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  1. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I leave the wifi on when I am in the apt but when I leave the apt I turn it off.  It is a cheap prepaid alcatel att phone. everything you mentioned is already off but it still drains if it is being used and drains pretty quickly. And I keep the brightness down when indoors when I go outside I...
  2. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Yeah, I was thinking of something like that, the fan itself would take the main car battery supply down quickly running it 8 hours a night and a couple hours during the day sometimes with the car not even moving from a certain spot.
  3. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Yeah, go ahead shoot me a pm with all the info and how to get started and get clients. I love animals and aren't allergic to cats or dogs.
  4. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Yeah I planned on it through the winter. This way the 300 for rent I can actually save each month. I thought about house sitting jobs you get paid to sit peoples houses but the sites ou got to pay for them and I don't have the money to pay for them right now. maybe something down the line.
  5. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I planned on getting a small laptop for self employment business later down the road once I got money saved to buy a van. For now it would just be dc like you said usb with a cigarette charger for usb components.  And as of right now it would be just a small usb or cig lighter fan and my cell...
  6. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Right now all I have is my cell phone which drains pretty quickly a few hours of idling it is a cheap phone. I planned on getting an ipad or some type of tablet to watch netflix on, and of course a fan. I thought about just using the car battery but not too sure how much it would drain for 8...
  7. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Thank you mdoverl. I will. once I get a feel for exactly how my car works and runs, remember I just bought this car 2 weeks ago and haven't really had much time to mess with it let alone test it out and push it to its limits.
  8. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I was thinking another battery like a deep cycle battery with a battery isolator for the fan and some electric items like phone maybe small tablet. And I won't be doing this until around sept or oct. this way it gives me time to get the car working right and set up and some extra money on hand...
  9. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I Understood what you said. I wanted to run a test get statistics to find out exactly what it would pull. before I actually go stealth parking or boondocking. I also thought about the battery thing and thought about buying  a spare battery and hooking it up with a converter. possibly placing the...
  10. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    There is no misunderstanding.  I know prius is a hybrid. And I said I would test it out to find out. while I still have housing. just to see what I will be looking at statistics wise with mine.
  11. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I don't mind eating Raman, but I need something else other than just Raman. I thought of maybe Tuna in water and stuff like chilli and crackers.  I will be taking my car for a 8 hour test drive next month to see how strong it holds up and I will run it all night to see how much gas it burns...
  12. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    These are actualy great ideas for stealth parking. What do you do when it is hot outside and very humid? How do you keep cool?
  13. Dwade81

    Don't lock your keys in your home/car.

    I keep a space key in my wallet, a spare key in a magnetic case under the car up inside the engine bay accessible from the ground if you reach up. I keep a spare key taped inside my shoe under my shoe sole near the tip top of my toes it is padded with tissue paper so it isnt hard when my toes...
  14. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Yeah, I know about them tried calling but no answer. I did call same houston national forest. 14 days visit free then you can't be seen around any of sam houston national forest again for another 30 days.
  15. Dwade81

    Anyone who full time boondocks in a car??

    tonyandkaren,  I thought about Stealth parking but it would eat up what I had left for fuel and food.
  16. Dwade81

    Anyone who full time boondocks in a car??

    IanC I get that, What I am looking for is more of how much a full time boondocker spends in fuel and how much in food. As for bills, like phone bill price, prepaid or contracted, or maybe gym memberships and so on. Not wanting to get into personal bills or debts.
  17. Dwade81

    Anyone who full time boondocks in a car??

    I am wondering if anyone on here does full time boondocking in a small town or small city or big city in a sedan? And if you do, what is your setup like in your car and how much are your expenses for food, gas, other bills. I would like a break down on your expenses and not a total amount. I am...
  18. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    I'm not too sure how that car cover would work for me in a Walmart parking lot. And many food banks require an actual address and a bill from that address in your name. At least the ones I know and been too.
  19. Dwade81

    Single 36 year old male, Looking for someone who I connect with.

    **About Me:** I am 36 SWM, Not married, no children, I am drug free, don't smoke and lightly drink when I do drink. I don't go to bars or clubs, I prefer to stay home or a nice quiet night out driving or walking around a lake or something. I love children and animals. I am gentle, kind and very...
  20. Dwade81

    Needing Help,Advice, Ideas on living in my car. This will be my first time

    Optimistic Paranoid, I actually read those just now. I was actually thinking about slab city about 8 months ago. But I doubt my car would make it that far let alone make it back here if I had to come back for a disability interview or something.
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