Reply to: Best way of sleeping in a car?

[petergriffin]

What happened to the lady? Is she still with us? Would she fancy subletting some of her space?

[Sysman]

If the lady is still with us, you can ask her:
The lady in the car | Society | The Guardian

Also The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett

Alan Bennet's most famous work of non-fiction. It is the history of Miss Shepherd who in the 1970s lived in a Robin Reliant car opposite Bennett's house in Camden. After a series of attacks on her van he suggested she move to his driveway. Thus began an extraordinary 15 year friendship between a writer and a homeless old lady.

I don't think I'd recommend a Reliant Robin though...

... unless your name is Trotter

[kingcook]

It might have been his place

[TimberWolf]

Security guard woke me up and said i couldn't sleep here

It might have been his place

[kingcook]

How do you sleep in a car?

In my first ever gig i slept in my car in the clients car park (bad i know, looking back on it).

In the passenger seat, wound back fully.

I tried sleeping in the clients building once on some comfy sofa (it was a BIG building and i thought i'd get away with it). Security guard woke me up and said i couldn't sleep here

[mudskipper]

Pipe the exhaust through the window.

Damn - missed that one!

[Bacchus]

Why not leave the windows open a little and stick mosquito netting over the crack.

or keep your pants on and the mossies whon't go up the crack? (c:


In seriousness to the OP, I bought a little motorhome for a distance contract and rented it from myself for accomodation and a few business miles. Pukka little thing with cooker, fridge, bog and shower, stayed on campsites for a tenner a night in something approximating luxury, certainly comfortable enough

Great thing was could just hang clean clothes up on a Sunday, and put real food in the fridge, no more KFC and weatherspoons curries; result!

[Paddy]

The Ford Cortina MKII 1600 Sport Automatic is not too bad to sleep in as it has a bench seat which folds right down nearly making a double bed. Old septic cars with bench seats also provide this capability. Discovered these facts in my youth when still living at home and having a very horny girlfriend. Ford Capri is crap for these activities BTW.

The Renault 16 and Austin Maxi had fold-down seats that turned into a double bed which also reminds me of this...

[TimberWolf]

leave the window open - get eaten by the insects and swell up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.
leave the windows closed. - suffocate and get serious chest and heart palpitations.

so the missus left her window open and suffered
being eaten by the insects and swelled up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.
and suffocated and get serious chest and heart palpitations.


whilst me, being sensible, closed my window and only suffered
being suffocated and get serious chest and heart palpitations.
whilst being eaten by the insects and swelled up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.


you gotta laugh though. eh

ha ha

Why not leave the windows open a little and stick mosquito netting over the crack.

[TimberWolf]

How about this one? Maxi Versatility

Some more tips here: Homeless by Choice: How to Sleep in a Car

If only our old schoolmates could see us now! Earning the big bucks and sleeping in cars

Ah, he reckons sleeping on the back seat curled up is better than laying the seats back and stretching out, into the boot.

[Zoiderman]

The Ford Cortina MKII 1600 Sport Automatic is not too bad to sleep in as it has a bench seat which folds right down nearly making a double bed. Old septic cars with bench seats also provide this capability. Discovered these facts in my youth when still living at home and having a very horny girlfriend. Ford Capri is crap for these activities BTW.

I would say the Ford Capri simply made the exercise more of a challenge. The mini was an exercise in logistics and only suitable for warm weather but the T2 Bay I had was about perfect for every occasion

[darmstadt]

The Ford Cortina MKII 1600 Sport Automatic is not too bad to sleep in as it has a bench seat which folds right down nearly making a double bed. Old septic cars with bench seats also provide this capability. Discovered these facts in my youth when still living at home and having a very horny girlfriend. Ford Capri is crap for these activities BTW.

[TestMangler]

Like all uncomfortable sleeping positions, the administration of a 'Gentlemans Horlicks' is enough to guarantee a quick and peaceful descent into the land of nod..........

[EternalOptimist]

Drove through this tulip tip on our last trip there. 50 degrees. Horrid place, hotter than Hades.

leave the window open - get eaten by the insects and swell up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.
leave the windows closed. - suffocate and get serious chest and heart palpitations.

so the missus left her window open and suffered
being eaten by the insects and swelled up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.
and suffocated and get serious chest and heart palpitations.


whilst me, being sensible, closed my window and only suffered
being suffocated and get serious chest and heart palpitations.
whilst being eaten by the insects and swelled up for a fortnight in bitten-agony.


you gotta laugh though. eh

ha ha

[petergriffin]

To increase security and deter criminals, stick this banner on your car: "No money is left overnight in this vehicle. I'm a contractor and my accountant has transferred it all to the Cayman Islands".