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22/3/2016 at 11:56am
Location: Scotland
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Hi
I was after a bit of advice. My partner and I were planning a camping road trip round the north of Scotland in the next couple of months. We have a large tent set-up, which suits us well if we base ourselves in one place for several days. However, we used to have a camper van, and I miss the sheer get-up-and-go approach to trips away. Simply pack the van and head off, rather than the process of setting camp. We don't have budget this year to purchase a van, so I have became curious to the concept of car-camping. We have a VW Passat estate, and I reckon if we were to find the right sort of tent, we could fully utilise the rear of the car. Has anyone out there used such a set up? I'd be keen to hear of experiences, tent brands, pros, cons, or anything else. Many thanks
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24/3/2016 at 12:46am
Location: Northern Ireland
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I have gone car camping although I'm still tweaking my set up, and I replaced my Estate (407) with one of the last Lagunas and it's a hatchback.It does have fold flat seats with a clear 2m of space so I can't see why it wouldn't work for me. What I did before was use a tarp over the opened boot which gave me room to cook under (in bad weather). I used a Coleman Mini table for keeping the stove on and used a soft coolbag for holding all my 'catering' set up (plate, mug, nesting pan set, gas cannister, single folding stove etc etc).
I prefer to split things in to kits. So I have a 'personal' kits which is a bag with clothes, towel and toiletries (including meds) and then the 'Catering' bag - as above. The Extras bag then a torch, a first aid kit, ear plugs eye mask and book, phone charger etc.
I would advise keeping a set of jump leads under one of the seats as sometimes you can go too far with charging the phone, or other devices and run the battery down. It isn't likely to happen though, it's just in case.
I think if you are looking for a quick erect tent for travelling around you couldn't go far wrong with a Quechua Base Seconds from Decathlon. A lot of people use these for camper van awnings. You can buy an inner for it to turn it into a sleeping tent. It's stand up height throughout and 2.5m squared.
I use one as a utility tent.
Here's some additional info about sleeping in a car from a blog (American - sorry!) but good pics in it.
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