Zombie Apocalypse Daily Driver Challenge.

Zombie Apocalypse Daily Driver Challenge.

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Piers_K

234 posts

196 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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How long do we have to wait before they die out? Never mind....

Mclaren P1. I'd die, sooner rather than later, a happy man.

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

124 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I'm glad someone else mentioned it, because all these landrovers et al are flawed by having too much rubbish for the clump of zombies to hang off. secondly as we know, landrovers are not reknown for reliability, but it will depend on circumstances as to what you get trapped near to, or resources, when the zombie apocalypse starts.

for example the best, securest building to me would probably be skipton castle, so I'd need to somehow get the few miles there to safety.

travelling long distances might not be the best idea.

secondly vehicle noise: all these trucks are too noisy.

so you need a quiet car, that is sleek. so how about a prius ?

secondly we need to quantify the type of zombie for this thread to work.

If we're talking the atypical 1970's zombie, with their slow dawdling walk and responses, then pretty much any vehicle is ok, but clearly big tyres and a massive front bumper is a must. feasibly a sunroof for added escapeage is required.

Now for some reason in the last 40 years, zombies seem to have become faster, more aware, i.e your "walking dead" zombie.

in that case as has been proven, many vehicles simply don't work. pretty much you need a tank, with the ability to live on board for a week, in a locked down, self sealed biological fashion.


not that I have given this some thought you understand.

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

124 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I actually have told my wife, the reason I need to store so much wood in the shed is in case the zombie's come, we can protect ourselves by securing boarding the windows up. Oh no, they won't be catching me out.

I also said the same about my new petrol chainsaw last year: it will be handy when the clumps of zombies arrive.

you have to plan ahead.

trashbat

6,006 posts

154 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Looket said:
Just because I could. Amateur.
Au contraire, my diligent but wholly misdirected friend.

I have thought about this for several hours solid now, and I have the answer. No EMP, no broken down Defender, none of it.



There's a scene in The Walking Dead where they smear themselves in blood and muck to fit in with their new social group.

This is the automotive equivalent of that. While you're simultaneously battling a bad case of the They All Do That Sirs and getting ambushed by hordes of angry undead 3 Series drivers, I'll be quietly shuffling around the Waitrose car park at 9mph, in ever-oblivious air conditioned luxury, straw hat on the parcel shelf, biding my time.

Bennet

2,122 posts

132 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I find it hard to envisage a zombie apocalypse where the roads remain useable for very long at all, so I'm going to go with a scrambler type motorbike. Whichever one of those is most reliable.

Sterillium

Original Poster:

22,233 posts

226 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I'm laughing out loud at the now utterly accepted and much used collective noun.

Clump.

Negative Creep

24,985 posts

228 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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It's just occurred to me this will be the perfect vehicle. As The Walking Dead has proven, it will get through an apocalypse without even so much as getting dirty

samuelellis

1,927 posts

202 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I would follow the example mightycarmods did

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS8KXHBCimo

DervVW

2,223 posts

140 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Negative Creep said:


It's just occurred to me this will be the perfect vehicle. As The Walking Dead has proven, it will get through an apocalypse without even so much as getting dirty
Well they haven't had to replace the water hose yet

Roundozo

111 posts

121 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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How about the Knight XV (obviously to the left of the hummer)? Not sure how reliable they are and to be honest I don't really know where you'd find one.


beko1987

1,636 posts

135 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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I'd jump in my ZX, go and rob the nearest supermarket of ALL their oil (and food and drink) before the invasion fully hit then drive 900 miles at a time until I reached safety...

This is assuming SWMBO and my daughter sadly perished initially so I wouldnt have them holding me back...

Speed Badger

2,700 posts

118 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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This might be quite useful. Bonus points for naming the movie in which this features.


Negative Creep

24,985 posts

228 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Speed Badger said:
This might be quite useful. Bonus points for naming the movie in which this features.

Land of the Dead - think it was called Dead Reckoning

Nezquick

1,461 posts

127 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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toerag said:
What the actual.....!
What type of a mad man built that machine?

paranoid airbag

2,679 posts

160 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Defeating the point of the OP somewhat, I'm not going for something that will last forever (though the right model won't do a bad impression).

I'm going for something where you will be able to find parts and replace things. Good, because you'll need to. Machines that don't require maintenance are a myth.

A large enclosed space doesn't hurt either.

P-Jay

10,577 posts

192 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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paranoid airbag said:


Defeating the point of the OP somewhat, I'm not going for something that will last forever (though the right model won't do a bad impression).

I'm going for something where you will be able to find parts and replace things. Good, because you'll need to. Machines that don't require maintenance are a myth.

A large enclosed space doesn't hurt either.
Good call, I once repaired the fuel filter on an old Transit with a bicycle innertube and a leatherman in the middle of a storm.

Speed Badger

2,700 posts

118 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Negative Creep said:
Speed Badger said:
This might be quite useful. Bonus points for naming the movie in which this features.

Land of the Dead - think it was called Dead Reckoning
Help yourself to 1 bonus point my friend. Plus a geeky film related t-shirt featuring an obscure movie company brand that only fellow geeks would clock smile

cianha

2,165 posts

198 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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"Time to lay the flowers on the grave."
Petrol will be unusable after a few months. Diesel isn't much more stable.

I've a pair of these next door.


Just got to avoid Atlanta…


trashbat

6,006 posts

154 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Quite right, it's a one way street.

soad

32,903 posts

177 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Nezquick said:
toerag said:
What the actual.....!
What type of a mad man built that machine?
"A Megatron tank replica, built by a Chinese designer in 2011"
These Homemade Tanks Are Tough Enough To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse