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    Best car to live in

    The cost of living in a car appears to be extremely low (low/no council taxes, cheaper than buying and running a house) and freedom very high (easy to move, including to the most affluent areas). Is living in a car a great way to survive a depression?

    If so, what's the best type of car to live in? Ideally the car would be cheap to buy and run, but not too big to limit ones freedom to move around and park up anywhere, but also not so small that you couldn't get a decent nights kip and store a few things. Caravans are horrible chavvy things and are too big to lug around, so I wouldn't consider one of those hovels. The car also shouldn't stand out from legitimate cars parked up, so that one could park up on a street anywhere and not be noticed or become a nuisance.

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    One mate had a big ancient Peugot with a mattress in the back, OK for the odd day or two of contracting. He eventually upgraded to a knackered old camper van that he parked up in the local leisure centre and got a swimming season ticket to perform his morning ablutions. He held down a long term contract with this setup. Is that any help ?

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      #3
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681978.stm

      Honda for IT contractors
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        #4
        Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
        One mate had a big ancient Peugot with a mattress in the back, OK for the odd day or two of contracting. He eventually upgraded to a knackered old camper van that he parked up in the local leisure centre and got a swimming season ticket to perform his morning ablutions. He held down a long term contract with this setup. Is that any help ?
        Yes, that's the kind of thing. I was considering keeping the gym membership going for a while too, to stay fit and use the shower/ablution facilities and to keep up the same sort of standard of living.

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          #5
          Transit van. Cosy but doable.

          Also, make sure you park on private ground if you ever intend drinking alcohol.
          ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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            #6
            Nice motorhome would work...well, it's not a caravan (evil bloody things!)

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              #7
              Get a boat!!! A nice yacht, all you pay are mooring fees....
              "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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                #8
                Originally posted by daviejones View Post
                Get a boat!!! A nice yacht, all you pay are mooring fees....
                Yes, can't afford a house, buy a yacht. Job done...
                ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
                  Yes, can't afford a house, buy a yacht. Job done...
                  Yep...you can buy a liveaboard sailing boat for about 25K.....
                  "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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                    #10
                    How about a Volkswagen camper parked down Bishops Avenue, Hampstead.

                    There are no yellow lines and you too can live on Millionaires Row
                    'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
                    Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.

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