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Posted: 6/22/2011 8:58:22 AM EDT

We're talking CAR here, no van, not truck, not motor home, not rolling mansion motor coach or tour bus, etc. Car.

The main considerations for me would be interior space, trunk space and mechanical reliability.

I thin my first choice would be a 1985 Buick LeSabre preferably with the velour interior. Comfortable, spacious and still a decent enough car to remain mechanically sound if it is maintained.

Second choice would probably be a 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88, again with the velour.

My current ride is a Nissan 350z, and I definitely would NOT want to live in that!

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:00:41 AM EDT

[#1]

1969 Bonneville. I could sleep in the back seat and rent out the trunk.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:00:59 AM EDT

[#2]

The Family Truckster.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:02:31 AM EDT

[#3]

An old Checker Marathon. Talk about roomy...

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:03:18 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

The Family Truckster.

I knew I'd be beaten.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:03:28 AM EDT

[#5]

Since I can't have my truck's benchseat (I've slept on it multiple times, it's actually pretty comfortable) I'll take most any land yacht. Those big old beasts have more interior space than some truck beds with a trunk big enough to pack a small apt and they just keep going...and going...and going.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:03:29 AM EDT

[#6]

Some kind of sporty wagon, I guess. BMW 5 Series Touring, E-Class wagon, Subaru Legacy or something like that.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:04:53 AM EDT

[#7]

1978-81 Ford Country Squire station wagon.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:05:59 AM EDT

[#8]

Crown vic.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:06:40 AM EDT

[#9]

Subaru Brat and put a cap on the bed.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:08:15 AM EDT

[#10]

Ford Excursion King Ranch

ftmfw

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:08:17 AM EDT

[#11]

The biggest damn Cadillac I could find.

Maybe full sized Chev station wagon.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:08:47 AM EDT

[#12]

I have a Jeep Liberty –– I guess that's a "car". I'm not sure what living in it would detail, but there's room enough in the front to store my BoB and other essentials, while the back seats lay flat to afford what I would assume to be a good place to sleep if I'm tiring of a tent.

20mpg isn't all that great, though. Probably would have to seek out a hybrid vehicle of similar design.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:09:40 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Second choice would probably be a 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88, again with the velour.

Mine would be the mid 60s version of this ride. One I knew of got a lot of "living" done in it back in high school.

DP

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:09:47 AM EDT

[#14]

70's Caprice wagon.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:10:33 AM EDT

[#15]

Probably an early 70's Country Squire....

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:11:10 AM EDT

[#16]

A 70's model hearse

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:12:09 AM EDT

[#17]

El Camino SS w/ a cap.

I think that counts as a car

Speed

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:15:09 AM EDT

[#18]

I'm going to steal Top Gear UK's idea and say the Audi RS6 Avant Estate (station wagon).

572 hp V-10 engine and I should be able to lie down in the back with the rear seats folded down.

Only problem is, I don't have 70,000 pounds to buy one.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:19:44 AM EDT

[#19]

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:21:06 AM EDT

[#20]

An old Checker or a 1991-96 Caprice wagon. Plenty of room in that biatch.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:23:45 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/6/1969OldsmobileVistaCruiser.jpg

I would drive that car right now, today. Seriously, if I knew of a good one for sale then I'd sell my car and buy it.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:26:15 AM EDT

[#22]

Smart car

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:34:30 AM EDT

[#23]

Its actually pretty comfortable to sleep in.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:40:51 AM EDT

[#24]

1981 Oldsmobile Custom Cruser. It was the fist car I owned. More than enough room to sleep in. I've had this crazy idea for a while now of finding an old station wagon like that and making it 4x4. A car like that would make a kick ass SUV.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:43:47 AM EDT

[#25]

Uh, simple.

House Porsche - youtube (someone please embed.)

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:45:24 AM EDT

[#26]

The Fiat Panda convertible from Top Gear.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:46:52 AM EDT

[#27]

I have "car camped" when in the field on extended projects. My 2003 Subaru Outback makes a great mobile "tent." But anyone taller than 5'10" or so would not fit as well. I am not sure if the newer models have as much length (they don't look like they do).

I have also camped out of my Jeep Cherokee, it is not long enough to stretch out in. I also have done this with a truck with a canopy, it also works well.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:53:15 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
An old Checker Marathon. Talk about roomy...

My first thought.

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Posted: 6/22/2011 9:54:05 AM EDT

[#29]

Been there. 1953 Dodge, Red Ram Hemi. Gyro-matic trans., Cut the back seat supports out and put 3/4 ply down. When I got the car it only had about 300k on it. A friend and I put another 50k on it. All over the US and made it to Banff Canada. Very good times, Circa 1973. Or I would choose a Citroen(Viva Le Citroen)

. You can make the seats into a very comfortable bed.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:54:38 AM EDT

[#30]

4th generation Chrysler Newport station wagon.

Posted: 6/22/2011 9:56:02 AM EDT

[#31]

I lived in my Honda Accord 1992 EX for about seven months. I was broke and wasn't making much money. Pawned pretty much everything in storage to finally to get a place. Found a pretty decent job after that and worked my ass off. 1999-2000

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:00:13 AM EDT

[#32]

in a VAN

DOWN BY THE RIVER

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:02:07 AM EDT

[#33]

1974 Lincoln Continental with leather seats. Roomy, solid, quiet, and powerful. If I didn't have a mortgage I could also afford to buy gas for it.

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:02:26 AM EDT

[#34]

They see me rollin', they hatin'

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:06:38 AM EDT

[#35]

Headroom - Ford Transit - double air mattresses FTW

Flex works better overall

Used a rental as a chase vehicle for a ride through the PacWest - acres of room, had to sleep in it twice during storms - got better than 25 mpg on the way. With just 1 person it'd be palatial.

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:08:31 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/6/1969OldsmobileVistaCruiser.jpg

Man when I was a kid I thought those roof windows kicked ass. Always wish we had one.

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:16:51 AM EDT

[#37]

Ford Excursion.

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:17:23 AM EDT

[#38]

Austin Mini.

Posted: 6/22/2011 10:18:57 AM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:16:27 PM EDT

[#40]

It's too bad you said no trucks, this one leaves you with plenty of room to sleep

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:18:12 PM EDT

[#41]

Buicks have crazy room.

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:24:34 PM EDT

[#42]

'59 Cadillac Hearse, oh yeah!

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:28:50 PM EDT

[#43]

I'd go with a 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy Five Sedan or Fleetwood Limousine or the same year. They are about as big as they get.

Oh yeah................she's 21 feet long.

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:32:19 PM EDT

[#44]

ETA: I read the OP too fast and missed the part about no vans but I'm sticking with the hippie bus.

Posted: 6/22/2011 2:32:32 PM EDT

[#45]

Assuming I have to stay in the same location, I'd want a TDI with good a/c. Staying cool in the summer is imperative, and I could probably idle for a week on one tank of #2.

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