Your nuclear fallout vehicle of choice...

[the Teuton]

Suppose fires rained from the heavens, governments bowed to warheads, Infiniti really did take over the world, and the Cougspocalypse's predictions of economies crumbling under oppressive regimes actually came true.

You have to steal a vehicle that can carry you and your family (let's say five people total) to safety, wherever that may be. You have to be able to survive war and destruction, survive whatever may lie ahead.

What do you pick? The only other stipulation is that you have to be able to keep it operational, too. If that means stealing gas and killing people, so be it. But remember, gas may not be that easy to come by in a Cougspocalypse.

[giant_mtb]

[FlatBlackCaddy]

one of those russian rally trucks they use in the dakar rally.

Something about slamming the gas down and cresting a pile of dead zombie bodies like a african sand dune would just be bad ass.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

there ya go

[FlatBlackCaddy]

[FlatBlackCaddy]

badass

[Cookie Monster]

[the Teuton]

badass

Definitely.

I'd take a G500 (the supercharged AMG version would likely break faster), or a diesel grey market import G if I could find one.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

You need both a high curb weight and lots of torque(diesel) to bash your way through the piles of dead bodies, undead mutants and religious zealots blocking your path to fresh water and weapon reserves.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

those russian trucks fit 5 man crews and enough tires and parts to run without the need for a backup crew.

[the Teuton]

Shit, I forgot about the Land Cruiser.

I'd pick the H1 Alpha, but that only usually seats 4.

[Cookie Monster]

You need both a high curb weight and lots of torque(diesel) to bash your way through the piles of dead bodies, undead mutants and religious zealots blocking your path to fresh water and weapon reserves.

Why bash your way through the piles when you could jump off of dead body ramps and soar through the sky?

[Vinsanity]

one of these with a diesel engine





or...

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Why bash your way through the piles when you could jump off of dead body ramps and soar through the sky?

umm, it does both.

Halfway up the "ramp" it will bash off the top of the pile and get 4 wheel air off the rest.


Something about these things just aren't right. I remember watching dakar footage of what had to be 10 ton semi trucks flying over(and through) sand dunes like they were nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rord5rF9TSs&feature=related


One of my favorite dakar memories is of a camera fixed on a sand dune. A buggy came up on it and got stuck on the peak, a bike came up on it and made it over but bogged down and got stuck. A semi comes up on it and halfway up it blasts the top of the dune clear off and all you see is sand and hear the diesel roar as it disappears into the distance.

[Submariner]

[Payman]

What. The. Fuck.

[280Z Turbo]

I was going to say Escape Hybrid (for gas mileage and off road ability) but I was concerned about the life of the battery pack.

I'm going with a GMC Yukon with the Z71 package. We'll just have to do some more murdering for gas.

[Payman]

[SVT666]

I have a family of 4, so this is my pick:

[Minpin]

Where exactly is safety? I love all these apocalypse situations, with the theory that you just have to FUCKING GO SOMEWHERE. REALITY: It's a nuclear fallout situation, there is nowhere to go. But, having said that playing along, one of these should suffice the "OMG WERE ALL GONNA DIE, BUT I HEAR NORTH DAKOTA IS SAFE. LET'S GO THERE." situation.

[SVT666]

...or this:

[Cookie Monster]

Nevermind I think I'll have a Bowler Nemesis instead.

[SVT666]

The Bowler only carries 2.

[r0tor]

some diesel SUV... that way as long as i'm up in the northeast I can always drain people's home heating oil tanks for fuel -shrug-

[the Teuton]

Where exactly is safety? I love all these apocalypse situations, with the theory that you just have to FUCKING GO SOMEWHERE. REALITY: It's a nuclear fallout situation, there is nowhere to go. But, having said that playing along, one of these should suffice the "OMG WERE ALL GONNA DIE, BUT I HEAR NORTH DAKOTA IS SAFE. LET'S GO THERE." situation.

No one knows how dangerous the fallout from the Cougspocalypse will actually be. Some people say it may be the end of days; others think it may rain tons and tons of bullshit from the sky. We'll not know until it happens.

[sportyaccordy]

15 posts and nobody posted this... I'm really disappointed guys

[Vinsanity]

but it doesn't even have a plow in front...

[2o6]

Considering that a Nuclear blast would likely wipe out the electrics, I need something Diesel and with a manual fuel pump.



An old GMC or Ford dump truck?

[thewizard16]

Where exactly is safety? I love all these apocalypse situations, with the theory that you just have to FUCKING GO SOMEWHERE. REALITY: It's a nuclear fallout situation, there is nowhere to go. But, having said that playing along, one of these should suffice the "OMG WERE ALL GONNA DIE, BUT I HEAR NORTH DAKOTA IS SAFE. LET'S GO THERE." situation.

Stryker is a damn good choice. If I thought I could find one, that would probably be my pick too. T
This is my somewhat realistic pick to transport me and my apparent family:

It's bulletproof and bomb resistant.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Swift with a lift kit. 40+mpg really comes in handy when there is no gas left.  Lift kit adds necessary clearence fir driving over zombie corpses.