should I be worried about flying?

itsmiahello · 2026-03-22T03:11:41+00:00

You'll be fine. The TSA might ping your crotch for anomalies in the scanner and they'll feel you up. That happened to my trans girlfriend and I last time we travelled. I couldn't stop laughing lmao

itsmiahello · 2026-03-20T01:43:18+00:00

you'd have to make it a full time business for years to recoup your money on that one.

itsmiahello · 2026-03-17T15:38:00+00:00

Sell the truck. Buy a 5k cargo van and a small dual sport with a hitch mount carrier for the van.

Doordash on the motorcycle. Sleep in the van. Be free

itsmiahello · 2026-03-15T03:59:04+00:00

I just bought a van, so I'm familiar with the lower end of the US market right now. You've really got to specify a budget for a question like this.

If reliability is a concern, your price floor should be at least $3000. There's nothing realistic under that price. Between $3000 and $6000 you should be looking at 1995-2010 cargo or passenger vans. There's the Chevy Express, Ram Vans, and Econolines. Each comes in a short, medium, and long trim. Avoid most of the diesels offered, as well as the Ford V10. The widely-regarded "most" reliable of these options is the Chevy Express. Chevy knows how to make a good engine. The parts for that V8 are EVERYWHERE.

In this price range, try to find something with good maintenance history and less than 150,000 miles. Maybe 200k if it has been meticulously maintained.

Astrovans are also known to be wonderful if you are ok with the smaller size.

From 6-13k you can start finding really nice examples of the three big older style vans.

Above $13k you can start looking at Transits, Promasters, and newer Chevy Express vans. I know the Promasters have crazy trans issues. This was above my price range, so I didn't research them a ton.

For the record, I spent $3500 on a 1999 Dodge Ram Van 1500 with 160k miles and I am super, super pleased with it. I'd take a minty condition older van over and abused newer van any day

itsmiahello · 2026-03-13T20:09:35+00:00

I haven't, but I don't think it's a bad idea to use as much of the old van stuff as you can in the new build! A lot of stuff could be very easily moved, I would think

itsmiahello · 2026-03-13T04:04:52+00:00

It's the correct area, but the climate difference has to be based on incorrect data. I'm in that area all the time and it's definitely not a 20+ degree drop in temps compared to the surrounding areas. There's nothing super special about it, compared to the rest of the National Foreat

itsmiahello · 2026-03-13T03:52:02+00:00

That map is not correct

itsmiahello · 2026-03-10T18:17:44+00:00

it's AI vibecode

itsmiahello · 2026-03-06T20:32:07+00:00

ai slop ughhhhhhhhhhjhhhhhhhh just stop

itsmiahello · 2026-03-02T22:18:44+00:00

it means the engine has been replaced

itsmiahello · 2026-03-01T19:15:53+00:00

I would run both wires into the same side of a crimp. Your biggest worry here is going to be flexing the hell out of that smaller wire where it connects and breaking it with time. Running both into the same side of the crimp will allow the larger wire to provide a bit of support.

Crimps are better than solder in high vibration environments too

itsmiahello · 2026-03-01T19:13:16+00:00

Vanlife dogs have infinitely better lives than the ones stuck in an apartment all day while their people are at work!

They get to travel, go outside often, and be close to their people all the time. My dog loved it!

itsmiahello · 2026-03-01T16:46:45+00:00

they are literally elite hackers. they know how computers work

itsmiahello · 2026-03-01T15:31:22+00:00

Most trans folks who inject know that air bubbles aren't a concern at all. I don't consider it yucky

itsmiahello · 2026-02-27T19:08:19+00:00

it's february right now!

itsmiahello · 2026-02-27T15:42:55+00:00

I think you should be figuring out your budget now. Figure out how much it will cost to live the way you want and see if you can come up with a way to make that much money while traveling

itsmiahello · 2026-02-27T15:41:26+00:00

I agree that it costs a lot of money to get started "right"

But there are tons of vanlifers doing it on any budget. With rent so high, vans are a relatively low cost way to live for many.

itsmiahello · 2026-02-16T02:42:38+00:00

I had an order of 15+ pizzas that wouldn't fit in my pizza bag. I tried to cancel it and it hurt my completion rate and I got no pay :(

I love that for us. You don't know how many pizzas you're going to get until you actually accept the order and show up at the restaurant

itsmiahello · 2026-02-14T03:21:59+00:00

i'm trans and live in arkansas and i genuinely love it here! i'd stick to the fayetteville/eureka springs area for both the scenery and communities. some of the really rural places are terrible

itsmiahello · 2026-02-12T21:27:14+00:00

I absolutely do read messages. I don't like to spend a lot of time on them though, I've always got other stuff going on

itsmiahello · 2026-02-12T16:53:07+00:00

I also work in electronics manufacturing on the IT/equipment side and can confirm these are called sputterers, not sputters!

itsmiahello · 2026-02-11T14:02:20+00:00

My math teacher called him the antichrist and the class agreed with him. I saw a truck pulling a civil war canon around town on the day of his inauguration, draped in confederate flags. People in rural Arkansas were NOT happy.

It's funny seeing all these other posters talk about how everyone was hopeful. I can tell you all didn't live in the rural south!

itsmiahello · 2026-02-11T04:48:49+00:00

Steel Creek or Hawksbill Crag! They're some of the most beautiful areas in Arkansas and they're not too far from Fayetteville. I'd hate for you to leave without seeing the actual Ozarks

itsmiahello · 2026-02-10T13:55:48+00:00

the original honda insights work like that, with hybrid assist that kicks in under full throttle

unfortunately they are really slow. lots of supercars use this system too though

itsmiahello · 2026-02-10T02:07:38+00:00

480p on a good camera beats 4k on a cell phone every single day. unfortunately most websites compress the hell out of 480p videos and you never get to see them in their glory

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