Thoughts about car-camping tents?

Add a good tarp to the quiver. Makes those small vestibules roomy. Adds kitchen shade. Can be put up over the tent to add rain protection if ground splash is happening.

Solo, I am happy with my REI Half Dome 2+ I haven't had the luxury of needing a 3p for so long that I wouldn't know what was out there to recommend. However, if I was in the market, I'd be looking at this one. Solid manufacturer, good price, 2 doors with a decent rainfly, ground cloth included.

I have the REI Basecamp-4 for car base camping. Very roomy, I can stand up inside if I tip my head a bit, room for whatever mattress you want (2 single cots), and even room for a chair and small folding table. Not sure I would bother if I was moving every day, but for a week-long base camp, like for instance at a star party, it’s well worth it.

I've basically settled on two car camping tents that were originally purchased to be "backpacking capable"... back when 3lb per person was considered "super lightweight." When solo, I take my old MSR Hubba Hubba, and with two people (or me and my dog), I take a Big Agnes Jack Rabbit 4p (which I don't think they make anymore.) When backpacking, they were my 2p and 3p tents, respectively.

In either case, there's enough room for gear to be inside and to be able to sit up and hang out comfortably in the rain.

For many years now, our goto car camping tents have been REI Half Domes. For solo trips I take a 2-person, for family trips the 4. They are simple to pitch, fairly lightweight, and a good value. If you want something roomier (i.e. that you can stand up in), the Basecamp series is nice, we have the 6. Our Half Dome 4 has lost its waterproofness after about 14 years, but that doesn't seem too bad for a tent lifespan.  I will almost certainly be replacing it with another Half Dome.  

After researching we bought an REI Basecamp 6. One reviewer posted photos of a rather large campground of big tents after a serious storm hit. Dozens and dozens were destroyed but his Basecamp 6 was the only tent left standing. We have waited out a major storm in ours up on Muley Point, rain, snow and gale force wind. When fully guylined it won’t even shutter. I’m just over 6’ and can stand straight in the middle of the dome. Like Bobcat we furnish with cots, chairs and a folding table. If the evening is cold and windy or even worse we are at home inside. The front vestibule is large and we cook out there.

Canyonlands has some of the most attractive campgrounds but we detest campgrounds so we went just outside and down a dirt track, parked and went about a hundred yards to a beautiful spot below a mesa. It was our world and the hiking into the hinterlands was excellent. We did some hiking inside Canyonlands too. This is a car camping tent, a backcountry fortress better than any hotel. Lol we’ve car camped in several backpacking tents and understand the simplicity. But when car camping the Basecamp 6 is so nice.

If we aren't flying before car camping my girlfriend brings a Coleman 4P monster tent. Use for base camping. More luxury than I'm used to but appreciate the comfort more now that I'm older.