Favourite Civilian Pattern Car

[rcaf_777]

I was wondering if you had too, what civilian vehcile would chose if you had too. Here are some that I came up with, but for me nothing and I mean nothing says Twilight 2000 1st ed like racing around Teaxs in the Red Star Lone Star Mod driving the Ocsar Mayer Weiner Mobile, with the song blaring and my co driver blasting away with an AK-47, RUN IVAN RUN


Oh, I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner, that is what I'd truly like to be, 'cause if I were an Oscar Mayer weiner, everyone would be in love with me.

[mikeo80]

Better idea: IMHO

Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile, tooling through Texas, Wagner's "Ride of the Valykyries" basting through the sound system.

OBTW:

The Hot DOg swivels to reveal a 5.56 chain gun.....

ROTF, LMAO with the visual in my head....Make it stop.....PLEASE, make it stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimbo4795]

Parts should be easy to find, at least in North America and Europe. Also the modification possibilities are almost endless. Insert assorted Mad Max pictures here

[pmulcahy11b]

Yeah, how about an AMC Pacer!

[Panther Al]

OMG... next time I play, and its in the US, I am *so* doing the Gatling wiener-mobile.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Panther Al

OMG... next time I play, and its in the US, I am *so* doing the Gatling wiener-mobile.

A Gatling shooting hot dogs!

[dragoon500ly]

Don't forget about the flamethrower mounted at the top of the "Hot" Dog!

[Mohoender]

I'll be very french but my choice (T2K choice I mean) will go to two french cars. Either a citroen 2CV or a Peugeot 504 (If unavailable, I would go for the VW Bug). All had great strong points:

Citroën 2CV (deudeuche for those familiar with it):
- It will almost never die on you. In 1990, I found one dating back from 1954 in a dusty storage. It had not run for 15 years. We cleaned the engines and it started (also it couldn't run above 40mph). The fun part is that you still could start it by hand power.
- If it does, you can fix it with minimal tools. However, it is noisy very noisy.
- It can travel with 7 people in it (2 in the front, 3 in the back and 2 siting on the open roof) and still climb a hard slope (I'm sure as I did it, but actually we were 8).
- You can fit a weapon on the roof
- It will get you through rough terrain almost as well as a jeep

Peugeot 504
- As the deudeuche, it will never die on you.
- It can also be fixed with ease (ask those taxis still running in the middle of Africa)
- It is much bigger than the previous one
- If it's a diesel, it can run on 100% vegetable oil. As it will also run on domestic fuel you will seriously reduce your fuel supply problem (at least in Europe).

Whatever, Make a choice is hard but I would use a pre-1975 car. Even a "Trabant" will do fine. It was tricky but, in the end, it would always start.

[TiggerCCW UK]

The 504 is a great car - we had 4 or 5 of them over the years when I was growing up I don't remember us ever having any real mechanical problems with them at all.

[helbent4]

Mo,

The French vehicles are good choices! As long as it runs and is easy on maintenance, then there is a clear advantage. Off-road would be important, too, although most of the time it seems to me that PCs in vehicles tend to still stick the road. (Not all the time, but it seems when they need to go somewhere in a vehicle they need to go fast!)

I noticed something about RCAF's original choices. I don't think there is a "Chevy Roadmaster". There's the classic "Buick Roadmaster" (the same vehicle from Stephen King's From a Buick Eight). There's also the return of the mark in 1991 as basically a station wagon and then sedan.



Tony

[dvyws]

There's a small problem with the 2CV.

The bad guys aren't going to bother shooting at you. Four of them are going to wander over, pick it up, and turn it over so its on its roof and going nowhere.

[Someone not too popular had one of these when I was at college. We used to do this to his car about once a week. If we were in a good mood, we would let him get out first...]

Ah, the lighter side of the Apocalypse!

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by dvyws

There's a small problem with the 2CV.

The bad guys aren't going to bother shooting at you. Four of them are going to wander over, pick it up, and turn it over so its on its roof and going nowhere.

[Someone not too popular had one of these when I was at college. We used to do this to his car about once a week. If we were in a good mood, we would let him get out first...]

Ah, the lighter side of the Apocalypse!

At least you need four bad guys. By the way you could have been brighter and the guy much less lucky. You can strip a 2CV of its body and remake it in less than 1:30 hour. To strip it of its body you need a simple key of 8 (for the 3 screws holding the sides), a crank of 19 ( for the 4 nuts holding the front part), for the hood you go by hand) and another key of 11 to get the doors. Then, you could have make it appear as normal until he would have opened the door.

I hope my words are the good ones.

Too bad you didn't know that at the time.