What car - for the end of the world?
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ds might even approve.
Assuming it's a vehicle we need to source ourselves from the local area, without resorting to excessive violence.
I'm going for a Toyota Hilux.
Either the Surf (estate) imported version or a twin cab pick up.
I'd probably prefer my 15 year old 3L 3rd gen Surf – it has less tricky electrics than a modern one and can run on pretty much any sort of liquid fuel.
It was built when crumple zones were considered a silly idea, and that if you crashed into something it should crumple, not you.
It has a huge loadbay that can easily double as a secure sleeping unit (and in fact has done already)
The engine and mechanical are all pretty straightforward.
I know that it can drive for over 24 at over 80mph stopping only to refuel without any problems whatsoever.
It can quite happily drive up snow covered mountains while full of heavy luggage without missing a beat.
It's such an unassuming vehicle that neither the crazed vegetarian hippies nor the corporate mercenaries will consider me an enemy.
I'm going for a Toyota Hilux.
Either the Surf (estate) imported version or a twin cab pick up.
I'd probably prefer my 15 year old 3L 3rd gen Surf – it has less tricky electrics than a modern one and can run on pretty much any sort of liquid fuel.
It was built when crumple zones were considered a silly idea, and that if you crashed into something it should crumple, not you.
It has a huge loadbay that can easily double as a secure sleeping unit (and in fact has done already)
The engine and mechanical are all pretty straightforward.
I know that it can drive for over 24 at over 80mph stopping only to refuel without any problems whatsoever.
It can quite happily drive up snow covered mountains while full of heavy luggage without missing a beat.
It's such an unassuming vehicle that neither the crazed vegetarian hippies nor the corporate mercenaries will consider me an enemy.
Nissan Patrol. Having lived in one for 3 months in Australia I can say it is an incredible vehicle.
Mine had 230,000 on the clock, had litterally zero oil in it for a good few hundred miles of desert and didn't complain. It fell down a quite large trench and just drove back out. It was completely ragged over corrogated roads and abused in every way possible by my fellow travel companions. It never missed a beat.
Mine had 230,000 on the clock, had litterally zero oil in it for a good few hundred miles of desert and didn't complain. It fell down a quite large trench and just drove back out. It was completely ragged over corrogated roads and abused in every way possible by my fellow travel companions. It never missed a beat.
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