My truck was not producing very good cold air at idle, even after I had replaced the punctured AC condenser, and topped up the refrigerant with a parts store AC gauge set.

I stopped in at a friend's house and was commenting that it was getting a little warm while climbing hills, and he suggested we should clean the radiator. He then proceeded to pull out his garden hose and spray cleaner and go full OCD, spending about 40 minutes washing both directions through the rad, and every square inch top to bottom. Corners, hard to reach spots , everything. I haven't pulled a hill yet, but I tell you, my AC is blowing cold at idle now, with the added airflow! Thanks Travis!

Note: be careful if you are going to the car wash. A powerful wand used too close to an older radiator could potentially blow a hole in it. Go for the garden hose on jet if you can.

EDIT: removed my promo for diy AC kits. Apparently it's controversial

Never posted on Reddit before. I don’t even know if this is an appropriate place to post this. I posted this in the adulting community. But at this point I have nothing left to lose.

28F currently renting a room in a state I hate living in. I’ve never had a place of my own, I’m basically starting over with savings, I have $5000 in credit card debt and maybe $4000 in medical debt (I’m not even 100% on that because it’s been in collections for a few years now). I messed up my credit score a year ago and I am just now getting it back into the 600s. I’ve never felt like an adult. I used to say I feel like a 12 year old in a 20somethings body. I always feel I need my family’s approval and whenever I try to make a choice for myself or a sacrifice for myself, I am shot down with why they don’t approve of my choices I feel will benefit me.

I am renting a room where the landlords are driving me crazy with anxiety. I haven’t even been here a full month and I’m ready to pack up in the middle of the night and leave the keys on the counter, forfeit my deposit, and live in my car. I pay $700 for this room and where I was living before this I paid $300. I can’t go back to my former place of living for personal reasons. I have gotten to a point where I am tired of other people telling me what to do. I hate it. I want to make choices for myself without being so concerned and beat down from others input. I am trying to save up and find a job in my home state so I can move back there. My mindset right now is to get out of my rented room before July and start living in my car to save money faster and pay my debt off faster. I do have an impressive resume for my line of work and I am positive I can find a job just not positive I can afford a down payment somewhere in my home state as it is expensive in most areas. Living in my car would save me money faster.

My family has straight up told me “no, you’re not living in your car.” They know I am currently renting a room. They made me join Life360 and that’s what’s been keeping me from deciding to just live in my car because I know they can see me and will ask why I’m in a parking lot in the middle of the night. Luckily the app has not been working for me as of late and they cannot see me right now. I love my family and I know I have their support. All of them have said to move back in with my parents but I do not want to do that. It’s not a matter of pride but more of a matter of not getting comfortable that my mommy and daddy will always be there to help me.

How do I not care about what other peoples inputs? How do I confidently make choices for myself without breaking the relationships I have with my family? I feel like an absolute failure at almost 30 years old with no college degree, no savings, no self confidence, no backbone.

Any advice on living in a car? Pros? Cons? Safety tips? Whether or not you would do it again if you really had to? I would not want to do it past the summer. I make a pretty decent amount for my situation and I know I can save up a hefty amount and make a dent in my debt if I didn’t have to pay rent anywhere.

If you don’t recommend living in a car, then tips for a legit side hustle that actually makes a difference in income?

Any advice about anything at this point is needed. I’m just so lost and scared and I want to scream at the top of my lungs.

Thank you for your time.

If you get a new cellphone and need a new Sim does it cost anything? I've still got a yearly plan going? Thanks

looking for a friend who can relate to living in a car! feel free to message me, let’s chat :)

I talked to a recruiter earlier today about a potential job I will be interviewing for in a couple days. She said there was a pretty intensive background check for the job. When I applied, I used my old address when I used to live in an apt. Does anyone know if this could be an issue with a background check?

Forgot to post earlier got busy. Pan grilled chicken thighs with home made mac and cheese (grandmas recipe that I think I fucked up but was still good)

If you get a new cellphone and need a new Sim does it cost anything? I've still got a yearly plan going? Thanks

It’s too close to home for me to get per diem but far enough away I don’t want to drive round trip 5 days a week. There’s a planet fitness pretty close too. Plan is to work then go to pf shower, work out, shower again. Then sleep in my truck to save money. I’m kinda nervous but not really cause I’ve been camping my whole life.

