Conceptually I love the idea however I have an e-class estate and with the rear seats folded the thing is huge and has a nicely carpeted interior. Sleeping inside the car is luxury (and wind/rain proof) compared with camping on the roof!
If there are only two of you then just sleep inside.
Now, I understand when East German holidaymakers could build a tent on the roof of their precious Trabant to sleep in on their holidays to Romania (watch Go Trabbi Go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-svIUg-cUk ), but when you can afford a brand new LandRover Defender, why would you take it up a mountain and sleep on the roof? You're a wealthy individual. You might have one of those big tents that fold out from the roof and make a clamping pod, at the worst, or just drive back to the hotel after your hike, have a gourmet meal and sleep in a proper bed. I've camped in a similatis way from a small hatchback, using a Carannex tent that hung over the open hatch, and later I camped out of a Trabant using a food-up fisherman's camp-bed/tent (which was a brilliant method), but if I was well off, the last thing I would do is take my valuable, expensive LandRover product, go up a mountain and sleep on its roof in a tiny tent!
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Conceptually I love the idea however I have an e-class estate and with the rear seats folded the thing is huge and has a nicely carpeted interior. Sleeping inside the car is luxury (and wind/rain proof) compared with camping on the roof!
If there are only two of you then just sleep inside.
Those look like missile bounce back defence system from Wales or whatever 😂😂 also a grand tour game level
As long as one is camping where there are no giraffes to eat one's breakfast, I think this is awesome!
Pricey tent. But cool.
Now, I understand when East German holidaymakers could build a tent on the roof of their precious Trabant to sleep in on their holidays to Romania (watch Go Trabbi Go: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-svIUg-cUk ), but when you can afford a brand new LandRover Defender, why would you take it up a mountain and sleep on the roof? You're a wealthy individual. You might have one of those big tents that fold out from the roof and make a clamping pod, at the worst, or just drive back to the hotel after your hike, have a gourmet meal and sleep in a proper bed. I've camped in a similatis way from a small hatchback, using a Carannex tent that hung over the open hatch, and later I camped out of a Trabant using a food-up fisherman's camp-bed/tent (which was a brilliant method), but if I was well off, the last thing I would do is take my valuable, expensive LandRover product, go up a mountain and sleep on its roof in a tiny tent!
I think people who buy a Landie then sleep on the roof do it because they think it’s fun rather than because they need to save money
There's something fundamentally wrong with them... just saying.