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A 2000's era Toyata Sienna is the way to go, the work vans have the fuel pump which requires dropping the gas tank and the Sienna has the fuel pump accessible through a latch inside. The starter can be changed by removing the battery and air intake, the alternator is easy too.

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Originally Posted by DTEJD1997

My estimation of Rice's intelligence & reasoning skills just went down quite a bit after watching his "van life" video.

If he wishes to be frugal and has a VERY LIMITED bankroll & budget, he can easily get a Ford or Dodge RAM work mini-van for WELL under $10K. I'm also not talking about something on it's last legs with 250K miles. With 1 minute of searching, I saw several SCREENS of these work vans in the Detroit area with about 100K miles for WELL under $10K. As sharp & frugal as he is, could he get one for $6K? Maybe? Spend $2k on new tires, new brakes, other repairs & improvements, and the thing would probably be in pretty good mechanical shape & good for another 100K miles.

Rice would then spend another couple few grand outfitting it to allow him to live out of it reasonably comfortably for a few nights at a time. How? The thing is probably stripped out. Put in some plush carpeting & noise deadening, black out the window. Put in a comfortable futon. Upgrade the electrical system & put in a battery. This would allow him to run a SMALL refrigerator, recharge his computer/phone and put in a TV to watch re-runs of his cherished TV shows.

Put in some shelving to store stuff.

Put in a hot plate to cook rice & sausage.

Put in a fan to keep the thing somewhat cool when it gets hot. Have another fan for when he sleeps.

REMEMBER, this is not something to be lived out of for weeks at a time. It is for expensive weekends, traveling, and as a backup.

As for gas mileage, YES, Rice is correct that vans generally don't get as good mileage as cars do. HOWEVER, a small work van can easily get 18 in the city and 28 on the freeway. How much worse than his car is this? A few MPG? So maybe a 10% to 15% hit on the MPG?

As for room rates, RICE can get off strip rooms on expensive weekends for $50/night? Whut whut? Where is he staying? A hostel? I call nonsense on this.

RICE also needs to consider what his time is worth. With a van, he only has to walk out of the casino and into the parking lot. He also saves gas & time by not having to drive anywhere.

Of course, RICE's time might only be $3/hour? We don't know as he won't disclose his results for the past year.

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Today , 04:49 PM

#77952

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2023 Posts: 263

I could see the argument for him to buy a van or suv where he could be more comfortable during his 48 hour no room spurts but living in a van full time would be awful.

I would take Diesel's life of jumping from hotel room to air bnb's over living in a van anyday.

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Today , 05:15 PM

#77953

iwasbanned

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 4,051

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Originally Posted by prev

I would take Diesel's life of jumping from hotel room to air bnb's over living in a van anyday.

People advocating for living in a Van, have never lived in a Van.

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Today , 05:30 PM

#77954

iwasbanned

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 4,051

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Originally Posted by parisron

You get a drink cup to put coffee, etc. in to go with your buffet box, only an idiot would put a drink in the cup, like Diesel says, so he fills it with cheese.

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Originally Posted by Lionelhuttz

remember he has all that pocket butter he swiped from the mgm buffet to hold him over. pocket food. One day I hope to be less miserable and own that much butter at one time.

Diesel raped that buffet.
It only took Diesel a few years to learn not to put starches in your to go buffet container.
Now that Diesel is raping the Mgm Buffet, his food budget this year is gonna be at an all time low.

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Today , 06:04 PM

#77955

angle_shooter

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 689

Filling his shorts pockets with butter and filling his coffee cup with gouda cheese and shrimp is a game changer for Rice. Next time he needs to wear a jacket so he can put some bread rolls and dips in the extra pockets. We know how much he loves his pocket bread.

Rice's obsession with sausage is next level. Anyone would think with the amount of sausage meat he eats on the daily that he would use the buffet as an opportunity to expand his horizons a little and try some other types of meats out there, but apparently not.

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Today , 06:14 PM

#77956

Old Man Coffee

adept

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,168

Holy cow! El D is branching out.

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Today , 06:17 PM

#77957

angle_shooter

grinder

Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 689

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Originally Posted by Old Man Coffee

Holy cow! El D is branching out.

Crab legs are a spoon food!

I bet when he whipped out his kitchen shears everyone was real impressed!

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Today , 06:39 PM

#77958

squid face

ChatThreadPrez

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 11,480

I just found a fantastic seafood buffet vest

holes for holding your meat shears, various utensils, or more improtantly your seafood pick
flap pockets for all of your sauce needs
zip pockets for small shellfish
larger zip pockets for flounder and salmon
large bread and meat pockets - but can be used for shrimp in a pinch
large hidden pockets specifically designed to hold crab legs

breathable, functonal, and stylish

A must have

4 stars

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Today , 06:42 PM

#77959

pig4bill

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,824

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Originally Posted by IQofTwoPlusTwo

Rice's rationales for not having a Van/RV/Camper gives insight to "on the spectrum" problem solving very similar to the logic used by TBC when faced with a dilemma.

The increased use of gas. The additional cost of a vehicle getting 20mpg versus 30mpg on a 1000 mile journey with gas at $3.50 is about $59. To save this $59, on the spectrum thinkers will sleep in a car on the way and pay hundreds for hotels at the destination.

Then, on the spectrum thinkers will always set up artificial constraints. In Rice's case, he would only use a van on weekends in Vegas. Not when he is on the road, or at other destinations, but only in Vegas. On weekends.

Of course, he wouldn't be able to use his rice cooker. Apparently his rice cooker only works in hotel rooms, no way a camper, RV, or converted van could power a rice cooker in on the spectrum world.

Besides, he much prefers having a kitchen. On the spectrum thinkers will ignore the great kitchen setups converted vans/RV/campers have, and they will forget all the time they spend in hotel rooms that don't have kitchens, anyways they have a rice cooker.

The list of silly excuses continues, and so you find Rice sleeping in a car with smug satisfaction that this is the best way to do things

His kitchen is the bathroom, and few vans have an actual bathroom.

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