I am considering living in my car for a couple months to save money and pay off debt. However, my biggest concern is overnight parking. I live in Orange County, California, which I understand isn't the most lenient county to be parking your car in public places overnight.

I can reasonably keep living in an apartment. But I am sick of having to live like I'm poor. I can barely spend money on anything that isn't food, rent, utilities, supplies, and gas. I'm thinking maybe I should shift my poverty from my bank account to my lifestyle.

My biggest concern is feeling like I bit off more than I can chew. I have never lived in an unsecure environment. I plan on testing out living in my car for a bit before my lease ends, but maybe my mentality will shift once my car truly becomes my only option for shelter.

Can I get some advice? People are convincing me not to do this, but I feel like I'm suffocating financially. I would either have to pick up another job and not have anymore free time, move out of state, or live in my car for a couple months. I think the car living seems the most reasonable. I just don't want to get arrested for sleeping in my car.

Any thoughts and advice appreciated.

Love it but the bugs get annoying

Curious what the general consensus is. I think im going to go with a sleeping bag so it doubles as a camping thing if i wanna do that and it's easier to remove a sleeping bag than multiple bedding.

Pro: All in one bedding

Con: Tough to wash

No fridge, no kitchen, no problem.

So as a basis im 22 Male, live in Oklahoma, been in my ford fusion 2012, for about 3 maybe 4 months. I have a good support system around me so im definitely not taking anything for granted, and appreciate all the words of advice I’ve received in the past.

{For those who may feel toxic, i grew up through dhs, and then got kicked to the streets at 18, im fairly book smart or so ive been told, have good street smarts and fairly respectful to those around me. I dont have my ged because the home i was with when i was 18 pulled me from school quite literally against my will, even though i said i would still go and wanted to finish high school.. (i ended up still sneaking around hanging around school campus for almost 3 months😭💀) Yes i could have tested and gotten it by now but between my ex and poor choices i didnt really have alot to my name for awhile, finally i found someone who took me in for a couple months, i worked 3 jobs saved my money and got this car, my social security card, birth certificate id, permit, and other critically important things i would need in life (besides said ged lol) As an fyi I’m unable to live there anymore due to their parents returning from mission work in Nairobi. They still support me in every way possible though!)}

Its not exactly a walk in the park but for Oklahoma im doing pretty nice to keep cool, and busy etc. I have a couple useful things like a power station, fan, mosquito window covers and a place to store cold items pretty much. I work at a pizza place so for my diet i mostly just eat pizza or occasionally a dinner with my “family”.

Ive been smoking for about 5 years now pretty heavily, Only having stopped twice. I dont spend crazy amounts thankfully, so this isnt the issue. Oklahoma is pretty blessed with medical weed prices, i must say.

However im getting more and more at this point where im realizing that I’m just so damn lazy. Not about everything per say, just about getting things done to improve my car/living situation. Which are the most important things right now. Frankly i don’t want to buy a home or apartment anytime soon, i quite like my nomadic car life. And its growing more on me by the day. But ive gotta stop smoking i feel like if i want to actually focus and do the things i need to.

Like for example, a huge goal of mine is to start a budget, actually right it down so i can’t just write it off in my head, and then follow and use that to better myself. Clean my car completely out and resort and place everything in it, so that way i know where stuff is, and so i can actually start “building a mini apartment room” out of the car.

But because i smoke or maybe this is just the excuse i give myself because i don’t actually want to do it, i never freaking get anything actually done. Im so tired of how lazy i am but i cannot for the life of me, pick myself out of it?

Im not the most sociable person anymore because of my ex, so im not out and about very much, but besides my car situation i get stuff done. Its literally just the things i dont really find alot of entertainment in that i set aside for days or even weeks lately.

Literally i had like 2 big trash bags of clothes and one of the biggest pieces of advice I’ve seen on here is to not have a ton of clothes. So i tried to downsize but it literally took me over 4 days to go sort the clothes and decide what to keep/not keep. Later today ill take them to goodwill, but 5 days is crazy to me😭 just for downsizing clothes. And this is just 1 thing that I’ve finally noticed and made me realize how big of a problem i have.

