Your nuclear fallout vehicle of choice...

[280Z Turbo]

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

Everything posted so far is better than a $500 pickup.

It would rust in half after 2 years of nuclear winter. Give me my Tahoe Z71 please.

[Submariner]

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?

Chances are, the blast will destroy anything the EMP does, so...

[2o6]

Chances are, the blast will destroy anything the EMP does, so...

EMP goes farther, IIRC.

[mzziaz]

[Submariner]

EMP goes farther, IIRC.

Assuming the burst originated in space, and it was in a region of high earth magnetism, but I think we're getting to specific for an otherwise silly thread. 

[JWC]

I'd stick with my VW camper.  Goes almost anywhere, gets decent mileage, is easily repaired, and sleeps four (five with the cot), and has a small kitchen.   

[Byteme]

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.

Model T.  Simple, reliable, a blacksmith can fix it. Low compression burns crap gasoline.  Goes damn near anywhere.  No electronics to turn to crap.  A few EMPs would turn what you guys are picking into stationary scupltures.

[Submariner]

Model T.  Simple, reliable, a blacksmith can fix it. Low compression burns crap gasoline.  Goes damn near anywhere.  No electronics to turn to crap.  A few EMPs would turn what you guys are picking into stationary scupltures.

Good luck plowing through a field of zombies with open doors, wooden wheels, and a top speed somewhere around 40 mph. 

Also, if we're going with the EMP angle, I'm guessing there would be full on nuclear war, in which an EMP really would be far down the "why were screwed" list. 

[hotrodalex]

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

One of those and then one of these.

[Minpin]

Good luck plowing through a field of zombies with open doors, wooden wheels, and a top speed somewhere around 40 mph. 

Also, if we're going with the EMP angle, I'm guessing there would be full on nuclear war, in which an EMP really would be far down the "why were screwed" list. 

As I said before, giving these thread any more thought than a donkey and it immediately becomes excruciatingly dumb.

[Submariner]

As I said before, giving these thread any more thought than a donkey and it immediately becomes excruciatingly dumb.

As is nitpicking a post on a car forum...

[Laconian]

I'm assuming the oil infrastructure is going bye-bye. I'd definitely go with a diesel vehicle, so I could produce my own fuel.

[Rupert]

Everything posted so far is better than a $500 pickup.

It would rust in half after 2 years of nuclear winter. Give me my Tahoe Z71 please.

That's a Toyota. It's more like $5000.

[Rupert]

Old Unimog with tracks. Like, duh.



Fewer electrics, no tires to go flat, goes anywhere, tough, easier to fix, easy to live in, diesel... I would, obviously, construct a better enclosure for the back. And that's a Pinzgauer, but it's close enough. That's the idea.

[Rupert]

It is pretty big, but it can run over a lot of obstacles, too.

[Raza]

As used by:



I'd like to take her with me too.

[Madman]

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.

Somehow, I think if any of that were to come true, THIS would be the only viable form of transport left.

[GoCougs]

Anything gas powered would be rendered useless in probably less than year. Owing to diesel engines' far less fuel sensitivity they'd last longer based on existing fuel stocks but after a time they too would be useless. So, for the long term, Madman has it about right (but I hate horses).

[Byteme]

Somehow, I think if any of that were to come true, THIS would be the only viable form of transport left.

There's always a steam powered car with a wood fired boiler.  Highly inefficient but..................

[Morris Minor]

I'm with John on this - you'd need go primitive: pre-electronics & pre-fuel-injection, something from the era when everything was over-engineered. Model T is good, WWII Jeep... or early Land Rover maybe.

Anyone remember the scene in "The Day After" when Jason Robards is driving a Volvo, which stops dead when it's hit by the EMP... & he sees the mushroom clouds in the distance... that was disturbing, I mean, Christ, if you can't rely on an early-80s Volvo, you might as well give up.

[Submariner]

I'm with John on this - you'd need go primitive: pre-electronics & pre-fuel-injection, something from the era when everything was over-engineered. Model T is good, WWII Jeep... or early Land Rover maybe.

Anyone remember the scene in "The Day After" when Jason Robards is driving a Volvo, which stops dead when it's hit by the EMP... & he sees the mushroom clouds in the distance... that was disturbing, I mean, Christ, if you can't rely on an early-80s Volvo, you might as well give up.

Hardened electronics?

Suicide?

Swift?

[Rupert]

Anything gas powered would be rendered useless in probably less than year. Owing to diesel engines' far less fuel sensitivity they'd last longer based on existing fuel stocks but after a time they too would be useless. So, for the long term, Madman has it about right (but I hate horses).

Diesels run on almost anything, and you can probably grow fuel somewhere after a while.

[Submariner]

Diesels run on almost anything, and you can probably grow fuel somewhere after a while.

Or kill zombies and use their fat as fuel. 

[Rupert]

That also works.

[GoCougs]

Diesels run on almost anything, and you can probably grow fuel somewhere after a while.

But after existing fuel stocks run out and/or go bad not only will there be no oil to fill crankcases life will be so friggin' hard virtually no one will have extra time to fool around with ethanol or the like. It'll take all of one's waking hours to survive as it was before the advent of the automobile.

[Eye of the Tiger]

But after existing fuel stocks run out and/or go bad not only will there be no oil to fill crankcases life will be so friggin' hard virtually no one will have extra time to fool around with ethanol or the like. It'll take all of one's waking hours to survive as it was before the advent of the automobile.

Whale oil. Dumbass

[Eye of the Tiger]

Or kill zombies and use their fat as fuel. 

Zombies aren't fat enough. See above.

[Colonel Cadillac]

Probably a SWB version, however. But definitely this, so badass

[68_427]

But the LWB has more room for reproducing.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Badass? More like drives like ass.