My Buick - The End of an Era

[@checkrazor76]

Even though this was recorded months ago , glad the trip helped with your mental health. Over the years I’ve changed how I clear my head. It started with silence and being alone. Then for probably 15 years video games were my escape. I still play some video games nowadays but I have shifted mostly to playing board games and watching online content like yours. So I appreciate each and every video you put time and effort into. Good luck over this next busy and stressful year ahead 👍

[@justcallmesmoke9876]

@@checkrazor76 well said I’m the same way to the t

[@cheddar2848]

Awesome video!😁👍👍 The Buick song, like it, I remember that one.

[@petermccarthy3046]

Looking forward to van travel

[@paulhunter546]

Hey Dave..great road song (Buick) 😁👍 Hope you & your kitties find happiness and adventure in 2025 !

[@laurieb8315]

😂 I enjoyed the Buick song. I have owned an Enclave since 2016 and love it!! Thanks for showing us your kitty. Very adorable 🐱

[@carmenmarcinkiewicz7149]

@@laurieb8315 I recently bought a 2017 Buick Enclave.......it's spectacular!

[@kelliephoenix]

Thank you for sharing! 🙂 I had to lol when you talked about the cops profiling you helping your anxiety disorder! 🤣 I think keeping the Buick for now is best and also to donate to someone in need in the future! Looking forward to continuing to follow the box truck build and adventures with your kitties in the near future! 😊🐾❤️

[@ShadowWolf3030]

Since moving to europe three years ago, peace and quiet and alone time is non existent, glad to see someone enjoying it,, 🤘

[@vannerdherd]

Mane, you do have a full plate with all those vehicles...fix'em up & sell them anyways, some high school kid would love that Buick, they are sleepers with the v8's! cheers! your subs are growin duder, hell yeah!

[@CherylK-p4g]

Happy New Year Dave!. Cheer up Hun. Still a great video. Love watching all your videos.no matter were you are or where you end up! ❤ To meet you sometime.

[@adventurebythemile]

I love all your videos! Anything is great including kitty videos. 😊😊😊

[@richbowie76]

Happy New Year Dave

[@IAmMisterD]

Happy new year! Thanks for your videos, I can't wait to see the van progress! Exciting times

[@bonitamcwhirter1897]

Love the video by the way

[@celticrider06]

There is nothing like travelling to clear your mind. We are counting the days to get back out on the road again with our new to us truck camper set up. Too cold for us to camp here in Canada now unfortunately. We did 20000km this summer in our Motorhome and had a blast. However you decide to travel makes no difference, it’s doing it that matters. You will certainly enjoy the new camper setup you loving put all the work into. Have a great year and maybe we’ll cross paths somewhere on the open road!

[@h.h.legacydiesel6724]

Miss your humor when your not around, the Buick jingle was awesome. 😅. Depending where in CANADA you will be? We have to say Hi? Hope the rest of Your build goes smooth and quick. We look forward to watching you . Enjoy your kitties, sometimes when lm down, the kitties are the only ones who make sense, & who l want to be around, just my wife and l and the kitties.😅😊😂 ✌🏻❤️ 🇨🇦. Happy New Year back at Ya.

[@Anita_T-Rex]

Hope to see kitties sometimes when you start living in the van. I have a girl tabby (silver gray black stripes) Molly, all-orange boy tabby Cheddar. They also own 2 dogs 😄 and me, the granny 😊. Van with snakes, yeah low profile. I like all your videos 💕

[@prizm63]

Yep great idea giving another an opportunity of traveling life. I can see your kitty and why you want to have a traveling home for them.im enjoying each part of the build and the travel. Thank you.

[@Ruckusism]

Sounds like you had a lot on your plate, glad to see you got the reset. Getting that box on the road will give you the peace you need to adventure and not having to worry about driving home.

[@GaryNichols50]

When you said you were not going to drive the Buick anymore, but nobody else would buy it, I immediately thought of HOWA and was glad to hear you say that. Excellent idea. And Quartzsite is quite the experience. I'm loving it here.

[@ltsfly29]

Great video brother!I'mm looking forward to the Boxtruck ADVENTURES!!

[@TravelingWithSpecialAbilities]

HOWA is a great idea!😊

[@bonitamcwhirter1897]

Oh we got to meet your kitty🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰🥰😋

[@BrassIsMyGold]

Eager to see the next phase of your travel adventures in the van. In the meantime, I will continue to enjoy the box van build out videos.

