2009 Prius Stealth Camper (Don't Laugh.. I said NO! stop it Danke.. )

[goldenequity]

This is very cool... yes very. imo.. fully automatic/climate controlled dry camping and 60 mpg...
Wat moar could you want for 'cheap' 'portable' efficiency/independence? srsly..
I'm thinking bout it for bi-monthly bugout/getaway mode. Visit 'Murica dammit!! hahaha










Dometic Fridge/Freezer: https://goo.gl/bGuu8T
Electrical system build: https://youtu.be/yvq6ObcdFtY
Climate Control System: https://youtu.be/ow8CTPJw3sM
Custom Bed build: https://youtu.be/a_83eRuOhmU
Privacy curtain build: https://youtu.be/zLK2_FaR5qc
12v Electric Bed Heater: https://youtu.be/6H4P74KUHEU
Energy Monitor Install: https://youtu.be/KrWN4WKnfU0
Security Surveillance System: https://youtu.be/ugKxPUUg7gU
Pressurized Water System Build: https://youtu.be/bCaUQWowaU4
Window Covers, 5 Layer Insulated: https://youtu.be/YfPYhDCbnG8


PriusStealthCamper Adventures
https://www.youtube.com/user/timdill...able_polymer=1

[Anti Federalist]

Why would @Danke laugh?

He's already got one.

[Origanalist]

Where do you put your sex robot?

[fedupinmo]

No room for a woman...

[Anti Federalist]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

[phill4paul]

This is very cool... yes very. imo.. fully automatic/climate controlled dry camping and 60 mpg...
Wat moar could you want for 'cheap' 'portable' efficiency/independence? srsly..
I'm thinking bout it for bi-monthly bugout/getaway mode. Visit 'Murica dammit!! hahaha

My sister did exactly this. Lived in it for about 6 months until she got an apartment last month for the winter. If you have any questions I could forward them to her.

[sparebulb]

No room for a woman...

I thought that all hybrids were designed with same-sex in mind.

[angelatc]

Why would @Danke laugh?

He's already got one.

I hate myself right now because my initial reaction was "I would totally drive that!" But on a side note, the following conversation actually happened. FOS = Friend Of Son

FOS: I got hit by a car!
SON: OMG! Did it hurt?
FOS: No, it was a Prius.

[angelatc]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

ok I don't hate that either.

[oyarde]

Where do you put your sex robot?

I imagine they hide them in the woods so the boyfriend does not know they are cheating .

[goldenequity]

The beauty of the set up is the peripherals being built-in
functioning solely off the electric (ac/heat/pumps/actuators/sensors)
instead of the electric merely assisting the gas as the main powerpoint
as the Honda & most all the other domestic/copycat hybrids do.
Toyota has had almost 20 yrs to figure this out.
Also interesting they stick w/ nickle hydride
instead of Lithium.

[TheCount]

The beauty of the set up is the peripherals being built-in
functioning solely off the electric (ac/heat/pumps/actuators/sensors)
instead of the electric merely assisting the gas as the main

Not sure what the beauty there is... It assists with mpg but is worse in every other way.

Also, the heat still comes from engine coolant. Those tiny little electric heaters don't do hardly anything.


If I were going to do something like what you are talking about (very small size), I'd use an Element as the basis for it.

[dannno]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

2022 wtf..

[goldenequity]

Not sure what the beauty there is... It assists with mpg but is worse in every other way.
Also, the heat still comes from engine coolant. Those tiny little electric heaters don't do hardly anything.
If I were going to do something like what you are talking about (very small size), I'd use an Element as the basis for it.

nope... it won't work for 'climate control'.

When you turn the key to 'on' in the Priius... (leave in Park)
everything 'works'/functions and backs each other up... as battery 'drains'/recharges.
not so w/ others.

Why:
When you initially 'move' (aka turn to 'on' then put it into Drive..)
the Prius moves you with the electric motor. The gas engine later will kick in 'on demand'.
(the electric motor in the Prius is much bigger... and that is the reason.)

Not so with the 'others'.... completely the opposite.
You must start the gas engine, then drive, only then does it begin to 'swap' between systems.

Dat's da beeuuttyy.

[goldenequity]

My sister did exactly this. Lived in it for about 6 months until she got an apartment last month for the winter. If you have any questions I could forward them to her.

That's awesome.. thanqU... I wish I was 'little' like her haha... I'm 6'3".

