I do like the Molon Labe decals, however.

I worked with lots of guys who put 6" lift kits on their trucks and claimed it was for hunting and fishing. A year later, not a scratch on that truck so you know it hasn't been off-road. We called them road princesses.

do road princesses get used to tow trailer queen "race" cars?

Yup, we got those assholes too. In this area we rarely get cold enough for snow or even black ice, but on those occasions, you inevitable see a great many enormous jacked up pickup trucks all run off the sides of the roads and stuck in the

Huh. Note to self, don't use the less than sign in posts.

...stuck in the less than 1 inch of snow. As a native northeastener, I roar by in my little car and mock them savagely.

Hey Chancho. I'm curious. Of the guys that put big lifts and tires on their trucks, what was the ratio of tall, fit manly-men to short, scrawny or fat guys with 'attitude'?

Maybe you should start a channel and show these rookies how it's done!

M'jus'sayin', if you're going to obsess over making a particular car your "bug out" car, you should probably have the tools and knowledge to keep that car running for extended periods of time. I'm not so sure LARP road warrior here could change the air filter, much less fix something actually broken.

Me? If I knew the collapse of society was imminent, I'd just learn how to hotwire cars effectively and quickly and switch as needed. Though I do know how to fix cars too.

I was thinking that too. Skip the totally rad "kill me first" stickers and buy some run-flats, a generator/solar panels, take an auto mechanic course, learn to hunt/forage/grow food, get fit, learn a functional martial art, learn something beyond how to apply bandaids and grow some gills like Kevin Costner

What you really want isn't a car, but a horse.

Also a modern American SUV is about the stupidest vehicle to rely on in a life or death survival situation. While an 80s Toyota pickup would get you through the apocalypse without a hiccup.

I'm sure there are situations where a horse would be good, such as lower temperature areas with lots of grass and water, but in the southwest I'd take a car.

Also if you're running from people in cars, a horse might not cut it.

A good horse can do 20-30mph. That might seem slow, but try doing that with your car on any surface other than a flat road. We got snow capped mountains here. Lots of them. Also, where are getting all this gasoline from?

You aren't thinking this through.

If either of you thought it through you'd realize "robot horse" is the proper answer.

Depends on the car...

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=152861&what=VOTING

By that you mean a motorcycle. Not a bad option really, beats the car. Both modes of transport (robohorse and biohorse) solve another big problem with "bugging out" which is that every other idiot in the state will all be doing this on the same few roads. You'll be lucky to even be moving in a car. Horse or bike, you roar past and wave. It puts to mind that old expression, "You don't have to be the fastest man on earth to escape an angry bear. Just faster than the other guy."

I am so naming my horse "Biohorse."

You don't want carpet; you want an area rug.

You guys all I thought I was crazy for marrying Rainbow Dash, but when I'm riding a sonic pegasus away from the martial law zones, which of us will be laughing then?!

Oh god no, not area rugs. My mother in law loved those things, and they were responsible for more than one "I've fallen and I can't get up" moment. She made most of them, so it was impossible to convince her otherwise. At one point I threatened to wrap the old woman in bubble wrap to resolve the problem. I do miss her terribly. Ghost stars for that dear old woman and Robin.

5 for the thought of seeing this vehicle roving the wastes.

I think my focus ST will do good in the apocalypse, it's agile, small and move through abandoned city streets all fast and shit. Also it's a hatchback, I fan fit a lot of shit I may or may not need, and it'll be way more thrifty on fuel than a v8 SUV.

Also, it's got a boost gauge.

That'll sure come in handy when you steal the car and he runs out to stop you. Thanks for the tip!