Ten Consecutive Years Living In Cars: Living, Traveling, Camping, Attending College and Performing Surveillance in Cars—and Loving It!
Craig S. Roberts shares all the knowledge gained from his 10 years car living experience. Whether living, traveling, camping, attending college, or performing surveillance in cars, in Craig's color illustrated book he discloses how to make car living a comfortable, enjoyable, fulfilling, and somewhat exciting experience.
Customer Review: Practical, with quality tips and tricks for car survival.
I've read this book and re-read it a few times now. Initially it occurred to me that the writer, Craig S Roberts, did seem to be a little paranoid, and rants a bit about government invasions of privacy, however, the information in the book is still good and valid.
This book really reads like it is from someone who has been there and done that. The book is obviously self published, and comes in a printed or photocopied format with a plastic binding comb. So presentation is lacking, but the quantity and quality of information is really there. The book covers how to keep warm in your car very well. It also covers ways to keep cool in hot weather, where to obtain and store water, how to go to the toilet in your car, how to wash up in your car, cooking in cars (with safety advice for using a camp stove) places to park your car, even what sort of containers are most practical to use in your car. There is good advice on what electrical appliances can be ran from an inverter from your car's battery which tends to match advice I have read else where.
You can of course view the table of contents for this book here on Amazon. While many of the chapters are only a few pages long, the content is there. Some of it is common sense, but a lot is ideas and knowledge that you would only gain from a book like this. Craig writes well and to the point. He rarely repeats himself, so the book has not been padded out. He appears to have researched his methods and advice. He does contradict himself once about solar cells, saying at one point they are of little benefit, but he later goes on to explain they have their uses and gives good details about how to use them.
His advice on police encounters is amusing. His "I am not an enemy of the United States" comments are likely to cause you more trouble than they save you. You might want to take much of that chapter with a grain of salt. However advice on not telling police that you live in your car is valid.
Over all, if you are going to live in your car, this is the book to buy on it. Forget A Jane Heim / Archer's books. They don't have a 10th of the information in this book. This book reads a little paranoid, but the practical information you need to survive while living in your car is here. The cold and hot weather survival tips alone make this book worth it.
Customer Review: Worth the money
I read Craig's book 2 years ago, and put many of his suggestions into practice. Although I don't live full time in my minivan, I like to travel on weekends while I hike, bike and sightsee. With the escalating costs of fuel and hotels, and most of us driving large sleepable cars, it is well worth it to take the time to read this book. The author has practicle experience and shares his thoughts willingly. While implementing his suggestions I have never had a problem even in the most remote and problematic locations.
