Thanks for the comprehensive response!! 🙌
Lots of good thoughts to chew on here, I’ll take some time to consider these points! And thanks for not just saying to get a truck instead. I do have some previous experience driving with a truck & trailer combo, though that was only a simple flatbed, so not a very apt comparison.
e: Oh also we’re not locking ourselves into only new vehicles. Just what’s available in the market in our price range, ~30-45k. Lots of carfax diving lately
Thank you for chiming in, these are the concerns we're weighing right now.
Unfortunately the dealership was a bit clueless about the difference between Towing and Cargo capacity.
From our own researching the owners manuals in the 4runner lineup, the absolute best we can get is 1165 lbs cargo with a very specific year & trim. That’s a little better than 880, but a far cry from comfortably workable.
I can expound a bit:
We’ve chosen this one because of its total weight, the solar panels, and the shower and bed. It doesn’t need to be big, it just needs to work with what we can get. It’s the smallest comprehensive package we’ve found, although I’m sure there’s plenty of other brands we haven’t come across yet. We’re aware it’s at a premium, and have decided the benefits outweigh the extra cost.
The first thing we’ll do with it is take it up into Canada to do some university tours. Optimally we’ll be able to dry camp at worst in between visits. If we like it, we may very well just keep doing that instead of renewing our soon-ending lease. We already practically live out of a suitcase anyways, the apartment is just a big storage for all our junk.
Did you have any specific SUV suggestions that would work alternatively? None seemed (at first) so reliable as a Toyota. Again, we’re exhausting all SUV options before considering trucks.
Yeah, that’s what’s immediately putting cinderblocks on the whole operation here. Thank you for the channel rec! I’ll admit the built-in solar panels and battery of the NuCamp is the largest draw towards it. Curious to see how one can retrofit an SUV with one, but we are being careful to adhere to US-CA border restrictions around vehicular modifications.
Jesus somebody really hates you, don’t they? No matter what it is you always get at least 1 downvote.
Dear hater: If you’re reading this, please fuck right off back down your sewer-grated hovel.
Try scottish breakfast! Its similar to irish, but much darker and “punchier” imo. It’s my go-to when I’m out of coffee and need the closest thing to caffeinate up in the morning
Thank you!!! These are good shit!
Did you think about: They’re icky?
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Also if someone could link where I could get one of these stickers that’d be great :)
Just finished up season 1 of For All Mankind last night! Absolute 10/10, I’m really really hoping the quality doesn’t drop off. I don’t really audibly gasp when watching TV, but damn near every episode drew an “OH my GOD!!!!??!!!!!!” out of me — hopped out of bed once or twice just to pace through the scene 😹😹 I highly recommend it so far!
I just went through this search for attending Uni, and unfortunately it’s almost impossible to get a reasonably-to-decently spec’d out laptop running AMD at the 14” size right now. The purpose was to avoid any 13th/14th gen intels for their recent issues, and increase it’s longevity.
What it boiled down to (for me) was: • Asus Zephyrus G14 (32GB Ram), or • Thinkpad P14s Gen 5
Ultimately went with the Zephyrus, and holy shit I’m glad I did, even with Win11.
Edit:
To clarify, Framework is available to me, but I couldn’t take a chance on class requirements. This video was very helpful in making the final decision.
Freddy’s or Culver’s. Shake shack gets a distant third place if nothing else is nearby.
Outside of my area, it’s white castle. Miss u baby 😿
That’s a salient point about the fuel economy. I’m assuming it won’t just halve after attaching a semi-loaded RV, but maybe third or even quarter?
Atm I can’t say we would or wouldn’t be staying in one spot for a week+ at a time, at least not at first, so we’ll definitely have to weigh the short-term vs long-term timelines further.