sdkrc Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I'm a connoisseur of sleeping in cars. I spent half a year sleeping on 2 chairs held together with belts and subsequently 7 months sleeping on a table in a flat with a rat problem. During those periods I'd have aspirational thoughts of a nice campervan, a canal barge or an estate to sleep in. I used to regularly sleep in my Audi C6 estate and would rank that as my #1 car sleeping recommendation. I once went camping with the lads, they got pissed before pitching their tent and it blew into a river. That night 3x large, grown men slept in great comfort thanks to a flat load bay, felt lining and ample room. The worst night's sleep was across the back of an A2 whilst going to see an eBay purchased boat in Plymouth. We picked up my dad's mate who had spent a not insignificant amount of his life in prison, I let him drive and he did 200miles at 95mph, most of those in 4th gear. The seat belt buckles dug into me all night and there's an insurmountable gradient only noticeable when you're lying down. The stains in this pic aren't mine but are representative. Honourable mention to a night in the Insight. Much roomier than you'd think, you can't recline the seat without moving it forward but it somehow was tolerable and almost pleasant. So where have you slept and how would you rate it? M'coli, Lacquer Peel, Asimo and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, sdkrc said: I let him drive and he did 200miles at 95mph, most of those in 4th gear. Had he been in the jail since 1973? Nibbler, sdkrc, AnthonyG and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gerrymcd said: Had he been in the jail since 1973? It was his first time driving and he did a superb job. He told us all about how he used to make doner kebab meat in his bath and sell it to the takeaways. Very interesting man The Vicar, wuvvum, Dan_ZTT and 16 others 2 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 After the birth of my first born, I was getting zero sleep. I would go to my mk2 cavalier, get under a blanket with a pillow for my head and set my alarm clock for 55 mins. If you are tired enough, the lack of comfort is okay. I used to eat my lunch at my desk about 11 am. vonmon, ProgRocker and sdkrc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I often used to have a powernap at lunchtime in my car/van/truck. Once managed a four hour long powernap in my Calibra after driving 120miles to Betws Y Coed, which I apparently got away with, despite being parked in the work compound. My most comfortable car for sleeping in was my Vauxhall Omega which had lovely soft heated armchairs and masses of legroom. The back seat was comfortable too. The least comfortable was a night spent with a girl I'd met at a music festival in the back of a 306 XSI. It was one of those annoying situations where the legroom was insufficient for me by about three or four inches, so I had horrible cramp the next day. Not that I did much sleeping... Coprolalia, GrumpiusMaximus, LT84 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 MK7 Civic. Passable but not amazing. Even I, at 5ft7, had to lie diagonally for leg room and there is a height change where the seat back folds down that needs a cushion or blankets to fill. The Acclaim you can nap in but not much more, even with the seat reclined right back your feet are in amongst the pedals. The 740 can accommodate a double mattress with the seats down so should be excellent... sdkrc, MJK 24, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 A week sleeping in a 1985 Metro, as the girl I was seeing was in hospital in Cambridge and I couldn't afford a B&B. It was OK. Front passenger seat reclined, and a sleeping bag. warch and vonmon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 nights in my mk1 galaxy(back seats removed) was as comfy as being at home.Nearly 7ft of floor space.🥱 GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Almost always colder than you thought it was going to be the evening before. anonymous user, LightBulbFun, DSdriver and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 When I was about 16, it was 8pm and three of us decided we would go for a couple of days to my mates dads caravan in Caernarfon. We lived in Rotherham. We drove down in his three door renault 5 (monaco 1.7 😎) and obviously when three lads turn up at a caravan site at 11:45PM, the warden quite rightly told us to FRO. So we pulled into the next layby and attempted to sleep. I was laid in the back, going across, (ish) with the other two reclining their front seats, luckily they didn't go that far back so I was left with just enough room. We all just about nodded off OK, until at about 3am I woke up with an urge to stretch my legs a bit, which turned into a full on panic attack and the realisation that I was claustrophobic and had to IMMEDIATELY get out of the car. Obviously the lads in the front weren't amused at all when I woke them up, and then when they saw the panic I was having, they were all of a sudden very amused indeed at my plight. It's 20 years ago and recalling the story genuinely has made my palms sweat and my legs ache. sdkrc, AnnoyingPentium, BorniteIdentity and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 My favoured position for car sleeping is the front passenger seat reclined as far back as possible. Ideally wrapped in a big duvet. Worked ok in a Vauxhall Omega, Citroen Xantia, Mercedes S-class and a few other things. Very occasionally I’ve had the luxury of an estate to sleep in the back of, but not often. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Ford focus Mk1 at the FOD. I tried half-inflating a blow up mattress in the boot, but the car was about 8 inches too short for the mattress and subsequently me. Then tried lying in the boot with my head on the folded-up seats, squeezed in with the the other crap in there. That didn't work. Ended up in the passenger seat, but I couldn't push it back due to the rear seats being folded so I woke up a billion times in the night with massive cramp (my body is 90% legs) from being folded up all wrong. Great FOD weekender though. LightBulbFun and LT84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Used to race minimotos around the country as a young gun. First time I slept in the car I think I nearly died. I rock up quite late the night before to Nottingham raceway off the A46 in a H plate mk3 fiesta - all the gear in the back - bike, couple of Jerry cans full of petrol etc Decided to get some Kip so moved to the passenger seat, reclined and wrapped myself in a duvet Woke up about 5am, absolutely freezing but massive headache and stopping myself from being sick all over the car Probably should have unloaded the car - absolutely full of petrol fumes from the Jerry cans. Horrible night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Slept a couple of times in the back of a C5 estate. Pretty good with a bit of a camp mattress. Cars do get cold, pity anyone who has to sleep in one out of necessity. AnnoyingPentium and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Haven't had to sleep in the Fabia yet but at 5'11 it could be rather