Kia Stinger camper possibility?

[Ulikefishsticks]

Ok, so hear me out. This is ridiculous I know. But I love my car and I want to travel around the country with it. I would like to save some money here and there. If I could spend 50-75% of the time sleeping in the car I could save myself a nice amount of money. The hatch area is huge but I'm wondering if it can fit a 6'1 person. Also with the slant of the rear seats folded down, how uncomfortable would this be? Could I remove the bottom part of the rear seats to get top parts to sit more flush? Now I spent over a year in Afghanistan sleeping on anything I could. As long as I can lay horizontally I could make it work. Obviously every couple days I would stop at a hotel for a good night sleep and a proper shower.

So has anyone tried to sleep in their car for a few days or something? My other option is just to plan around being able to stop at camping sites and just pitch a tent. I plan to go on a couple over night hikes in Cali and one in Washington, possibly two nighter.

So is this doable? I would go out and test it out myself but I don't have my car currently, I have it at a friends house while I work on it over the next couple weeks installing springs and stuff. Thanks!

 

[MerlintheMad]

I've wondered the same thing. And my expectation is that there is plenty of room with the hatch cover removed; and the slant on the folded rear seats wouldn't be too much. Perhaps a futon or otherwise sleeping pad laid across the hatch floor would level the sleeping area. I wasn't envisioning two people, either. I'm 6'3".

 

[stoopid]

I'm also 6' 3" [outdoorsy type] and have considered this option. At the very least the mt bike gets tossed in the back.

My GF build a wooden ramp for sleeping in the back of her CX5. You'll want to have the surface as flat as possible, any dips/humps is going to make things very uncomfortable after only a few hours. You might be able to get away with particle board [home depot/lowes will custom cut for you] and tossing anything durable that will fit under the middle section where the dip would be to support you and create a mostly flat sleeping surface. A couple things to be mindful of...

1) Your feet will likely hit the trunk lid when it's closed.
2) You won't have enough room to sleep fully stretched out, so you'll be sleeping fetal on one side or the other.

The nice thing about this solution is you can use the top of the sleeping surface to store things during the day, and those things get moved to the front seats at night. It's a bit of work each day but saves those expensive lodging costs.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

It’s plausible to do this, Holden (GM) offered this back in the 70’s in the mid sized 2 door Torana Hatchback.