Sleeping in MG4 [merged thread]

[Archev]

I’m also contemplating this tailgate tent which is free standing so can be left to “claim” the camp pitch if I nip off somewhere.

 

[decrep]

Being able to "claiming" the camp site is a huge bonus!!!!

 

[Semerkand]

Full experience
Start SoC: 69%
Air temperature: 10-15 (Celsius)
A rainy night
Consumption from 9pm to 9am. (12 hours)
End SoC: 42%
Difference: 27% (@Ramontiker I think I used 11.6 kWh. Not sure.)
Comfort: Meh. But better than tent camping. We had a good sleep.
If the weather was colder, consumption might have increased. Idk. Need to try.

 

[Deleted member 19701]

Looks like a cosy night at the seaside.
Where have you been?

 

[Semerkand]

A little weekend getaway A camping area within the borders of Izmir

 

[Zeioth]

A small hack for solo car camping
If you raise the floor and fold the rear seats, you can create a (mostly) flat area, long enough for me to sleep there diagonally. However, the boot floor can't hold a grown person's weight (please, do not ask how I know that ).

Genius mod, even if only for the extra storage space you get!

 

[Brettus]

I've gotten rather interested in this thread and the concept in general. I'm now researching my own setup and plans.

I did come across this today which shows it IS possible (albeit rather brute force) to disable the DRLs.

I hadn't seen mention of it so apologies if it's already posted somewhere.

Another resource I found which I haven't seen mentioned is an app Park4Night which has user submitted and maintained parking spots (generally for camper vans but the principle is the same, we just don't need to be bothered if you can ONLY fit a 6m van in )

Airbed on the way to test out the mechanics of it in the driveway before I venture further from home and realise what I've forgotten

 

[Coulomb]

I did come across this today which shows it IS possible (albeit rather brute force) to disable the DRLs.

I was waiting to find the PID to send on the CAN bus to turn off the parking/DR Lights, but failing that, the brute force method would work. And the wires are already identified. It's a shame to have to drill into a pristine car, though.

 

[Brettus]

Yeah a software solution would be MUCH preferred of course.

 

[Rolfe]

I've gotten rather interested in this thread and the concept in general. I'm now researching my own setup and plans.

I did come across this today which shows it IS possible (albeit rather brute force) to disable the DRLs.

I hadn't seen mention of it so apologies if it's already posted somewhere.

Another resource I found which I haven't seen mentioned is an app Park4Night which has user submitted and maintained parking spots (generally for camper vans but the principle is the same, we just don't need to be bothered if you can ONLY fit a 6m van in )

Airbed on the way to test out the mechanics of it in the driveway before I venture further from home and realise what I've forgotten

Ooh, interesting! That's a Trophy though. I wonder if it's the same on the SE?

I have just booked to go back to Glyndebourne in June, hopefully two consecutive evening performances. I am now swithering about whether to spend a fortune in the Premier Inn, or use that track I noticed to park in overnight. My friend in Portslade has been in hospital and I'm a bit reluctant to impose myself on her again.

Glyndebourne has changing rooms for audience members who show up looking like tramps with their glad rags in a holdall, and destination chargers.

 

[DixieTGS]

I did come across this today which shows it IS possible (albeit rather brute force) to disable the DRLs.

If I did something like this I would want it to automatically return to normal when driving.

I suspect one of the wiring looms under the dashboard has a suitable 12V signal which could operate a relay wired in parallel with the new switch, to force them on. Just have to hope such signals are not canbus only now.

 

[Archev]

A timely, cautionary tale for those planning camping expeditions in their car or in tents this coming year :-

