Sleeping in MG4 [merged thread]

[Archev]

Aye mines is coal powered from the generator in the basement.

 

[Rolfe]

I think the link to wiring in a switch (and fused relay) to the DRLs is the best solution. No getting out of the car in the cold and rain, no problem if you forget to turn them back on, it's not illegal to drive without them, and I can leave the system on with the temp set for the dog when he has to stay in the car, and the DRLs won't be on in the parking lot .... or every time I plug in to charge or use the V2L ....

T1 Terry

If it's that cold and raining I am not camping, precisely because it is necessary to get out of the car for all sorts of reasons. It's not a campervan. I'm not messing with the car electrics. If it's so sunny that I have to leave the aircon on for the cat, nobody is going to notice the DRLs. (Of course, I seldom take the cat in the car.)

I really don't

Sounds like a lot of work. I still dont know why people prefer to sleep in a car when you could just pitch up one of them 2 second tents from Decathlon.

I think you're vastly overestimating the time it takes to set up the car and underestimating the time it takes to set up a tent. But as others have said, the attraction is the HVAC. Also, as a lone female traveller, I feel safer inside a locked car.

Horses for courses. Different solutions will suit different people.

 

[MG Clive]

Horses for courses. Different solutions will suit different people.

Exactly, I've had my years of sleeping in a tent, and I've even slept in a car/van a couple of times, but those days are all behind me now that I've discovered Premier Inn (other hotel chains are available)

 

[T1 Terry]

Exactly, I've had my years of sleeping in a tent, and I've even slept in a car/van a couple of times, but those days are all behind me now that I've discovered Premier Inn (other hotel chains are available)

From sleeping under a tarp hung over the Norton, to a 3 man tent for 2 people, to a Kombi .... well 3 Kombis actually, a fold out camping 4 person tent on a 6 x 4 box trailer, to a Mazda 3500 mini bus converted to a motorhome, to a Hino 7 mtr bus converted to a motorhome, to a 29 ft Fuso coach converted to a motorhome, to a 31 ft Winnebago with a V10 6.8ltr and drag the car around behind it .... guess which one is the most comfortable and takes the least time to set up from driving to eating or relaxing or sleeping ...... just hope this one doesn't burn to the ground you finally get sick and tired of fitting them out just how you want, only to get that phone call and come and watch them burn either in the workshop or in front of the house .....

T1 Terry