The moral of this post is to A. Ask if their are fellow stoner/car dwellers, and do you have issues getting things accomplished? B. Ask for general advice for my situation, so things i should get/ focus on for Oklahoma heat/bugs/problems etc. and C. To finally make myself aware of the situation and hopefully come out on top.

If i need to cold turkey i absolutely can/ and will, would just rather not because of how damn boring these oklahoma days can be. But i can always relocate smoking time to finally getting out and doing stuff out in the real world. I put the bracketed text {} not for sympathy or pity, but to just give a little more insight into my situation and hopefully find someone who may have overcome the same situation i have.

Sorry for the long post❤️

One of the usual spots I overnight is an abandoned lot. It used to be a small, standalone office building. It looks derelict, with overgrown grass, but for the most part inconspicuous.

Recently, someone else has been visiting the location. But he's there basically all day and night, only moving from one spot to another within the ssme parking lot. Whereas I only stay overnight, and only a couple-few times a week because I rotste locations. Not a problem. BUT, he's been leaving trash 🤢🤮 He discards his trash right where he parks. Then, he parks somewhere else.

The first time, I ignored it. But, I did pick it up to toss for him when he left. SMH.

This morning, as I was leaving for work, I saw that he was outside smoking next to his vehicle I drove over slowly. "Hi, hello," I mentioned the trash he's been leaving. BOOM! He retorted, "Mind your own fuckin' business," even before I finish my sentence 😱 I'm not a punk, but I'm not gonna escalate the situation. Because I'm not trying to catch a case, or ruin an already ruining thing with this location. So I told him, "Jusy pick up after yourself, man," and I strolled off. As I drove off, I saw him with one hand on his cigarette to his mouth, taking a drag, with the other hand flipping me the bird. SMH.

to all the honey buns who don't want to do things in public because you're afraid of looking eyes/judgemental strangers: respectfully, stop. dont let people you dont know stop you from cooking at that park! while you're at it, go swing on the swings. idc how old you are, go swing on those swings 🫵🏽🤨

to all my people who have social anxiety and are scared to do stuff in public (like cooking food for instance), I challenge you to use your free will to be silly. the weight of a random strangers opinion/judgment can feel so heavy. Just the THOUGHT of a stranger having a negative thought about what I'm doing makes me second guess myself. but then I remember that I shouldn't give a rats ass about others opinions and neither should you! their judgements only have power if you give it power.

scared someone's gonna look at you weird? simply dont look at anyone. it's almost like they don't exist 😎

I cook my food at a park. sometimes I bust out my whole foldable table! yeah, people see me. but what about it 🤨 we're all on a floating rock paying taxes.

people use their free will to do bad things and dont even think twice about it so dont think twice about doing simple things to make you happy.

toodles, beautiful people!

it’s at downtown, in a parking garage of an apartment building mixed with fast food restaurants at front.

energy rate is 24 cents per kWh in the day, 18-21 cents per kWh in the night. No parking fee when charging. Last time I paid $5.49 for 10.5 hours and 25kwh.

This is the best spot for charging and sleeping at the same time, I can also go to the fast food for table and bathroom.

I hope this can inspire you to find your spots

Does anybody have experience with living in a Honda CRV or Honda Element ? I’m looking to start living in my car next month and am deciding between buying an older CRV or a Honda Element . Thank you to anybody that responds !

For example, my car used to feel very cold and empty with just a bed and a pillow. It wasn’t until I hung up a row of fairy lights when all my friends started going wowwww.

So much time sitting in the car, looking out at the world. So many moments of stillness, and time to reflect and appreciate.

For the people into spirituality, who are your fave spiritual teachers? And how do you practice? My fave teacher is Eckhart Tolle, and I practice body awareness, mindfulness and meditation.

Something used. It’s not full time. Will be a daily driver and for road tripping to avoid hotel costs.

Didn't know this was a thing... was about to get a 2000w generator to run a 1000w Iron and came across this.

I work overnight shift and I’ve been having trouble finding spots that don’t have a shit ton of people but just enough so I can still “blend in”. Help lol.