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Good cars to bum in?

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masta_LE3B
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im looking for a good car to ski bum in for a year. or so.

ive been looking at the subaru outback hatchback.

any other ideas or anything that people know of? apreciate the help, and yes i searchbared, and theres poop for info.

also good resorts that people know of would help to.

thanks, bobby
Aug 9 2010 10:41PM
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Scott0_robot0
Posts: 3291 - Karma: 212
subaru brat
Aug 9 2010 10:43PM
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j.bird
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-80702.html

here you go.
Aug 9 2010 11:10PM
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hawaiianpunch
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SCHOOL BUS FTW
Aug 9 2010 11:18PM
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SassySloth
Posts: 3753 - Karma: 2,095
What ever you got
Aug 9 2010 11:20PM
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VT_scratch
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westfalla
Aug 9 2010 11:20PM
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finchski
Posts: 470 - Karma: 621
id personaly say to not bum in your car because you cant really bring a chick back to your backseat, haha or go to her house
Aug 9 2010 11:44PM
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skithecanada
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Well the best car in my personal experience is a ford ranger with a box cover. You just get a good winter sleeping bag and a matress and are good to go.
Aug 9 2010 11:49PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Big rape van or a suburban
Aug 10 2010 1:16AM
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Holte
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Any SUV with removable seats and a roof box is great. I spent almost 40 nights living out of a Range Rover with one other person a couple seasons ago and it wasn't too bad. The season before, I ski bummed in my Camry for ten days, and it was utterly miserable. The bigger the vehicle, the better.
Aug 10 2010 1:36AM
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blatt
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a van but take out the back seats
or a vw mini bus
Aug 10 2010 1:49AM
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jimmer
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as long as it's not tiny you'll be fine. i love my subie, i've bummed in it for short periods of time and it's great. the back seats fold down all the way, it is awesome in sketchy weather, and doesn't give off the same rapist vibe as a van. in fact, the ladies tend to take a liking to it.
Aug 10 2010 1:59AM
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mariob
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yes yes yes yes and yes
Aug 10 2010 2:06AM
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Bagels
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Aug 10 2010 2:08AM
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DG.3
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ice cream truck!
Aug 10 2010 2:17AM
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buddychaps
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smart car
Aug 10 2010 2:23AM
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Thrash
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ford expedition.
Aug 10 2010 2:53AM
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wintersway
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volkswagen eurovan (or whatever they call it, this came up as campervan)
Aug 10 2010 11:12AM
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erejto64
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ya good luck with that that things looks really warm.....
Aug 10 2010 11:18AM
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I_Am_Mod
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^^those are quite expensive ... at least in europe they are ....
Aug 10 2010 11:18AM
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twin-tip-hero
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the bigger the better man. you want as much room as possible. so imo i would go with a VW bug.
Aug 10 2010 11:18AM
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Morginsfreeski
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^^^^^ agree, you want the most room possible
Aug 10 2010 11:23AM
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montanan
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ive slept in my dodge durango many times, fucking not bad with sleeping bag etc. suburus dont go completely flat so you would have an interesting shaped back after a year of sleeping in a car day after day of skiing
Aug 10 2010 11:37AM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
absolutely positively 100% correct.



Aug 10 2010 11:39AM
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I_Am_Mod
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In summer i'm a scubadiver and in our club there's a guy who makes almost 200 dives/year and basically lives at the coast.....

he has bought a large van, put a large bed right behind the 2 seats, behind the bed, a living area with a bench, table, tv, stove, cooking table, sink, etc...
underneath he attached a water container that can be heated; when he comes out of the water after a dive he can attach a garden hose to that container and take a hot shower :)

+ he has a sunscreen that can be extended from the side of the van so they can chill outside :)

quite an epic van, much larger and comfier than a VW van, thats gonna go at least 10k to begin with, while he spent 12k on everything....

also make sure the van can be vented properly, sleeping inside a cold vehicle will cause lots of condense and make everything humid/moldy ....
^^the guy has 2 small side windows and installed a window in the roof ....
Aug 10 2010 11:51AM
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50in07
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Thats super tight. I've always wanted to scubadive.
Aug 10 2010 1:41PM
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LC.
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Fools.

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Aug 10 2010 2:06PM
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PacificRimJob
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CHEVY ASTRO VAN - AWD. PERIOD.

Cheap. Gets through anything, you can stand up inside it when you wake up in the morning, and you can make it into a free candy mobile if it has no sidewall windows.

no other choice.
Aug 10 2010 2:18PM
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I_Am_Mod
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^^those are actually available in 4x4 !
you see them driving around quite a lot in the italian alps :)
Aug 10 2010 2:26PM
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Alex_G
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aerostar
Aug 10 2010 2:38PM
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leahey
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SUB. Outback or Impreza Wagon.
Aug 10 2010 3:02PM
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.peter
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3 words:
WINDOWLESS WHITE VAN.
Aug 10 2010 3:13PM
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aputnam
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Rape Van for the win!!!
but seriously i've been bumming in a suby outback for a while. a sick van's the dream, but subaru is cheap w/gas
Aug 10 2010 8:32PM
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TheRealEvan.
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/this
Aug 10 2010 8:42PM
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Cense6
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Mini van, fold down middle row, add twin bed, dish for tv, mini fridge
Aug 10 2010 8:48PM
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Cense6
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Pictures?
Aug 10 2010 8:49PM
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grilledsteezeyo
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limo!
Aug 10 2010 9:01PM
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ridearmada14
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DUDE MY SAAB 9000 WAS SO GOOD FOR BURNING IN. THING WOULD SERIOUSLY HOTBOX WITHIN MINUTES OF FAT RIPS
Aug 10 2010 9:11PM
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ridearmada14
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disregard post above, thought this thread was "good cars to burn in"
Aug 10 2010 9:12PM
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jibjunkie
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hahaha
Aug 10 2010 10:19PM
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ReignMan
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i use a hoth rover. just cut it open with ur skis and bam  climb in and enjoy a memosa!
Aug 10 2010 10:26PM
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Shadows
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Aug 10 2010 10:37PM
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FoxRiderAR77
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My Honda Odyssey is pretty awesome to sleep in since its completely flat in the back, pull out the 2 middle chairs and you can stretch out real nice, I could make some little cabinets for it as well
Aug 10 2010 10:41PM
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ReignMan
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Is that a VW bug?!?!?!?!?
Aug 10 2010 10:53PM
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deleted5
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i wouldn't want to be burned alive in any car
Aug 10 2010 11:00PM
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Static
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exactly why seat belts are outlawed
Aug 11 2010 3:12AM
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TOUCHE
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that would be awesome, not too sure if its very reliable though
Aug 11 2010 5:02AM
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Moses
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hell yea, my fam has/ has had two awd astros and two awd safaris since the early 90's. to this day 3 of the 4 are still on the road while the fourth is in a better place.
Aug 11 2010 9:33AM
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masta_LE3B
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all great responses fellas. but want about being low key? wont places get suspicious if theres a van parked in their parking lot for a few days? or even over night?
Aug 11 2010 4:32PM
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PacificRimJob
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Likely not... If it looks more construction-like, they might assume it's some contractors van or truck rather than some ski bum's car...

If you have a bright red subaru like me, without tinted windows and with a thousand stickers on it, you're probably going to get a few questionmarks from resort folk if they are not cool with people chillin in their parking lot overnight than if you had a plain coloured van.
Aug 11 2010 4:49PM
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monkatizer
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bump
Nov 12 2011 9:24PM
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