How We Sleep in a Tiny Toyota Yaris - Traveling the Country Cheap!
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- This is our trusty Toyota Yaris. At first we thought about buying a car in Australia but would have to spend a fair amount on fees and taxes and then deal with trying to sell it later. Instead we got a really good deal on this tiny fuel efficient Toyota Yaris! This became our home!
In this video I show you how we set it up into the sleeping configuration. Australia has a bunch of free public park with tables and even free electric BBQ's so cooking was done at these parks. We just carried our kitchen tub over to the tables and enjoyed great meals. If we wanted to rent a campervan instead the rental would have been more than triple the price and we would have also paid much more in gas. We were very happy with this set up.
People like you give me hope for our future. Good on you.
Thank you John!
Ingenious solution to keep your housing costs negligible. You 2 are the masters of minimalism and stretching the dollar ⭐⭐
Haha thanks Misde! We are not cheap just to be cheap, we are cheap so we can see and do more! :)
Lily Shanti looks like a Queen size air mattress.
Wow that is one tight little space. It's really cool though,to see that someone can live/travel in a space that small and be able to enjoy it. Defintely makes me think that a minivan won't be so bad after all. Thank you both for sharing this.
MY pleasure! yeah I have lived in a van before. Trying to rent one would have been trple the price and gas was not cheap!
Thank you sir, after your video i canceled my plan to buy a big car and bought toyota aqua. i saved alot of hard earned money and now i can camp easily and cheap.
Thank you for making this video.
Your improvisation is better than any tent and it's secure, warm and comfortable.
Travelling in a highly fuel efficient vehicle ensures that your greatest expense is as small as its possible to get it.
The Yaris (and cars of this type) are really stealth, in that nobody takes any notice of them.
Thank you for another imaginative, informative and inspiring video.
This is awesome! I’m taking my Yaris car camping for the first time this summer and wasn’t sure how cramped it would be for sleeping but if you guys can do it, my 5’1” self should be fine 😂
Yaris' have more room than most think. i've had one for 14yrs, a 3dr hatch, and i've fit so much in there that most have said would be impossible, so why not a bed! thank you for this video! i may share it on the yaris FB group i'm in!
This video really helped I’m about to be living out of my car and this video has given me hope I will be okay
I've just been handed the keys to one of these and this was the first thing I had to check out - can you sleep in it! Can't wait to give this a go. Thanks for the vid! 🙏
There are all kinds of things I like about this video! Good for you, finding an inexpensive, comfortable way to travel.
my wife want me sleep outsite tonight , thank you for your life saving video
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Ay caramba Eli I feel for both of you! I have giants my self and yeah I'm so happy you found away to save and sleep comfortably.
Haha yeah it was bit tight but that just means we spent more time outside! :)
Very reliable cars so actually decent if you can put up with the small space. I’m currently living out of my Yaris, staying at friends houses sometimes.
Great, last week i ordered my Yaris and just wondered if i can sleep inside it and found this video. Hope it will work for me too.
Wow Mammy is adorable.😍
She could charm the stars and hypnotize the moon.😊
Great, İ was looking for a car with small millage. And uris was out of my list only from not enough space for sleeping. Thank you a lot for such an idea💪
I hope you guys enjoyed touring our part of the world. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing more,good on ya mate👍🏽
we loved it!!!!
You guys never cease to amaze me lol
Haha thank you! Hopefully its in a semi good way ;)
WoW I thought a van was Small & a caravan was Small & now I have a Matrix. Dang a Yaris, yup you won the smallest car 🚗 camping Award.😄👑🏆🏆
You are such a lovely and impressive couple! I hope to meet the both of you one day. Thanks for sharing your videos, watching you two makes me smile. I'm sending both of you many good juju vibes.
thanks for the great juju vibes!!!
You guys are amazing. Living on a shoe string and travelling around 👍🏼😀
Just awesome traveling/camping solution! I hope this gets popular, it should.