[@charleneschmidt1920]

I am living in the South West part of Nebraska. Broken bow, Ne. is a feed lot as far as the eye can see, I hear. I enjoyed your video. Be safe and have a great week.

[@ksk101963]

Another great video and glad as usual and glad you share your thoughts on your trip and how it's effecting your life and mental State with needing time to be alone and think about life and your future and I feel the same about having the freedom to leave and be semi free with your schedule and time to do things you really want to do. I would have no problem in putting your car to good use of and when you decide to sell it please keep me in mind as I feel you have a good setup there and a good option if someone wants to do things similar to what you did with the Buick looking forward to your building the van and trips to shake it out before you go on long trips thanks for sharing your thoughts and adventures with your group here Kraig from Washington State

[@doingitwithnothing]

Kitty looks like my Buttercup

[@frank25_]

I’m telling you brother, when you start making your video about your adventures with the box truck, you are gunna skyrocket subscribers. Best of luck to you brother

[@adventurebythemile]

I had a kitty like yours and her name was Murphy. That was a long time ago. I had a lot of kitties since then and quite a few dogs. All got along fine but now I recite a husky hybrid and she is very territorial. I’m still thinking about getting a road kitty though. 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛😻😻😻😻

[@adventurebythemile]

I drove 15hrs one say I left at devils tower and drove straight through to Close to St Louis. Biggest mistake I ever made. I was shaking and sick by the time I got back but like you I missed my dog. I bought a full-size conversion van tore out the seats and built it out. Now my dog hates to ride. She has family to stay with but I’m thinking about getting a kitty and training it to ride. Just not sure yet. I have high anxiety also and don’t like to be around people. I’ve made a few videos which is hard for me. I’ve made up my mind in May I’m heading north. Last time I got lost in Omaha when I took a wrong turn and I felt like I was in the ghetto. My phone would not give me the right directions. I was headed to MT but made it to Wall, SD. It was August and 100*. Now with the full-size van I will go further but it’s older (2003) and I’m worried somewhat about breaking down in the middle of nowhere.

[@douglaswhite1306]

Back to your van buiild, I have a shuttle bus I'm building out. I have a tiny suv I wanted to tow tow on a a tow dolly. It's more than I want to pull. I still need something in case I break down and need to get somewhere for help. Also to scout trails and run for groceries. I bought a small trailer and plan to load up up my riding mower for for that until I can afford a quad. Easy to unhitch and turn around.

[@vanlifemeow]

im thinking about getting a bike some day. like an enduro or whatever they're called now

[@douglaswhite1306]

@vanlifemeow I'm too old for a bike of any kind. 72 and quite crippled. I have an electric handicapped 4 wheel cart and lift I'll be putting on the front of my shuttle. It's on the front of my Ford Cargo van right now. It'll travel 11 miles faster than most men can run, but I want more range and off road capability even though it is for turf and gravel travel.

[@carefreehighway]

Back in the 70s a high school friend had a hand me down Buick Lesabre . Nothing special to look at but his dad worked for Buick corporate in the Motor City and was able to source an unassembled Buick big block 455 stage 1 engine . My friend put the engine together , throwing in a meaner than stock cam and damn if that car wasn’t the fastest torque monster on the road ! Car was a sleeper so cops didn’t pay it any attention . I got to drive it just once as designated driver after a party that lasted into the wee hours . Fun times .The road sure did belong to that Buick !

[@m.r.2848]

🎉

[@alexmacdonald4270]

Enjoyed the travel videos , shame you can’t sell the Buick, I hope it doesn’t get scrapped, its a reliable vehicle 🏆

[@vanlifemeow]

i'd never scrap it. it's been too good to me

[@EXTgamingdragon911X]

That a cute cat

[@joncraun7966]

I’ve been wondering when you would start taking the camper for short trips ever since you got the insulation and bed platform done.

[@vanlifemeow]

soon!

[@juicie54]

Kinda strange but I'm gonna miss the ole Buick.😊

[@DB1Journeys]

Thanks for the entertainment. I know this vid was a few months back, but maybe I can buy you a few gallons of gas for the van. Promise to save it for your maiden voyage in the van! Lol

[@vanlifemeow]

thank you so much!!

[@georgiacorey954]

You have a gorgeous kitty

[@OffGridThoughtsChannel]

Hyundai Elantras get pretty good gas mileage. You might pick up one of those cheap and put some buick emblems on it. A ton of parts out there for those. Spacious vehicle too.

[@bobtailedtrucker2521]

@OffGridThoughtsChannel True, but the 3.8 v6 in that buick is bullet proof as long as you can source parts.

