Most incongruous car camping rig...
Discussion
So I'm guessing this will be a bit niche and will no doubt attract some derision, but I'm intending to go winter camping in my Evora.
I've three "rigs" with varying degrees of madness:
1. Tentipi hot tent with wood burning stove. The tent fits on the rear +2 seats and the stove fits in the boot with the camp beds and heavy/hard items. All soft stuff like sleeping bags goes on the +2 seats.
2. 4 Season mountain tent & 4 season mountaineering sleeping bag, mat etc. Fits easily. As above, this would be for campsite camping somewhere open all year.
3. Bivvy bag and 4 season sleeping bag for "stealth" Wild Camping beside the car.
So before I go off and do this, does anyone have any photos or experience doing something similar? Proper 4x4 Land Rover rigs with roof tents doesn't count. Anything 2wd, low slung and impractical is what I'm after. I did do this 30 yrs ago with a TVR but unfortunately do not have photos.
Anyone car camping with a Caterham wins!
I've three "rigs" with varying degrees of madness:
1. Tentipi hot tent with wood burning stove. The tent fits on the rear +2 seats and the stove fits in the boot with the camp beds and heavy/hard items. All soft stuff like sleeping bags goes on the +2 seats.
2. 4 Season mountain tent & 4 season mountaineering sleeping bag, mat etc. Fits easily. As above, this would be for campsite camping somewhere open all year.
3. Bivvy bag and 4 season sleeping bag for "stealth" Wild Camping beside the car.
So before I go off and do this, does anyone have any photos or experience doing something similar? Proper 4x4 Land Rover rigs with roof tents doesn't count. Anything 2wd, low slung and impractical is what I'm after. I did do this 30 yrs ago with a TVR but unfortunately do not have photos.
Anyone car camping with a Caterham wins!
Anything is possible.
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Yep, took the then girlfriend away for a weekend camping at Kipford in the mk3 MR2 Spyder. Had to travel up there with the roof up to utilise the parcel shelf but once there all the cubby holes held everything and we could bomb about roof down.
Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
ChocolateFrog said:
I think I'd do a double take if I saw a woodburning stove being pulled out of an Evora at the campsite.
A wood burner is only just older technology than the Toyota V6....The Evora boot is so long and slim that the stove itself only takes up 3rd of the length. I've got extra lengths of flue and a bulky spark arrestor so those will eat up another 3rd of the boot. I suspect the +2 seats will need to carry almost everything else. Probably won't take the stainless steel kitchen sink and dutch oven that usually goes with the Tentipi rig...
Or I go minimalist with the bivvy bag:
Edited by TVRBRZ on Tuesday 3rd December 18:45
TVRBRZ said:
ChocolateFrog said:
I think I'd do a double take if I saw a woodburning stove being pulled out of an Evora at the campsite.
A wood burner is only just older technology than the Toyota V6....The Evora boot is so long and slim that the stove itself only takes up 3rd of the length. I've got extra lengths of flue and a bulky spark arrestor so those will eat up another 3rd of the boot. I suspect the +2 seats will need to carry almost everything else. Probably won't take the stainless steel kitchen sink and dutch oven that usually goes with the Tentipi rig...
I used to work for the guy who first brought Tentipi stuff into the UK.
Quality kit, I used to borrow various models for the weekend. Would always get questions.
TVRBRZ said:
A wood burner is only just older technology than the Toyota V6....
The Evora boot is so long and slim that the stove itself only takes up 3rd of the length. I've got extra lengths of flue and a bulky spark arrestor so those will eat up another 3rd of the boot. I suspect the +2 seats will need to carry almost everything else. Probably won't take the stainless steel kitchen sink and dutch oven that usually goes with the Tentipi rig...
What's a boot?
A wood burner is only just older technology than the Toyota V6....
The Evora boot is so long and slim that the stove itself only takes up 3rd of the length. I've got extra lengths of flue and a bulky spark arrestor so those will eat up another 3rd of the boot. I suspect the +2 seats will need to carry almost everything else. Probably won't take the stainless steel kitchen sink and dutch oven that usually goes with the Tentipi rig...
What's a boot?
Me and a mate did a road trip round Europe in a 900cc cinquecento. With the seats wound right down it was just about possible to sleep in the car.
I’m 5’11 and my mate is 6’2.
I don’t think the car would have hit 50mph if we had got one of them new trendy roof tents that a lot see to have now.
I’m 5’11 and my mate is 6’2.
I don’t think the car would have hit 50mph if we had got one of them new trendy roof tents that a lot see to have now.
ChocolateFrog said:
I used to work for the guy who first brought Tentipi stuff into the UK.
Quality kit, I used to borrow various models for the weekend. Would always get questions.
RedWhiteMonkey said:
TVRBRZ said:
Yes! Home made roof tent on a Trabant! Love it!
Not actually homemade, these were a thing you could buy back in the GDR days.There was a thunderstorm during the night, I don't imagine Trabant guy's stay was too pleasant.
PRO5T said:
Yep, took the then girlfriend away for a weekend camping at Kipford in the mk3 MR2 Spyder. Had to travel up there with the roof up to utilise the parcel shelf but once there all the cubby holes held everything and we could bomb about roof down.
Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
I used to go camping in my MR2 Roadster with Mrs DS quite often - all the way to Spain. We had a luggage rack that went in the back over the engine. We had loads of space and we are both 6’3”. Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
Also done the same round Spain in my SL500 - that actually would be easy if you kept the roof up, but required precise tesellation of the boot contents when repacking to have it down.
Dog Star said:
PRO5T said:
Yep, took the then girlfriend away for a weekend camping at Kipford in the mk3 MR2 Spyder. Had to travel up there with the roof up to utilise the parcel shelf but once there all the cubby holes held everything and we could bomb about roof down.
Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
I used to go camping in my MR2 Roadster with Mrs DS quite often - all the way to Spain. We had a luggage rack that went in the back over the engine. We had loads of space and we are both 6’3”. Clean knickers and toiletries in the glove box!
Also done the same round Spain in my SL500 - that actually would be easy if you kept the roof up, but required precise tesellation of the boot contents when repacking to have it down.
I never like those luggage racks on the MR2 (no offence) but I did investigate strap on bags such as you could get for other roadsters but I always figured heat ventilation would be a problem on the MR2.
In the end we traded up to something new and I regretted it for years to come. Great cars and great memories of daft things done in youth!
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