[Danke]

Why would @Danke laugh?

He's already got one.

That was only to give to LGBTQHB in exchange for no more ~Hugz~

[phill4paul]

That's awesome.. thanqU... I wish I was 'little' like her haha... I'm 6'3".

Lol. She's a bit shorter at 5'8". She pretty much did this exact same set up so I wonder if she used this video as a guide. She added a small camping port-o-potty which she could empty at any convenience store toilet. . A collapsing/easy pop up shower/changing tent. A black plastic camp shower. She has a double burner easy fit together stove and a roll out table. She just went places and stayed at friends and even new formed friends houses/yards. No camp fees.

[fedupinmo]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

They sure have a way of pissing on their heritage, don't they?

[Anti Federalist]

They sure have a way of pissing on their heritage, don't they?

This is the new, hip, compliant, politically sensitive, earth first VW, in the wake of the diesel cheating scandal.

[Anti Federalist]

...

[oyarde]

That's awesome.. thanqU... I wish I was 'little' like her haha... I'm 6'3".

6' 3" ? I always pictured GoldenEquity as a 5' 7" banker with a sweaty brow sitting at a wooden desk stacked with gold coins in a warm , dimly lit basement with crates of AR 15's stacked behind him .......

[goldenequity]

6' 3" ? I always pictured GoldenEquity as a 5' 7" banker with a sweaty brow sitting at a wooden desk stacked with gold coins in a warm , dimly lit basement with crates of AR 15's stacked behind him .......

akshully the coins are in the crates and the ak is on my desk.

[goldenequity]

The concept 4 me is more of a weekend get-away vehicle.
Kind of a 'whereever you go, there you are' type thing..
a quiet place to lay my head that follows me.
Not fun to kick back and read my kindle in a 120F desert

[TheCount]

Why:
When you initially 'move' (aka turn to 'on' then put it into Drive..)
the Prius moves you with the electric motor. The gas engine later will kick in 'on demand'.
(the electric motor in the Prius is much bigger... and that is the reason.)

The real why is that the gas engine in the Prius is not connected to the wheels in any way, which means that in order to achieve forward motion, there's many separate systems within the car that all have to work. It's not plug-chargeable, so your gas engine has to work. It can't feed power directly from the engine to the electric motors, so the two motor-generators have to work. The battery has to work. The electric motors on the wheels have to work. If any of that stops working, you don't have a car, you have a car-shaped shed.

Every single one of your accessories has a separate electric motor on it: A/C, power steering, water pump, starter, etc. Most of them must also be working in order to keep your car from becoming a shed.


With the 'others' the gas engine directly drives the wheels and your car will still continue to function as a car even if your hybrid system, for whatever reason, stops functioning.


If I were purchasing a decade-old vehicle to invest time and money into, and my plan was to use it as a camper, travel long distances in it, and live out of it, I know which of those two options I would pick...

[shakey1]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

Old hippie...

[phill4paul]

New VW, AI equipped, electric hippie van/camper.

With the rise of A.I. equipped vehicles it is only a matter of time before a country singer bemoans how his truck left him too.

[Swordsmyth]

With the rise of A.I. equipped vehicles it is only a matter of time before a country singer bemoans how his truck left him too.

LOL

[goldenequity]

The real why is that the gas engine in the Prius is not connected to the wheels in any way, which means that in order to achieve forward motion, there's many separate systems within the car that all have to work. It's not plug-chargeable, so your gas engine has to work. It can't feed power directly from the engine to the electric motors, so the two motor-generators have to work. The battery has to work. The electric motors on the wheels have to work. If any of that stops working, you don't have a car, you have a car-shaped shed.

Every single one of your accessories has a separate electric motor on it: A/C, power steering, water pump, starter, etc. Most of them must also be working in order to keep your car from becoming a shed.


With the 'others' the gas engine directly drives the wheels and your car will still continue to function as a car even if your hybrid system, for whatever reason, stops functioning.


If I were purchasing a decade-old vehicle to invest time and money into, and my plan was to use it as a camper, travel long distances in it, and live out of it, I know which of those two options I would pick...

Thank you for your informative post.
It lead me to search out multiple CAR COMPLAINT websites for the Prius and many other cars.

I have decided to invest in cases of single malt Scotch instead.

If I ever get the urge to buy ANY vehicle ever again...
I will just drink until it goes away
and pretend I'm camping.
Thanks again.