interesting... GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Oddly enough I've got a new purchase arriving Wednesday, and one of its intended purposes is car-camping this summer. Be interesting to see other people's experiences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Not got the pics to hand but many of us do it at Shitefest! I've done it a few times, a double air bed blows up beautifully in an estate car! Did it in the saloon laguna too and it wasn't too bad. Also slept across the back seat of a zx which wasn't as fun, although alcohol helped. It's a dilemma I have nowadays. I have a lovely tent which I wish I used more, but it's a grade a faff to assemble and pack away... Kipping in the car is just easier for weekends here and there AnnoyingPentium and Semi-C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Sorry for another salacious reminiscence but I can remember my brother once trying to have relations* with his then girlfriend in the back of his 1960 Landrover. He was thwarted by the spare wheel (mounted behind the front seats) which worked loose and fell on him. I did once sleep in my Landrover, I'd have been warmer sleeping rough tbh. catsinthewelder, AnnoyingPentium, mat_the_cat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cento16v Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I've slept in the 308, and in my old S60 a few times, when the little un was poorly and in hospital over night, and they would only let one of us stay with him. So the wife stayed up in the room, and I stayed in the car. Both were comfy enough, but it was sodding cold, especially in November, and I had a North face hoodie as my only warmth. I reckon if I'd had a sleeping bag I'd have been happy enough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Tried a Volvo ? , I used mine for camping a few times . bunglebus, Shite Ron, sdkrc and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Reading this I’ll stick with the Travel Tavern type places. beko1987, carlo and AnnoyingPentium 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Slept in the front reclined seat of a mk2 focus when me and the Mrs had a fall out. Damn cold and uncomfortable. Also slept in the front seat of a suzuki baleno as I was falling asleep while driving so safer to stop. At one shitfest I also managed to fold back seat down and sleep diagonally across the back end of a xsara hatchback. Nowadays I need to be warm and comfortable or else I suffer for days after. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I would like to add to the list of sleeping in a Vauxhall Omega but I do remember it wasn't comfortable. Can't remember if I was across back seat or in driver's seat but there were two of us in there. Mid-spec velour I think. We'd been imbibing vodka jelly the evening before and were so pissed we couldn't even begin to try and find some floor space inside the house let alone a bed. GrumpiusMaximus, 108, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeh Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I've only done it once. Went back to Lincoln for a night out with some friends a few years below me after I'd graduated. House party followed by venturing into town, and then I was gonna crash on their sofa when we got back. Only another guest decided to throw up all over said sofa, so when I got back, it was wet from being cleaned and had no cushions as they were all in the washer. A bit drunk at 3am and ready for bed, I decided that the cold tile floor didn't appeal as a sleeping surface and elected to sleep in the back of my Megane. I put the passenger seat all the way forwards and sort of slept in an L shape across the back seats and into the footwell while wrapped in a double duvet with the window open a crack. More frustrating was the next morning when I needed to use the facilities and no-one answered the door at the house, ended up driving down to the local McDonalds! CreepingJesus and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 41 minutes ago, MikeR said: "Fancy coming back to my place love?" Coprolalia, Jim Bell, willswitchengage and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I've done it too many times, one evening two of us ended up sleeping in the front of my MK1 Fiesta while the back was full of stuff for a boot sale the next day, had the police wake us up at some godforsaken hour to check on us. I had a VW van years ago I used as a camper, but did end up sleeping in it one night with no airbed/bedding etc after a row with the (then) girlfriend - it was bloody cold and uncomfortable! Also kipped in the back of my Passat a couple of times, once after the ex-wife went skitzo and threatened to stab me (another cold uncomfortable night), and once when I got a migraine driving up the M11 and couldn't carry on, so had a nap in the back at the services until I felt better. Driving to Germany in either a 7.5 ton lorry or Sprinter has seen me sleeping in the cab numerous times, a van is just about OK on your own across the seats, but trying to sleep in that poxy lorry was a nightmare, I never found a comfortable position in years of trying. Best was pulling the seatbelt tight and getting it to lock, then resting my head against it - but I'd always end up nodding forwards and waking up. Don't miss that at all. Had the German police wake me up to check my ID once too, bastards. sdkrc and JackThrust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Only had the one occasion sleeping in a car. I was at a party/piss up down on the beach and after a long evening drinking beer it stared to rain. We were all to hammered to go home so we decided to stay the night. I was driven there so I had to share a Honda Jazz with my mate Finn, with one blanket. I had the passenger seat fully reclined and my bag in the footwell to prop up my feet and in all honesty it was quite comfortable (with the exception of the garlic heavy post-kabab arse gas). The following morning consisted of more beer and multiple day old supermarket cakes for breakfast as it was Finn’s birthday. GrumpiusMaximus and sdkrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Worst is a toss up between a Discovery shared with the ex after the kids left the tent flap open and soaked half the bedding and a Sierra shared with 3 mates, 2 of whom were taller than me. Although not much worse than sharing a Fiat Tipo that had sunk into a muddy field with my baby son (he's 17 now). Lovely nights kip in 405 and BX estates but beaten by the Dacia. My youngest set a bed up in it last time we went to the FoD as it was peeing down. Fully inflated airbeds wouldn't fit but 75% inflated they were super comfortable and we both slept like logs. Dyslexic Viking and Coprolalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Question: can the cops move you on if you’re sleeping on a random street somewhere? Also, if you’re sleeping drunk can you be done for “being in charge of a vehicle” or whatnot? AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, sdkrc said: "Fancy coming back to my place love?" More head room In a tent !! ,So a mate of mine says .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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