So yesterday, what happened yesterday...
Why people don't vlog the bad stuff about van life... can you even see that?.... well the hood's up.
because we're too busy trying to figure out how to fix the problem rather than
filming it because my camera- my camera's right there, but I'm not concerned with
that. I'm way more concerned with what's going on right there.
So yeah basically, the plan was to just go to autozone because I needed a pick so that way I could take
the door panels off of the the two front doors so that way I could Dynamat them
and in the process of doing that I started the van, everything was fine,
got to Autozone, went inside, found the pick, paid for it, came back out, tried to
start the van... and it just didn't turn on. It just said like "no bus" which if you
know anything about that it's pretty much just- it could be a bajillion
different things it's just electrical. So pretty much what ended up happening was
just disconnecting the battery for a few minutes, letting it sit, and then once it
was reconnected the van started up again no problem like thankfully alright. But
that kind of goes into a question that I get asked very very often which is like
"what happens when your car or your van breaks down? like what do you do?" like I
just want to give you guys my two cents on that, but first the positive because I
did end up successfully getting the door panels off and putting Dynamat
everywhere looks great sounds great plus it's a little bit more of an update so there's that.
K so step one is gonna be to remove these door panels
Step two is just to remove this plastic film that was on the door behind the panels.
Step three is to clean them.
so shinyyyyy
Step four is gonna be to clean the actual panels.
Next I'm going to apply some Dynamat.
The last thing was to just put the panels back on.
Let's see how it's sounds....
Ok and then so for like what do you do when your vehicle breaks down or needs to be
worked on while you're living in it? I mean honestly its' the same thing as
anything else like you kind of you just do whatever you have to do like you
improvise. And as I like kind of said in the snapchat thing it's like- one thing I
think that a lot of people get criticized for is showing the positive
stuff of living in a van or living in a car living in an RV whatever and I mean
because there is a lot of good to it and- but I mean it's like naturally there's
bad stuff too. And I think the majority of the reason that people don't show it
is because they're too busy like in the moment trying to figure it out like to
handle the actual problem rather than like "oh let me film this because it'll
be like a learning experience for somebody else or like entertainment for
somebody else" which- true, especially when it comes to the learning stuff could be
really beneficial, but it's like I get very overwhelmed sometimes when some of
that stuff happens. So rather than thinking like "oh I should film this
right now" it's like bro I'm low key just trying to figure out what the heck is
going on and how I'm gonna get myself out of this situation. So I have been
very fortunate in the sense that like I haven't just broken down on the road. And
that was one of the things that was really, you know on my mind when I first
got this vehicle because of like the price range that I was looking at I knew
that I was going to have to get an older vehicle so it was really important to me
that although it was going to be older I wanted it to be reliable. And like I
said, very fortunate I lucked out. Like this van has been, for the most part, it's been
pretty awesome. But it is old so it comes with like its fair share of problems and
that's been really interesting to deal with so like like I said I haven't just
you know been driving you know & all of a sudden it like stalled on me or
something you know, I didn't just break down a hundred miles from the nearest
town or anything like that, but I have had
to have it worked on and be without it for a couple of days and in those
instances it's kind of like "okay, well when you have to leave your house at a
mechanic shop or the dealership or wherever you take it to get worked on
then where do you stay?" and again, it's really just improvising. Like I've done
things where I've gone on the couchsurfing website and found someone
to stay with there, I've stayed with family for a little bit, I've rented a
hotel and I just ubered everywhere. I honestly just haven't found myself in a
situation where all hope is lost or there's no way out of it you know what
I'm saying cuz that's the thing, it's like no matter what happens there is
always a way to fix it or like any problem can be solved. You also have to
think ahead of these things. Like if you're going to want to live on the road
or to live in a vehicle like- for instance the AAA membership that
I have like has free towing for up to a hundred miles. The reason that I have
that it's not just because like "oh you never know (casual)" it's like "no really like with
my lifestyle you never know (serious)". So I feel like that's something that's kind of a
necessity. So like good insurance and having you know them have like the
car rental on your insurance, things like that it's just- it's really important to
think ahead and plan for these things to happen because whether you have a new
vehicle or an old vehicle eventually it's gonna happen and I'm not gonna lie
it's gonna suck, but the whole- it's part of the adventure. I again have been very
very lucky and I haven't ever- since I've been living in a car since 2014 in all
three of the vehicles that I've lived in I have not had any accidents. Like no one
has hit me and I have hit nobody else or anything. A lot of that has to do with
the fact that like I purposely drive a lot more careful now like since I've
been living in vehicles than I did previously because of the fact that I'm
like "whoa bro this is like my house nothing can happen to it", but even if
like I'm the most careful driver in the world that doesn't mean that like nobody
is ever gonna hit me. So I always have to just keep that in the back of my mind. I
would say keep a savings that's specifically for when things go wrong,
and kind of like do your best to just know the basics of things, and of course
just carry like some essential tools like jumper cables and stuff, and then
maybe have like some extra parts like belts and whatnot that you could easily
replace like get familiar with your vehicle because if you're gonna be
living in it and driving it all the time and and far distances like you really
want to be able to take on as much as you can and be able to fix as
much as you can cuz 1) it's gonna be faster and 2) it's gonna be cheaper. And
in my case ironically, one thing that has helped me out a lot is YouTube videos
just looking up things and watching other people do them that has been a
lifesaver. And another thing that I'm so grateful for is the fact that I know a
mechanic that has worked on this van so he's pretty familiar with this vehicle
and like he's okay with like on a Saturday at 7 p.m. if I'm having issues
I can call him for the most part, like if he's not busy, he'll answer the phone and
try to help me figure out like what's going on. And I have a few people in my
family that are mechanics or have been mechanics or whatever so like I said I'm
so grateful for that and luckily I have that so that has been a big big help
because there are so many times where honestly if I didn't have them to call
and walk me through something I might have ended up spending a lot more money
than I needed to. So honestly that's basically it. Every situation is
different, just do your best, improvise, be smart, plan ahead, yeah hope
you guys enjoyed this video and I'll see you guys next time
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