Class B van for college student

drsolo wrote:

NCWriter wrote:
Although...knowingly violating university rules against living in vans... Or Illegally using someone unsuspecting random person's address found on Google to register for the college parking pass, a "harmless lie"? ...might not be ideal advice for embarking on a college career.

These are really minor violations or end runs around often mindless rules. OTOH, it shows this individual has persistence, creativity, ingenuity and determination, all qualities that are predictive of a successful academic and post college life.

If some NC college kid decides to use my address so he can get a parking pass (as suggested by a Duke student on that College Van Dweller web site), I won't consider it minor or creative.

But I realize times have changed for college kids, and I wouldn't want to be in their shoes struggling to get through, and then trying to get a decent job. Back in the dark ages, we all lived in cheap dorms and very few of us owned vehicles during the four years+. An unheard-of luxury in my family, so we took public transportation. All four of us got scholarship money, worked several jobs and paid off our student loans within a couple of years. Persistence and determination, I guess.

Anyway, getting back to the original poster's question. Yes, there are some class B vans at rock bottom prices, but he may want to allow some extra savings to keep the thing running.

If he doesn't have a reliable engine plus built-in toilet, holding tanks, refrigeration, cooking, and heating facilities, and sources for water, electricity, and sewage disposal, isn't living in it going to get old pretty fast? Kind of like living in the back seat of a car?

And unfortunately if the van has those qualities, there's a boat-load of people trying to find such a van so the price will be high.