CAMPERS


I’m nae a lad that scum-fishes
I’ve seen my share o’ clort
I dinna mind the daily bind
A’m nae the sit saft sort
My life hasna been connached
Wi’ petit fours and champers
No, the only sort pits me aff my stot
Is a wheen o’ clarty campers
Ah ferm three hunner acres
In a corner of the Howe
The land is kinda bosied
Whar the river sterts tae bow
There’s trees and little birdies
An’ wild flooers by an’ by
It’s a Bonny kinda corner
Fan the sun’s high in the sky
We’d had four months o’ lockdown
Fan they showed up in the park
Young kids, twa, then three
Oot on the spree, toonsers on a lark
Loons an’ quines the gither
An affa wheen o’ drinkers
A hellish crew fin they got fu’
A maukit mob o’ mingers
Ah didna like their music
Thon rap, it’s awfae violent
(Ah must confess, if ah hid tae guess
The “C” in rap is silent)
They screamt an’ roart i’ the darkness
The din wis hard tae tholl
An whitiver they were smokin’
It wisna bogey roll
They’d brocht thon tin tray barbecues
An’ even lit a fire
They’d nae brocht ony firewid
But they’d been tae chainsaw hire
Ma richt wee Bonny corner
Shin wis lookin’ like a coup
For what e’r they used and feenished wi’
Jist landed at thur doup !
Bit that wisnae the worst o’t
They were shitin’ in the lang grass
An orra sorta caper
An’ ivry durty dollop crown’d
Wi’ bright pink lavvy paper
It mine’d me o’ those corals
That ye see in southern oceans
Ah wisna walk-in’ through my park
Ah wis goin’ through their motions
Ah headed doon tae tell them aff
But! afore I could even speak
They chased me aff ma ain grun
Wi a heap o’ bloody cheek
They tellt me that, in Scotland,
They had freedom for tae roam
And, here I’m paraphrasing,
Fan they telt me “to go home”
The cheif-maist een amongst them,
An orra lookin chiel,
Tried tae tell me a’ the richts o’t
As if I were daft, or feel
He laughed at me, an’ got mair beer
Frae oot o’ een ‘ thur hampers
While I just stood there scunnert
At the wayse o’ clarty campers
That nicht, ah laid there ragin’
Ah niver slep’ a wink
Ah could hear them, tae the wee Sma’ oors
Teemin’ a’ that drink
But, by the time the sun was up,
I’d reckoned ivery factor
An’ girded on ma bilersuit
An’ went an’ got my tractor
It was a special kind of wake up call
For I wis in nae hurry
As I drove past slow, in second gear,
Wi’ a tankerload o’ slurry!
The flow rate wis hived tae maximum
Ah’d set it, in the barn
An’ ah carefully sprayed their campsite
Wi eight tons o’ bright green Sharn
I doot it wis the breakfast
For which they had been hopin’
An’ safe tae bet, they micht regret
Leavin car windaes open
One puir loon wis sleepin’ on the grass
He must hae been richt fu’
But now he woke up cowkin’
Wi caffies sharn inside his moo
Am nae sayin’ it wis the richt thing tae dae
In faith, it wis a glorious sight
As the three wee tents
Were battered flat
Wi’ a tidal wave o’ sh*te
That morning, they learnt a lesson
A teuchter won’t be scorned
For the welcome that awaits them here
Clarty Campers ! - you’ve been warned !!

 

[salty]

A timely, cautionary tale for those planning camping expeditions in their car or in tents this coming year :-

