jaycey001 16 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 What apocalypse vehicle would you buy? Ive been thinking of getting a small cheap 4x4 here in Spain for playing around in and general bad weather duties, Ive had old defenders in the past and always thought I would get another here with the simple 2.5D engine in.. But Lada have also popped up on my radar and while they are petrol parts are super cheap and they have similar Lego brick like construction. This then led on to me thinking (maybe I have too much time on my hands) what would happen if there were a fuel shortage, and what engine would be the easiest one to run/convert to run on home made fuels. Obviously a diesel is the first to spring to mind and running on veg oil but it takes allot of space to grow enough feed stock to make vegetable oil, and even buying enough oil could become difficult. So maybe home made ethanol is more realistic, and not to mention the potential of running petrol from wood gas.... So, what do you think? Would you buy petrol or Diesel or even electric to survive the apocalypse? Looking forward to hearing opinions! Link to post Share on other sites
fatharris 4439 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Mechanical injection N/A PSA diesel. Sure someone on here said the only electronic thing to go wrong was the stop solenoid. Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk loserone and Supernaut 2 Link to post Share on other sites
loserone 14313 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 10 minutes ago, jaycey001 said: buying enough oil could become difficult Yeah, but that's before you start stealing from home oil tanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Asimo 16716 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 plus Joey spud 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sham 466 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 The oldest and most basic diesel van I could find. There's plenty of roads, somewhere to sleep in safety and an agricultural engine is what matters during the apocalypse. Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty_Rocket 1693 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Disco 1, with a 2 or 300TDi would be my vehicle of choice. Super-rugged, will run on anything, will drive over any number of zombies, drag anything out the way, absorb damage etc etc. It'll be full of holes underneath but all the DVSA inspectors will be too busy to worry about that loserone and jaycey001 2 Link to post Share on other sites
junkyarddog 8149 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 One of these bad boys. Go almost anywhere,run on anything resembling fuel,can live in it,can be used with farming implements,and pretty much bomb proof mechanics. It's not like I've thought of this before. There is an electrical substation about 10 miles from here,I reckon there would be one or two of them knocking about there. Link to post Share on other sites
sierraman 17189 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Are we talking if there’s an EMP that renders all electronic devices useless? If we are I’d sooner go with the blast. Link to post Share on other sites
JimH 3908 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 If you are talking properly apocolyptic then I'll go with steam thanks. Depending on your boiler design you coud run on pretty much anything and you would be able to make pretty much anything you needed to keep it running. LightBulbFun and Asimo 2 Link to post Share on other sites
HMC 18615 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 K11 micra Low Horatio gearbox, jaycey001, barefoot and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
jaycey001 16 Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 3 minutes ago, HMC said: K11 micra The cockroach of the car world.... I already have one HMC 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HMC 18615 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 In fact despite a million special editions there was no apocalypse special. Spec to include wipe down upholstery, bull bars and lead lined door cards, dash mounted shotgun and cb radio with whip aerial. AnthonyG, Supernaut and jaycey001 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
JimH 3908 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Mad Max would not have been quite the same film if they'd all looked like the vicar's missus going to the post office. jaycey001, crad, warch and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
anonymous user 18500 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 If by some mischance the apocalypse happened and I was still alive, I would probably settle for a horse. I don't think I'd be going too far, hopefully there would still be some grazing around here and worst case scenario I could eat it. If something resembling petrol was available then, if I could get hold of it, a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, it'll run on just about anything and can cope with shitty roads. HMC and stripped fred 2 Link to post Share on other sites
JeeExEll 15908 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 hours ago, JimH said: If you are talking properly apocolyptic then I'll go with steam thanks. Depending on your boiler design you coud run on pretty much anything and you would be aake pretty much anything you needed to keep it running. Maybe not the ideal vehicle should you need to escape from rabid flesh-eating apocalypse zombies though. NorfolkNWeigh and warch 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bezzabsa 1701 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 old merc 307 dizzel.....no need for leccy to run...just remember to park on a hill LOL.. disco would be 2nd choice.. Link to post Share on other sites
warch 1099 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Whilst watching the travails of Mad Max I was struck with the irony that, in a post apocalyptic wasteland where people are willing to sell their own grandmothers for a tank of gasoline everyone seems to drive the least efficient vehicles imaginable, in the least efficient way imaginable. As Jim H correctly points out though, no one wants to watch a load of masked men in arseless leather chaps hypermiling their way around the outback in diesel hatchbacks so I'm willing to allow for a bit of poetic license in respect of the choice of motah. I've spent quite a few hours this week standing in the effing cold and snow trying to help my dad kick his completely dead diesel Series III Land Rover into life with no luck. The problem with diesels is that even in basic form they do go wrong and when they do you're buggered. My petrol Land Rover on the other hand is a paragon of virtue, especially as I have been known to miss service intervals by decades before now. Not sure I'd trust my life to a Unimog either, they're awesome but incredibly complicated, and not exactly problem free. The best option is to look at what people actually do drive in apocalyptic wastelands, like Central Africa, Eastern Russia, the Australian interior or Rhonda Cynon Taf. Something like a Toyota, or Lada or an old Peugeot I reckon. Just paint it matt black, remove the wheel trims, fit a dummy nitrous kit and an ebay electric turbo and you'll have all the road warrior chic and 30mpg to boot. Low Horatio gearbox and JeeExEll 2 Link to post Share on other sites
puddlethumper 3900 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I'll stick with my 305 van. Xud tractor innit. loserone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Supernaut 18228 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Maybe not the ideal vehicle should you need to escape from rabid flesh-eating apocalypse zombies though. You could outrun plenty of zombies in a Doble, though. LightBulbFun 1 Link to post Share on other sites
808 Estate 2981 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 This. Unless there is a multitude of zombies, in which case you will need this. For less than 10 large and the possessing the ability to be fixed by a bored Russian conscript armed with a large hammer and a bottle of vodka, you would be hard pressed to beat a ZIl 131. 6 litres of air cooled, V8 2 stroke goodness. Should run on anything from paraffin to gin. warch and Coprolalia 2 Link to post Share on other sites
loserone 14313 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 57 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: I'll stick with my 305 van. Xud tractor innit. Don't think there's a better answer puddlethumper 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lacquer Peel 17334 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 42 minutes ago, 808 Estate said: 6 litres of air cooled, V8 2 stroke goodness. Should run on anything from paraffin to gin. Yes but you'd have to find rather a lot of it. Lada Niva XUD from the continent would be good. Link to post Share on other sites
Stanky 10261 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, warch said: no one wants to watch a load of masked men in arseless leather chaps hypermiling their way around the outback in diesel hatchbacks THIS FILM NEEDS TO BE MADE Supernaut, Alusilber, Low Horatio gearbox and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
andy18s 6951 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 warch and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bezzabsa 1701 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 16 minutes ago, Stanky said: THIS FILM NEEDS TO BE MADE Slightly miffed Max?? Link to post Share on other sites
Low Horatio gearbox 623 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 505 Dangel 4x4. Pref with a XUD warch, HMC and puddlethumper 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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