re: Is having a bugout vehicle for an apocalypse type situation as useful as it seems?

Funny no one said this, just leave any car or truck parked in a Feriday cage and underground; the electronics should be fine.

I am a little suspicious on the EMP effects on modern electronics, the only knowledge we know about an EMP comes from nuclear testing from the 1950s when electronics were much simpler and cruder devices.

The biggest impact an EMP would have is power. There is just too much exposed bare wires in the electrical grid to cause issues, but the easiest fix for this after the attack is replacing the fuses if the system is grounded properly.

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Oh, and did you know gasoline doesn’t last forever? It goes bad, even in an old timey vehicle.

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Be friends with oil baws and create a secure community near a refinery and oil fields

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be great for getting you into the middle of the huge logjam of stalled vehicles, where your one tank of gas will run out. I'd rather have a bicycle, provided your ruthless and well armed enough to keep someone from taking It away from you.

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Motorcycle or ATV also works good. Good on gas and you can siphon gas from stalled cars. Even better would be a diesel powered one like a John Deere Gator. Like you said though better be well equipped.

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Oh, and did you know gasoline doesn’t last forever? It goes bad, even in an old timey vehicle.

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Yes and no.

You can tune an old carb to run on just about anything flammable. Even very old fuel.

Buddy bought a 5 ton for a bug out. Has become his daily driver

Damnation Alley Landmaster is my vehicle of choice.