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I slept in a Nissan Sunny hatchback while doing an MSc at Aberdeen University.
I took the front passenger seat out, (and I THINK the rear, can't honestly remember about that now) put an air bed in, and installed a camp bed as a "roof" to the sleeping area, between the dash and the rear parcel shelf.
Covered with a sheet, and with some household junk, including a lamp, I hoped it would look like a house move.
One feels (and is) too exposed sleeping in a standard car in an urban area.
I linked the door handles together in case of break ins, but apart from someone trying the door once when I'd carelessly left the keys in the ignition, no problems in Aberdeen.
You could probably do this with pretty much any hatchback or estate, though some would be better than others. A split rear seat might help if trying to retain passenger seating, or, as has been mentioned, some cars have "lay flat" seats, though they might be a bit high.
Probably difficult to make the "house move" aspect convincing with a saloon car.
I also lived in camper vans and trucks in London for a few years but had several break-ins.
I thought at the time the most practical platform would be something like an LDV Sherpa mail van (being sold off at the time) with no windows but a translucent fibreglass roof and a roller rear door, with "French Windows " inside, but never did that. I had a Ford Transit 1600 high top, a Honda Acty Romahome (compact and bijou), and a Renault Dodge 400 Ex-BT workshop truck (not compact or bijou)
Parking restrictions and video surveillance levels would probably make it very difficult these days, though I have reason to believe a security camera saved my ass once when sleeping in a MAZDA 626 in London
Edited by edlithgow on 18/08/2022 at 15:56
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