to inhale it until tomorrow morning.
>>924014
Your pic is the faggotest project I ever saw.
{1} solar & batteries: overboard apeshit.
You should calculate the total daily amp/hour to:
- a few hours illumination (evening and early morning)
- running a notebook pc (12-16 hours) and charging a cellphone
- some essential appliances (water pump, car alarm...)
The guy wants to use an air-conditioner while badass gaming with "pump up the volume" surround system... while parking in full sun off-grid to charge the batteries... what a jerk!
{2} toilet, plumbing and white/gray/black water tanks: funnily absent.
You should calculate summer/winter daily usage:
- some 10 liters to shower
- some 5 liter to cook and wash stuff
- drinking: only from bottles, for hygienic reasons
The guy simply forgot to add a shower/toilet room (normally a 700x700mm area is sufficient). What if he has to take a rampant diarrhoic shit in the middle of a rainy night?
{3} kitchen: totally absent.
Does the guy live on cheap 6-pack tacos?
- the 26-lt movable fridge will store barely store two days worth of food
- no other food storage area present.
{4} appliances: ridicolously exaggerated.
A single notebook pc with wireless internet is way more than needed.
- an inverter/charger is only a "just in case" add-on
- 75w surround speakers? when will you use them? do you plan to park in the desert to listen your beloved niggarap muzak?
- split airconditioner: useless and noisy. You will spend summer in northern hills tasting that lovely fresh air, and winter in some temperate climate zone. A couple of vents (and a small gas stove for emergency) are more than adequated.
{5} jerkfaggot sizes
- the inside of the van is 152cm high. The faggot is 140cm tall (or less)
- the bed is a queen-sized. The faggot is obese (140cm diameter, or more)
>>924014
A decent project should keep in mind these points:
- should let you stay 7-10 days without resupplying anything (if you don't waste energy and water)
- decent toilet room with shower; you should take a dump and a shower without having the entire van smelling for hours
- decent kitchen with food storage area and a decent fridge (you shouldn't ever have to wish to eat like other humans)
- easily cleanable and serviceable appliances (water tanks and so on): you don't want to panic
- well ventilated, well insulated (stove should be for emergency only)
- easily accessible bed
Privacy, redundancy, safety!
- not leaking light if all lights on inside and totally dark outside
- two separate plumbing, two separate electric systems (in case of emergency, disable a system and switch everything to the other)
- low center of gravity (tanks and batteries have to be on the floor).
>>924311
that TV would be pretty hard to watch properly too
>>924321
It seems that so much more could be achieved in these things if the requirement for standing room was done away with (except in the shower). Are there any examples of something like that?
>>924681
vandwellers spend most time outside their low top van.
but there are times you will have to stay inside way longer than you have thought: in those cases it is essential to be able to stand up for a few minutes stretching.
also, a well-packed low-roof van has less breathable air than a high top one. the rule "smaller is better" (which is not the exact opposite of "bigger is better") only relates to a few use cases.
> campervan
Lmao how cute. Enjoy your stuffy vehicle while i soak in a jacuzzi on my ride. You guys need to work harder.
>>924738
>the jacuzzi-equipped vehicle for stealth vandwelling
>>924717
>not every day is a sunny shiny day
>>924738
>"Enjoy your stuffy vehicle while i soak in a jacuzzi on my ride."
>panic stop from 55mph
>>910677
except the artist forgot to add in the cockroaches and cum rags
>>926582
>confession of poor hygiene
>>911021
Most will have a source of potable water, some will have a dump-station for RV's.
I've only seen a couple with actual hookups for RV's though.
If you stick to the chain stops ("Loves", etc) they tend to be kept fairly clean. All I can say is I've never seen a really scuzzy/nasty one.
>>911059
yours is
he clearly explained why your first reply was silly
lets say i bought a truck and i built a frame and pretty much my own camperhome on said truck. would this be legal to drive in the usa? this might sound stupid and maybe is but while i have no examples i feel like the us has small stupid laws designed to 'protect yourself' or something or another
>>928552
Here in Europe you would be able to drive only if the interior may be classified as transported goods - i.e., it has to be easily and quickly removable (the vehicle does not change its status from "van" or "truck" to "recreational vehicle").
Certification is a lenghty and painstaking process, because engineering relations have to be signed, and so on. This is why self-built RVs are quite uncommon on our roads.
>>928559
Sounds like your part of Europe speaks German. ;)
http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/helpandadvice/technicalhelp/choosing-a-unit/motorhome-conversions/