Thank you! glad you liked it
On BBC's website today there is a video of a fox looking for food in a garden. It had lost both back legs but was managing and surviving on its front two. No matter the inconvenience, there are ways. Thank you for the vid.
Please can you do more videos like this please? Travelling on a small vehicle and a day in the life including food, storage and what to pack? Love your videos!!!
i am back to living in my big van haha, check out my newest video
Great video. One thing that can help is extra fuel, with a small cargo on the roof. Or just put the extra fuel on the roof, good to have if you're going way out there and traveling through places that's is long between stops.
Videos like this make me happy I'm short xD
love this video - will try it out on my hiking trip around Scotland
A kangaroo😂? your on another planet over there! Most I will see is a dog on a leash where Ive been boondocking(Indiana dunes). I started travel boondocking last fall, at a flying J truck stop. I didn't sleep, but went again this summer to a vistors center at the dunes, w my spouse, didn't sleep again due to his snoring and a poor bedding set up. The next night I was myself and set up a 6" inflatable Coleman cot mattress, and slept well! I love boondocking now, wish I would have started this 30 years ago! Its important to just start doing it, don't get discouraged, keep tweaking your build.
Wow this is insane! Love it!
Hey! Great video and well done on your travels! I wondered if you ever encountered insects coming into the car when the windows were closed? Could they find a way in?
Just got my car made sure to get a hatch back can’t wait to start doing this across the state
Excellent
This actually looks very comfortable
Get a little lockable storage container for roof with roof racks.
Nice I just started doing something similar for my ski trips. What’s the brand of air mattress you use? Seems to fit quite perfectly in there
Wo. Never thought that could be possible. Nice job
Beats sleeping in the front seat like I do
Y'all are living it up !!!! Stay safe
thank you!
@@EliPetersonjp your welcome , hope all is well
You nailed it. Thank you for the video.
My bf is a 6'6" outdoors enthusiast, and fitting him in tents, campers and ice castles (in MN) ain't easy. Kudos for compacting yours into a yaris. In y'all ever get to DC, would love to meet & hang (eat, drink & mild shenanigans). :)
Thanks! We like mild shenanigans!
looks cozy! You'd have to like each other a lot. lol
haha hopefully no bad breath
And I thought my down size to a Matrix to trek in. I'm 5'7" and I would not even try. Cozy couple.
Young and resourceful, way to go.
thank you!
Is that a standard twin inflatable mattress? What do you do about stuffy air/condensation inside overnight? I've been looking at cargo vans to convert but, hey, I already own a 2008 Yaris!
This is brilliant. Thank you!
I'm 6'6" and that's kinda how i get in the back but I go between the two front seats and kinda crawdad my way into the back. Totally appreciate the inflatable mattress idea combined with the 'slope'!! Thanks a ton.
Great idea. I was expecting someone to make a cheeky comment about the mattress inflation. 🤦♂️
Hi ! Thanks for your video, very instructive. Can you give the matress dimensions please ?
Good for you both and all the best. 👍
thank you!
Do you remember the size of the inflatable mattress?
Very nice, which model is that? I am going to downgrade my car. I already have a very fuel efficient Auris Hybrid - but I drive a lot for work and the inscurance is still quite high - I am kind of looking for a more frugal way of life and this car, as a Hybrid could be great. :)
ha ha that totally works nd also if you half deflate the matress and fold the seats back up then next day fold it back down
Impressive! Great video thank you
Wow, I like this!
Hey, I’m thinking of doing the same, I also have a Toyota Yaris but I wanted to know the width of the matress that u used! Thxx
Way to make it work!! :)
Thanks Tina!
you guys are smart and nice try!
Just the video, I’m looking for. Iam about to travel from Brisbane to Perth. Any chance you did that trip? Any tips for me?
What size is the inflatable mattress?
I'm setting up my car for any emergency situation (in Australia) where I might need to sleep in it. I have a blow up mattress that nearly made me pass out trying to blow it up, so I bought a foot pump for AU$10.
great video :)
Hi. Nice video, thinking about doing something similar! Is that a double size air mattress?
yup double
Where do you normally park at night? I want to travel like that but a bit concerned on the safety side and if legal to park n sleep.
