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Okay. The world has ended, you're all dying of cancer and there's nasty guys in strange uniforms shooting at you from the bushes, when you're not being chased by vast packs of feral dogs that is.
In cases like this, I like to think 'what would Jeremy Clarkeson do?' He'd do a road test, of course. What vehicle would you choose to drive around radioactive Europe in? The categories are; -Motorcycle - Civilian Light Commercial - Civilian Heavy Commercial - Civilian Off-road - Military Off-road - Military Light Truck - Military Heavy Truck - Light Wheeled APC/ACV - Heavy Wheeled APC/ACV - Light Tracked APC/ACV - Heavy Tracked APC/ACV - Small Watercraft - Main Battle Tank. |
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First of all, who's Jeremy Clarkeson?
After having read "Generation Kill" (haven't seen the miniseries yet), I'd have to say an gunned-up Humvee or Landrover. Second choice would be the LAV-25.
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A hardtopped Landrover or similiar vehicle, if nuclear bits and pieces were a big problem I would have it compartmentalized and have positive pressure inside, as well as a alternate transmission and coolant system, transmission cooler, bottom sheild for the drive train, bullet proof glass, run flats to just name a few of the upgrades.
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Having driven a land rover 110 defender for months on end across western Australian while working, I wouldn't have one.
They will climb over anything, true. However, they are tiny inside. We had two trucks, a cruiser and a rover, and the rover took a third of the kit. Those slot-windows in the back? They're at face height, you don't look out the windows, and I'm only 173cm tall. That means any bump, and why drive a 4x4 unless it's off road, means your skull and the roof are on close terms. Secondly, they have a narrow wheelbase, so they get bogged like a bastard. Worse, because they're usually quite good off road, you get further in when bogging making them harder to extract. Nah, I prefer land cruisers. However, on rocky ground for a short trip, the rover is better. |
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Well, everyones dead. Normally services arent functioning. You'd have to go with a solar powered small car of some sort, wouldnt you? Boring i know.
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Hello people, I'll use an older type of FWD (jeep, land rover, toyota or russian). You know? the simple type that you can make run with your belt. As I already said I'll choose a diesel if possible that I can make run with no gasoline.
Hummers are nice looking but as soon as you hit a mountain range with no wide road they make me laugh like crazy. ![]() I used to spent a lot of time off road in Portugal. Therefore, if someone owns an UMM Alter around, I'll be glad to steal that. May be the best jeep on earth (the most uncomfortable also). I would also love to be Swedish as they have access to Pinzgauers, or German: Unimogs. If I'm stuck in France, I'll go for the old Citroën 2CV, one of its derivative or an older Peugeot: almost immortals (A good hammer and you make it work). About the 2CV my father found one in the last house he bought, 15 years ago. It was a 1952 model that had not ran for at least 20 years, forgotten under a wood pile. It was still running with a top speed of 30 miles/h, but running, and it still does (never went to a mechanic as it was fixed by the farmer next door). |
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I was thinking the same thing, a 2CV. Interesting car, not many here in the U.S. though. A Volkwswagen Beetle, the older ones, wouldn't be too bad, the World War II Germans used the chassis for their staff cars, IIRC, VW had one called "A Thing" that resembled a 1970's looking Kubelwagen. Stateside, well, maybe a Chevy Cavalier or its related vehicles, lots of parts, easy on fuel. Military, I guess a Hummer. I prefer wheels over tracks, easier to maintain, if you throw a track and can't fix it, you're cooked. Of course, I'd also have a geiger counter to steer clear of hot areas. Also, if you had to make your own fuel, it would take less time to fill up a 2CV or Chevy, a little more for a Hummer maybe, but a tracked vehicle would be like a bottomless pit. If you're an old car buff a Model T (1908- 1927) or Model A (1928 - 1934?) Ford would be nice, they are flex fuel too, made that way. Chuck M.
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1965 convertible Mustang, black with red and silver stripes
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A canoe. Rivers have always been the "highways" of a nonindustrial world. You can carry a canoe across land (portage) to the next river/lake. If you need food just fish off the canoe. It is quiet so you wont necessarily scare game away or draw attention to yourself. Hole up during the day travel at night, there you go.
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Game wise they might have been commandeered by the 1st Brigade 49th Armored as they would have passed through the dells on their way from Chicago to Fort McCoy. Perhaps they were then used by the division for transport down the Mississippi once the division was directed against the Mexican forces. Last edited by kato13; 10-23-2008 at 12:31 AM. |
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dog cart with real dog's, or goat cart (those son'bit live on anything).
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Goats are the cockroaches of the ruminated world ……and thay come with milk
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I drove my wife over there once and saw what her relatives termed as an 'amphibian'. Upon closer observation, I noted that it was a modified DUKW. It seems the local businessmen bought up a lot of old US-issue mil vehicles and used them for their fishing operations. |
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As for my selected mode of transit. In character horse for first choice or foot. Perhaps not as fast as vehicle, but gotta eat anyways, and as the old grunt saying goes, "If ya can't carry it ya don't need it. Light and flexible." But since they are NOT on the catagorie list it would be a small 'common' civilian off-road type such as the Toyota 4x4 pickup or 4-runner size. (god I loved my toy SR5.) Grae Last edited by Graebarde; 11-17-2008 at 02:13 PM. |
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I have to second earthpig in using a canoe especially if you had a small operation and where looking to go undetected.
Now If I needed a vehicle of some kinda I would look for a Diesel Toyota pick-up truck (Hi-lux to you foreigners) though they are not very common in the U.S. yota's run forever, they have good engines and transmissions though the bodies often rusted out. Another good one would be the old International Harvester Scout but with the Nissan diesel engine. I would run bio diesel in either vehicle. Of course if I had access to military vehicles, I might take one. Unfortunately I am not very well versed in fixing vehicles. So I would probably be in a canoe, or on horseback if my lady freind was nice enough to lend me one of her horses. otherwise I might end up looking like these guys if I broke down ![]() |
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Given the original Top Gear slant of the thread, the answer has to be that Toyota pickup that can't be killed (immersed in the Bristol Channel overnight, set fire to, and dropped with a collapsing block of flats, and it STILL ran...). Truly the perfect vehicle to cope with Armageddon...
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How about a sedan chair?
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![]() ![]() BTW, love the avatar. Chuck M.
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