[@ralphschreckengost6865]

By the way Nomad life is great especially when you can stop here and there and work a while then move on to something new and exciting and steer clear of the big cities so I've been everywhere in the US and parts of Canada and seen just about everything to see and probably the most exciting is when I work at the World's Fair in Montreal Canada in 1967 and lived on the island I think it was laround but it was part of where the exhibits were next to Montreal. Anyway enjoy life there's so many years you get and when they're gone they're gone

[@mrbenjaminvincent]

I would love to have it to get around town in Jacksonville Florida instead of catching uber's 1 every few weeks to the doctors

[@edgeveg]

Glad you're not focusing on selling the buick. Having a backup drive while breaking the van in is smart. You'll know when it's time to let the Buick go. Maybe look into a financial counselor, they have great resources and ideas that will help you get on the road sooner. When you get on the road maybe you can volunteer at cat shelters they desperately need people to help out

[@spinmarion1]

Happy New Year .please give the cats a snuggle from me😊 please eat little bit more healthy 2025 😊 greetings 😊

[@eastcoastavm2726]

Yeah, a homemade camper van with snakes might not be low key… (-8. Get a custom wrap with kitty pics and a vanlifemeow logo?

[@cameronniles7197]

Life is easier when you see glass is half full bud. I hope that changes for you.

[@douglaswhite1306]

You're making us time travel back and forth. I'm getting time lag...is that a thing?

[@STORMY0O]

I think you made a good choice! You ave a good idea move towards it with all speed. You can do it! Good luck enjoy hoe and the kitties. Stop beating your self up. You never know till you drive it. Rest,eat enjoy the kitties! Donate the car! So odd there is a Japanese young man traveling starting with a skate board and now has a Moped is challenged himself to go to each province and get a sticker for the moped. It’s freezing cod but one by one es getting them to! He too is a YT blogger.and has a dream to see it all. His final dream is a van. Interesting coincidence!

[@nomadic-dawn]

And such is this lifestyle, nothing ever seems to go as planned.

[@frankiepunmusic]

IF YOU EVER NEED A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT. I HAVE ONE.

[@KC8YPK]

A fire would be nice... wouldn't a box van conversion be better?

[@adventurebythemile]

A homeless person would love to live in the Buick

[@bonitamcwhirter1897]

I believe the government should be Ashamed for the way that they have treated the indigenous people they almost lost their culture because of putting the children in the schools that the government ran look into it sometime If you have not already

[@CharlesBrochu]

Poor Dave you do look dead on the Video,, I didnt think it was a good idea to Drive as much,, But i uderstand you poor Guy ,, Dindnt Think a Guy could Miss his Kittys As Much Lolll .. Im Honestly supprise You should make a gofund to travel 20$ of Gas?? Oh lord

[@celticrider06]

There is nothing like travelling to clear your mind. We are counting the days to get back out on the road again with our new to us truck camper set up. Too cold for us to camp here in Canada now unfortunately. We did 20000km this summer in our Motorhome and had a blast. However you decide to travel makes no difference, it’s doing it that matters. You will certainly enjoy the new camper setup you loving put all the work into. Have a great year and maybe we’ll cross paths somewhere on the open road!

[@adventurebythemile]

I had a kitty like yours and her name was Murphy. That was a long time ago. I had a lot of kitties since then and quite a few dogs. All got along fine but now I recite a husky hybrid and she is very territorial. I’m still thinking about getting a road kitty though. 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛😻😻😻😻

[@adventurebythemile]

I drove 15hrs one say I left at devils tower and drove straight through to Close to St Louis. Biggest mistake I ever made. I was shaking and sick by the time I got back but like you I missed my dog. I bought a full-size conversion van tore out the seats and built it out. Now my dog hates to ride. She has family to stay with but I’m thinking about getting a kitty and training it to ride. Just not sure yet. I have high anxiety also and don’t like to be around people. I’ve made a few videos which is hard for me. I’ve made up my mind in May I’m heading north. Last time I got lost in Omaha when I took a wrong turn and I felt like I was in the ghetto. My phone would not give me the right directions. I was headed to MT but made it to Wall, SD. It was August and 100*. Now with the full-size van I will go further but it’s older (2003) and I’m worried somewhat about breaking down in the middle of nowhere.

[@vanlifemeow]

i've driven to the shaky point. dehydrated, eyes burning. usually starts around 12 hours. once i get out west with my van i am definitely taking it slow. no more than a hundred or so miles a day and staying in one spot at least a couple nights if not a week or two