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  1. Obviously, this guy didn't read this forum. I kept flashing my lights, he kept looking at me. Then he reached under his dashboard, pulled out a speaker mic, and I swear he must have been calling in my description and license plate number. Like he was calling for backup, or trying to get me busted.
  2. It even lets you know that you're getting bad mileage.
  3. At home, I use a French Press. It just brews a better cup of coffee. When I'm outdoors, I've got the old fashion percolator. Those Mr. Coffee machines just don't make a good cup of coffee. What worked the best, was a coffee siphon. I had one until my ex-girlfriend got mad and threw it across the room at me. Although, she wasn't really mad at me. She was mad at someone else; my other girlfriend.
  4. Funny. I came to the opposite conclusion when in Manhattan. I'd rather live in NYC, than commute from CT. I was the only non-Hablo-Espanol person in Spanish Harlem. And this was long before gentrification.
  5. Sounds like a lot of electrical draw, to brew k-cups, then litter the woods with used, non-biodegradable k-cups while camping. Just kidding. I'm sure nobody is tossing out k-cups in the woods.......
  6. I've seen those on Park Service vehicles. Although I never bothered to ask a ranger if it was any good.
  7. Am I the only one who does it the old fashion way? I simply fold down my seats, and go to sleep in there. If I go in the truck, I lay in the truck bed. I have friends who bring along air mattresses and yoga mats. But I just lay down and sleep. When i camped in Jeeps, where I didn't have the luxury of such a long, flat surface, I slept outside on the floor. Sleeping out under the stars, drinking beer, shooting guns, making the new guy stay up all night, with a rifle, guarding against wild animals, then drawing on his face with a Sharpie when he finally passes out. That's kind of what camping out is about.
  8. Man, I can't wait to see what you will do. That commute must be quite a bear......especially in the winter, stuck in traffic, and deep in the snow. Are you going into Manhattan, or one of the other boroughs? When I was in Manhattan, most people I knew didn't have a car, and some didn't even have a drivers license. There just wasn't anywhere to park. Everyone got around on the subway or by cab. And out of the people that I knew, I was the only one with a set of tools who actually changed his own oil. Keep posting the pics. Especially when you start with the mods.
  9. You might consider one of these: http://www.unityusa.com/385-Series-LED-6-Rooflight-Includes-Install-Kit-S04_p_2811.html 385 Series LED 6" Rooflight (Includes Install Kit) (S04) 385-0002
  10. Depending upon your needs.......there may, or may not, be enough space for you to carry everything that you need to do your job. Certainly tools and parts should be fine. But if for whatever reason, you need to actually haul an appliance.......you may, or may not, be able to carry the weight. Are you repairing small appliances like George Foreman Grills, blenders, and 2 slice toasters? Or are we more into washers, dryers, and refrigerators? Does a commercial ice maker qualify as an appliance? I know a guy who services commercial laundromats out of a little Honda. He only carries 1 little tool bag, a few spare parts for wear items, and his lunch box.
  11. Don, As I recollect, about 10 years ago when fuel prices were double what they are today, everyone was looking for a way to save $$$ on fuel. E85 & bio-diesel were options on a lot of vehicles. E85, LPG & CNG conversions were huge. There were kits all over the marketplace. Bio-Diesel required no conversion, but a lot of trucks were stalling due to clogged fuel filters. Electric and Hybrid were more or less The Prius. The biggest drawback to most of those was availability. At the time, the infrastructure simply did exist to support the consumer. Now, 10 years down the road, our local utility PG&E has installed CNG fuel stations at their facilities......meaning you have to go to the PG&E yard to purchase fuel. I still don't see LPG readily dispensable. E85 & Diesel HPR are now at very few Propel brand pumps. In my area, Propel brand is only available in The Suburbs.....not actually available in The City where it would make sense. A lot Prius were sold, and now they are everywhere. Electric charging stations have started cropping up in parking garages and shopping malls. Our company cars are Flex Fuel Fords. On mine, I run E85 only, and I pass smog with flying colors. But as I look around when I'm at the pumps, there are a lot Flex Fuel vehicles filling up with 87 octane gas......because it's too much trouble to drive an hour to buy cleaner fuel for less money. The same goes with bio-diesel. Every truck could use it. But nobody really does, because you just have to fuel up wherever you are at. You can't afford to detour an hour out with a full load, just to protect the environment and save ten cents. If it were easily accessible, more people would use the product. But it's not. That's why my personal vehicles are simply gas operated. Until such time that alternative fuels are everywhere, I will continue to operate gasoline engines........even diesel is hard to find, with only 1 out of every 7 or 8 stations willing to install a separate tank and pump to dispense it. If you're interested, I think those conversion kits are still out there. Perhaps, even at a discount since nobody is buying them.
  12. Check out how The City upfitted this one. Flashing lights in the grill, and on the front quarter panels just in front of the doors. A full light bar in the front (which you may not want). It's hard to see in the photo, but there is also a traffic advisor light mounted on the roof, right in front of the third brake light.
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  14. That kid needs to pivot and turn his hip into the kick.
  15. 60 liters = 15.8503 gallons. I must be getting the worst mileage.
  16. US liquid gallonUS liquid quartUS liquid pintUS legal cupUS fluid ounceUS tablespoonUS teaspoonCubic meterLiterMilliliterImperial gallonImperial quartImperial pintImperial cupImperial fluid ounceImperial tablespoonImperial teaspoonCubic footCubic inch = US liquid gallonUS liquid quartUS liquid pintUS legal cupUS fluid ounceUS tablespoonUS teaspoonCubic meterLiterMilliliterImperial gallonImperial quartImperial pintImperial cupImperial fluid ounceImperial tablespoonImperial teaspoonCubic footCubic inch (236.1 miles) / 15.8503 = 14.8956171 miles
  17. I guess you're not going camping in a van that small It looks about the size of a Suzuki Samurai.
  18. I live in The City. Parking is bad. But parking is bad no matter what kind of car you have. Really. I haven't found a space that i couldn't squeeze my Long Wheel Base into; in-as-much-as it is a legitimate parking space with a meter and markings on the road designating the parameters of the parking space paid for by that parking meter. Every space downtown has a parking meter, and markings which specify the effective area paid for by that meter. Even my truck is able to fit within legal designated parking spaces. Forget about whether you can lie down. You can also forget about simply going to the dealerships and laying down to imagine what it would be like. If you're thinking about building a bedding platform, think about the mattress that you are planning to use. Bring a tape measure, and a notepad. Know the measurements of the mattresses that you want to use. I would help you out some more. But I'm not taking my mattress outside, dragging it down 3 blocks to my van, to shove it in the back so that I can take pictures. Sorry. Or simply look on youtube at all the camper builds that people have posted videos of. Twin Mattress A twin mattress is the smallest possible mattress size, other than a crib-sized mattress. Twin mattress dimensions are approximately 38 inches wide by 75 inches long. Both twin and full sizes are approximately 75 inches long, which may be too short for some adults, especially men. Full Mattress Sometimes still called a double mattress, a full size mattress is 53 inches wide, which is just 15 inches wider than a twin size (single). That leaves each partner only 27 inches of personal space, or about the width of a crib. Both twin and full sizes are approximately 75 inches long, which may be too short for some adults, especially men. 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