Car Camping in 2010!

[rage patton]

HONK HONK

gonna be worse than the "woooo"s

I have been to a couple of music festival where you camp next to your car. I assure you this is not a problem. At least, not anymore than drum circles, parades and all the other shenanigans that go on in the camp grounds.

[HandBanana]

I like the woo-woos

[emtgreg]

We know what YOU like!!

[paulthomasanderson]

This is a good plan rather than try to figure out and work out the kinks of this whole car ordeal, just assemble a huge group. I'd partake in this.

[kitt kat]

Lol, and the same as the endless drum circles...

But remember, you are next to your car, so you can climb into your backseat and fall asleep with the windows and doors closed if you need your peace and quiet...

...and suffocate come morning.


I think I decided; I'll just stay with my Aunt in Palm Springs and deal with the long drive vs. the car situation.

[eskamo951]

later arriving members will have cars scattered about (not a bad idea, could come in handy later...), but there will still be a centered camping area..

I'm just not a fan of leaving my car in the middle of a campsite full of drugged out people. I know Greg had a difficult experience with this at Phish.

[Devin the Dude]

i'm gonna be the odd-man out showing up with my bicycle, huh?

luls

[paulthomasanderson]

It makes little sense to park your car on grounds yet be unable to use it to get out & grab some breakfast. A hassle? Maybe so, but are they intentionally doing this just to get people laid in their cars since they'll have no other use.

[emtgreg]

I like how PTA thinks!!

Hahah...

[psycobetabuckdown]

i'm gonna be the odd-man out showing up with my bicycle, huh?

luls

I haven't even owned a bike since my last one got stolen like 4 or 5 years ago, but I'm thinking about taking one of my dad's along just in case I need to go into town to shop or even eat. Not such a long bike ride except for the heat, right?

[emtgreg]

I'm just not a fan of leaving my car in the middle of a campsite full of drugged out people. I know Greg had a difficult experience with this at Phish.

Word, its actually better in a sense, because you can't lock a tent!!

You just have to actually lock it...

[Astrid]

this is a very intriguing situation. im going to have to ponder this for awhile. its SOOO CHEAP, and im going to be with a freakishly large group this year, so it would be awesome to have a few cars and get a big space.

but not being able to leave means having to be way more prepared than i think we will be. a lot of them are noobs, and shit goes down sometimes. you never know what you might need to get in the middle of the night, or at all. eh.

must ponder.

[Devin the Dude]

I haven't even owned a bike since my last one got stolen like 4 or 5 years ago, but I'm thinking about taking one of my dad's along just in case I need to go into town to shop or even eat. Not such a long bike ride except for the heat, right?

yeah dude, not bad at all. and if you want some company, i will be needing to make a few trips myself. biking buddies!

[Shooters08]

So everyone that drives to Coachella has to buy a car camping pass? That's ridiculous. I drive down and don't want to sleep around a bunch of cars. We need prices for this shit too!

[Coachella Bound]

just being able to jump in your car and blast the AC when need be is going to be great.... few extra hours of sleep.

So everyone that drives to Coachella has to buy a car camping pass? That's ridiculous. I drive down and don't want to sleep around a bunch of cars. We need prices for this shit too!

stop being an idiot... your only allowed one car per spot. The rest stay in the parking lot


$55 for 300 square feet of land, i dont get how this is going to work but i like it....

[paulthomasanderson]

That and banging are the only real purposes of it. Not worth it and I guarantee some douchebags will take pleasure in taking advantage of having all these cars sitting like stones for 4 days.

[Shooters08]

So where are they gonna put all the camping sites with the parking lot?

[emtgreg]

Hang on, I'll find pics...

Also, YOU CAN COOK NEXT TO YOUR CAR, so why leave if you can cook?

I don't know about you drips, but I can fucking cook...and some of you, who I like, will get to partake!!

[Coachella Bound]

That and banging are the only real purposes of it. Not worth it and I guarantee some douchebags will take pleasure in taking advantage of having all these cars sitting like stones for 4 days.

not really... i mean its easier to fuck w/ someones tent than car... theres going to be the usual issues but overall lock your shit and you should be fine

Hang on, I'll find pics...

Also, YOU CAN COOK NEXT TO YOUR CAR, so why leave if you can cook?

I don't know about you drips, but I can fucking cook...and some of you, who I like, will get to partake!!

im still bringing Horchata and breakfast for friday morning...

[emtgreg]

you camp next to your car, nothing is left off in a random spot, its a huge circus of people, think the regular coachella camping, but on a far grander bigger scale....

[nbvcide]

i'm gonna be the odd-man out showing up with my bicycle, huh?

luls

not really.. the way i read it, if you only need a festival ticket and have no car, then you can theoretically camp for free as long as you have friends there with cars that have purchased passes..

you can fit a lot of people on a 10x30..



the lines though,

will. be. atrocious.


they had this problem at Stagecoach (which is where they've tried this idea out the last couple years.. ins&outs, camping next to vehicle/rv's).. and even without searching any vehicles, we sat there for hours and hours..

[emtgreg]

[emtgreg]

lol my car and the girl:

[emtgreg]

People, have faith, at phish they had:

Hundreds of vendors of all shapes and sizes...you could buy anything...

They had a Farmers Market, with fresh food, veggies, cheeses, anything you can imagine, that was all fresh and ready to go every day...

They could easily have this stuff at coachella, and TRUST ME IT WILL BE AMAZZINNNGGGG

[psycobetabuckdown]

yeah dude, not bad at all. and if you want some company, i will be needing to make a few trips myself. biking buddies!

Have you made the trip to town on bike before? How long would you estimate?

[psycobetabuckdown]

not really.. the way i read it, if you only need a festival ticket and have no car

So this basically means people who flew in from Denmark and took a taxi to Coachella I guess?

[paulthomasanderson]

I suspect all you can/can't bring in regards to parking your car will be just the same as always. Cooking there can work if you got what you need. Relying on others may be helpful for the sake of working around the in and out. huge group still? haha

[emtgreg]

I just uploaded this, one of two videos taken from my campsite:

[emtgreg]

Since the other one is way too fucking dark:

[PassiveTheory]

Can't fucking wait for car alarm'chella.