Make Your Own Microcamper: Part 2 - Choosing Your Vehicle

Right! Buckle in (see what I did there?!) for a series of posts in which I geek out about the process of turning a normal car into a “micro-campervan”, capable of quick(ish) and easy set-ups for family or solitary camping. In the first post, I talked about the ‘why’: why I (now) love camping in a vehicle and why others might do too. In this post, I’m going to deal with choosing which vehicle to convert into a micro-camper. In the next, I’ll talk about options for sleeping arrangements, depending on whether you want your set-up to enable you to camp alone, with a partner, with a friend, or with a whole family. The fourth post will tackle cooking and eating; and the last will encompass everything else (eg. general storage, heating, and the camping kit (tools; first aid kit etc) …