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    24/7 Chat About Anything

    Careful of this, it could be a short. I gave my deceased brother's car to a friend and she had things like this happen and finally she looked behind the dash and the system had been put in by just twisting wires on each side. There were scorch marks in there. She was lucky. Check it out before...
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    Tile setters are in dire need too, and that can be a very artful job. Airline pilots and metal workers, pipe fitters. Pipe fitter journeymen/women make as much as the engineers eventually and without the student loan.
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    CARAVANS OCT 2021

    If we wanted to form an independent caravan for summer 2022, could we not post here?
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    How soon will electric or hybrid vans/RVs be common?

    https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a38515717/bzzzzap-toyota-lets-loose-with-huge-plan-for-evs-in-every-category/
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    Campground prices

    But this will involve gasoline consumption: in CA, if you have a disability pass from the state (requires your doctor to sign a State form, not dependent on SSA approval) then campsites are 1/2 off (ranging $12-25 when half off). Many CA county campgrounds just require the handicap placard. If...
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    Want to boondock this summer, 2022, and preferably near hotsprings such as Idaho.

    Any suggestions? I cannot four wheel drive.
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    We lost a lot of ground around Flagstaff this year

    Same happens at "that festival in the Black Rock Desert". Trash thrown off of cars all down the roads after despite the 10 principals espoused at every turn. That fetival in the desert does have a volunteer public works dept that examines every inch of the onsite desert floor after the event...
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    What's the cleanest, cheapest, most minimal eating I can do?

    frozen vegetables, canned both have most nutrients redacted
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    New Vs. Used

    You can buy Hiace Toyota converted trucks--->camper from some guy in San Bruno pretty cheap w/ diesel engines that last forever but other parts harder to find. I hear he has some even in the 20ks$. European/Japanese steering wheel on curbside.
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    New Vs. Used

    If you buy used from a dealer, be sure they let you take it to another shop (preferably a competing dealership) and you pay to have them check the car out (and Schwab will analyze some of the underparts for free and it is worth paying for an alignment to see if bent frame). If stuff that is...
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    What is The Most Fuel Efficient Cargo Van?

    these have diesel engines which last forever, but hard to get parts and drive on the right side. Really want one. They are not that expensive like a Mercedes camper, in the 20K or so range, made by Toyota in Japan.
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    What is The Most Fuel Efficient Cargo Van?

    I am right now on Brannan Island, CA in my Ford Transit Connect! And yes, only enough room for single bed size sleeping area, clothes, and two icechests. You have to do a soldier's crawl to get all the way into the van before sleeping but the gas mileage is pretty good. This vehicle was not...
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