desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 17, 2016 9:57:43 GMT -8
Tesla tent in the trunk. I Went Camping in the Trunk of a $145,000 Tesla
Elon Musk inadvertently spawned a subculture that's hacking the Model S into a 21st century tent.
By Tom Randall | August 17, 2016As the sun set beyond the long-needle pines and emerald waters of Lake Tahoe, I looked across the campfire and laughed out loud. I was about to go “camping” in the back of a $145,000 electric car because, well, it's become a thing.
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Post by gabby on Aug 17, 2016 10:15:07 GMT -8
Been there, done that - long ago, but still...
I've traveled & camped by sleeping in the back of a truck (with a platform I built to go above the wheel wells), in the back of a station wagon on a trip long, long ago, similarly folding the back seats down, and even in a VW camper a long, long, long time ago. Though it's not "our kind of camping", you do what you gotta do to get there.
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 17, 2016 10:23:39 GMT -8
Though it's not "our kind of camping", you do what you gotta do to get there. The point was that it is in the back of a $145,000 Tesla. We've all slept in our vehicles at one time or another. |
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 17, 2016 10:29:23 GMT -8
And because it's a Tesla, you can run climate control all night...you know, so you don't have to actually interact with the world out there.
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Post by BigLoad on Aug 17, 2016 11:02:12 GMT -8
And because it's a Tesla, you can run climate control all night...you know, so you don't have to actually interact with the world out there. Is it also the model that can self-drive you the campsite? |
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Post by reuben on Aug 17, 2016 11:19:39 GMT -8
Can I fit a small bison in the back?
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Post by gabby on Aug 17, 2016 11:25:16 GMT -8
Has anyone here ever camped in a public campground in a tent next to an RV which had its A/C running all night long?
I have.
I call "nothing new". I know VIP types who used to use their RVs in the local campgrounds around Austin instead of getting a hotel room. I talked to them when I met them. Common practice.
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Post by jazzmom on Aug 17, 2016 11:55:12 GMT -8
Has anyone here ever camped in a public campground in a tent next to an RV which had its A/C running all night long? I have. I call "nothing new". I know VIP types who used to use their RVs in the local campgrounds around Austin instead of getting a hotel room. I talked to them when I met them. Common practice. I think you're still missing the point. It's not just that he's running the A/C all night, but that he's doing so off his BATTERY. You can't run an RV A/C off the battery. The RV is either plugged into electric service at a campsite or running a generator. |
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Post by foxalo on Aug 17, 2016 11:57:56 GMT -8
I can honestly say I've never slept in my vehicle while it's parked. I have also never slept next to an RV. It's almost always primitive or semi - primitive. I'll keep my minivan and use that space for the bison calf.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Aug 17, 2016 12:25:56 GMT -8
Espresso maker! I want one  No Tesla required |
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Post by gabby on Aug 17, 2016 12:27:31 GMT -8
I think you're still missing the point. It's not just that he's running the A/C all night, but that he's doing so off his BATTERY. You can't run an RV A/C off the battery. Yeah, I know. That's why having an RV next to you that's running its diesel motor all night is such a downer. We didn't choose him - he chose us. Ultimately, we left, of course. Gabby, try reading before replying! :) I probably read more often than do you, Ben. My point is that people have been doing this sort of thing for a very long time - long before Tesla coupes were around. |
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Post by BigLoad on Aug 17, 2016 12:46:13 GMT -8
I can honestly say I've never slept in my vehicle while it's parked. You are SO fortunate to have missed out on that experience. Even on business travel, when I might normally stay in a nice hotel, I've had to get quickly between places and found myself needing to catch half a night's sleep in a rest stop or other (in)convenient place. |
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Post by jazzmom on Aug 17, 2016 12:55:58 GMT -8
I think you're still missing the point. It's not just that he's running the A/C all night, but that he's doing so off his BATTERY. You can't run an RV A/C off the battery. Yeah, I know. That's why having an RV next to you that's running its diesel motor all night is such a downer. We didn't choose him - he chose us. Ultimately, we left, of course. Gabby, try reading before replying!  I probably read more often than do you, Ben. My point is that people have been doing this sort of thing for a very long time - long before Tesla coupes were around. I guess I'm not getting your point... What "sort of thing" are you talking about? Sleeping in the car? Running the A/C all night? I don't think anyone's suggesting that either of those is a new concept. What is new, and not possible to do until now, is to sleep in the car WITH the a/c running all night off the battery of your vehicle. No engine noise. No generator noise. I think it's pretty cool, actually. Battery technology is the new frontier, IMO. |
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Post by fifeplayer on Aug 17, 2016 12:57:21 GMT -8
Hehe, that's my kind of road trip camping on the long driving days! And my climbing partner would love the a/c. But maybe not in a Tesla...or at least until I can afford one. ;-)
I went hunting for a job last year and turned it into awesome 14k mile 2 month road trip. We had all the camping gear in the back of the Hyundai Accent hatchback, and used it in preference whenever possible (re: free or $10/night on the honor permit system in nat'l forests). But, it sure saves a lot of money to legally boondock in a Walmart parking lot instead of $30+/night for a tent spot in a developed campground! If you fold down the back seat and put all the spare stuff in the depression behind it to make a flat spot, trunk-sleeping's not half bad for two people if you're both under 6'.
(For the job I was looking for, it raised a couple eyebrows when "where'd you stay last night?" garnered responses like "up in Juniper off FR 13 on the way to Quemado Lake", but I still wound up with a great gig that I love.)
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Post by gabby on Aug 17, 2016 13:10:52 GMT -8
I guess I'm not getting your point... What "sort of thing" are you talking about? Sleeping in the car? Running the A/C all night? Around here, having "luxury campers" in state parks is not all that unusual. I've talked to a few of them, since I was in the nextdoor spot with my kids, trying to sleep while they watched giant TVs with the A/C running. "Luxury camping" is not new. I have the "RV treadmarks" to prove it. Driving a luxury vehicle to a campground to actually sleep in the back might rank as "new", but then you didn't see the couple I saw "camping" in a Mercedes at Grand Canyon, I guess. ETA: I'll give you the "battery-driven" and "quiet A/C" points, but I think this is just the "new tech" taking up where the old left off. But, as usual, you know: YMMV. Your opinions may, as well. |
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