Where do you go to wash up? What kind of places do you use to shower?
Front seat full what about needing to leave quickly in middle of night ?
I'm looking at my Toyota Paseo, thinking hummmm. 30 years old this year.
This is am azing
I love this idea
Well! I have 3 weeks clinical placements in busselton health campus WA and here I am checking out how can I save money because I can't afford $1200 for clinical placements where I am not even getting paid 🤦🏼♀️ I have suzuki swift.. have no idea how' it's gonna work 😟
I was just thinking about this possibility for traveling. What size bed did you use? I might use this to travel the US and cut costs.
I believe this was a double bed. it is a great way to save money!
Amazing mate ..😁
thank you!
man you are great, 2 meter man in a 1,90 small car
Was it slanted from the folded down back seats?
Cool!
thanks!
Did you ever sleep in your parked car with engine ideal running condition with AC or hot air on for whole night?
Anything left for you after she does all that inflating?
Lol just bought my own yaris😂😂 looking forward to modding it out. Gonna start with a turbo, then the esthetics😂😂 its gonna be great.
Dont put a turbo i did that it destroyed the engine my yaris only had 78k miles and it was destroyed because of the turbo at 93.5k miles instead put small stuff or a exhaust but not a turbo or a supercharger
@@subhan7782 what size turbo did you put in?
I put a GARRETT GTW3476 TURBOCHARGER 841297-1 it was kind of big so i think that might be why but maybe if you but a small turbo it will be fine just note turbos do wear the engine faster overtime
@@subhan7782 ya i was already thinking I might not risk it and just stick with a simple spoiler. But ill do some more research into it! Thanks for making me think about it, before possibly ruining my car. I love my yaris❤😂
The American dream
i would rather have a Prius but this is a good alternative
Do you have any suggestions on how to do this in a 4 door toyota yaris?
Can I sleep in my swift diesel small car with AC or hot air on from 9.00 pm to 6.00 am daily for 120 days ?
I wanna know where you got the mattress !!
I'm in Australia and I bought a sleeping bag AU$54 and large blowup mattress AU$19, and Foot pump AU$10 at BigW. Also, I bought a heater that connects to the car battery and will boil a cup of coffee.
The Prius still beats this mainly cause you can keep the a.c. on... Unless you you have some mosquito nets to cover the windows while they're open.
can you run a prius ac all night?
@@EliPetersonjp easily. It won't take more than a gallon of gas for the whole night. A.c. runs off electric, and engine just turns on every now and then to charge the battery. It's great and very quiet.
So you guys seriously blow that mattress up every night?? Wow
That sleep area seems so claustrophobic.
what is the size of the blow up bed?
👏👏
Thanks!
Amazing! how long its the matress?? 190cm?
oh man, not sure , the cheapest one we could find
Doing it tough
tough and cheap
How much cost do you have per month approximately?
We got it for two months for around $1,000 USD. We are both under 25 so most companies wanted extra fees so we used a website called www.drivemycar.com.au/ its like airbnb but for cars
Did you guys used Qeen size matress ?
no it was called a doublle size
Don't Sneeze, you'll kick your windshield out 😅
is the echo and yaris the same car?
Yes the older version of the same style of compact hatchback
Where do you guys shower?
Late reply sorry , in many parts of Australia the beach carpark areas have public toilets and often cooking facilities in the form of bar-b-ques , paid or free , with adjacent undercover seating . They will also often have an outside open air cold water shower so swimmers can wash off the salt or gog owners can rinse their pet etc .
Lol “who’s got an extra 5 bucks”… cuts to his girlfriend doing all the work
what is the toyota year?
2014 i believe
I want more videos:(
just posted some today!
❤❤❤ @ who has an extra 5 bucks??
I cannot help, but wonder - is it possible to fk there with so little room above you? :)
Where there’s a will....
Pretty cool till someone has the farts lol
Looks crazy uncomfortable.