CAMPERS


I’m nae a lad that scum-fishes
I’ve seen my share o’ clort
I dinna mind the daily bind
A’m nae the sit saft sort
My life hasna been connached
Wi’ petit fours and champers
No, the only sort pits me aff my stot
Is a wheen o’ clarty campers
Ah ferm three hunner acres
In a corner of the Howe
The land is kinda bosied
Whar the river sterts tae bow
There’s trees and little birdies
An’ wild flooers by an’ by
It’s a Bonny kinda corner
Fan the sun’s high in the sky
We’d had four months o’ lockdown
Fan they showed up in the park
Young kids, twa, then three
Oot on the spree, toonsers on a lark
Loons an’ quines the gither
An affa wheen o’ drinkers
A hellish crew fin they got fu’
A maukit mob o’ mingers
Ah didna like their music
Thon rap, it’s awfae violent
(Ah must confess, if ah hid tae guess
The “C” in rap is silent)
They screamt an’ roart i’ the darkness
The din wis hard tae tholl
An whitiver they were smokin’
It wisna bogey roll
They’d brocht thon tin tray barbecues
An’ even lit a fire
They’d nae brocht ony firewid
But they’d been tae chainsaw hire
Ma richt wee Bonny corner
Shin wis lookin’ like a coup
For what e’r they used and feenished wi’
Jist landed at thur doup !
Bit that wisnae the worst o’t
They were shitin’ in the lang grass
An orra sorta caper
An’ ivry durty dollop crown’d
Wi’ bright pink lavvy paper
It mine’d me o’ those corals
That ye see in southern oceans
Ah wisna walk-in’ through my park
Ah wis goin’ through their motions
Ah headed doon tae tell them aff
But! afore I could even speak
They chased me aff ma ain grun
Wi a heap o’ bloody cheek
They tellt me that, in Scotland,
They had freedom for tae roam
And, here I’m paraphrasing,
Fan they telt me “to go home”
The cheif-maist een amongst them,
An orra lookin chiel,
Tried tae tell me a’ the richts o’t
As if I were daft, or feel
He laughed at me, an’ got mair beer
Frae oot o’ een ‘ thur hampers
While I just stood there scunnert
At the wayse o’ clarty campers
That nicht, ah laid there ragin’
Ah niver slep’ a wink
Ah could hear them, tae the wee Sma’ oors
Teemin’ a’ that drink
But, by the time the sun was up,
I’d reckoned ivery factor
An’ girded on ma bilersuit
An’ went an’ got my tractor
It was a special kind of wake up call
For I wis in nae hurry
As I drove past slow, in second gear,
Wi’ a tankerload o’ slurry!
The flow rate wis hived tae maximum
Ah’d set it, in the barn
An’ ah carefully sprayed their campsite
Wi eight tons o’ bright green Sharn
I doot it wis the breakfast
For which they had been hopin’
An’ safe tae bet, they micht regret
Leavin car windaes open
One puir loon wis sleepin’ on the grass
He must hae been richt fu’
But now he woke up cowkin’
Wi caffies sharn inside his moo
Am nae sayin’ it wis the richt thing tae dae
In faith, it wis a glorious sight
As the three wee tents
Were battered flat
Wi’ a tidal wave o’ sh*te
That morning, they learnt a lesson
A teuchter won’t be scorned
For the welcome that awaits them here
Clarty Campers ! - you’ve been warned !!

Can you repeat that, please.

 

[Archev]

Can you repeat that, please.

Yes, have you not been paying attention at the back there ?

 

[salty]

Yes, have you not been paying attention at the back there ?

Course I was, but you lost me on, I'm nae.

 

[Rolfe]

tl;dr version

Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints.

 

[Brettus]

tl;dr version

Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints.

And ideally not even those if the concrete is still wet

 

[Rolfe]

I've been purchasing again. I bought that 1-litre kettle, still a bit bigger than I really need but better than 1.8-litres and at least it's 3 kW so it should boil fast. I also managed to find a seller on Amazon selling the blackout for the front windscreen, so I got that too. With the practice I had last September I should be able to manage pretty well. I have various plans which now involve taking Hilda the e-bike with me, and going for bike runs during the day. There are some very nice days coming up, but it's a bit cold at night yet.

I also bought the gazebo, as it was on reduced offer, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm a bit doubtful about its practicality, but we'll see.

 

[siteguru]

Will there be room for you in the car?

 

[Archev]

I've been purchasing again. I bought that 1-litre kettle, still a bit bigger than I really need but better than 1.8-litres and at least it's 3 kw so it should boil fast. I also managed to find a seller on Amazon selling the blackout for the front windscreen, so I got that too. With the practice I had last September I should be able to manage pretty well. I have various plans which now involve taking Hilda the e-bike with me, and going for bike runs during the day. There are some very nice days coming up, but it's a bit cold at night yet.

I also bought the gazebo, as it was on reduced offer, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm a bit doubtful about its practicality, but we'll see.

Excellent, I’m definitely seeing a difference with my smaller 1 litre kettle as opposed to the big one or the pot I used last year when camping. I tend to just use the camping induction cooker even at home as I’m harvesting sunshine fairly easily into the power bank.
I’m still considering a tailgate tent but initially I think I’ll carry the tipi tent and perhaps an awning between the car and tent.

Being a single pole tent with ample guy lines it’s pretty stable in fairly strong winds. Then there’s the roof tent - not sure if I’ll keep or sell it. It really is brilliant in use - comfortable and cool or cosy, whichever suits the weather but I’m not sure about the old arms being able to pack it away now that it would be a good bit higher on the Berlingo than when it was on the MG5, it’s a fair stretch and my frozen shoulder objects.