What kind of car do you want to entrust the continuance of you life to if zombies are taking over the world?
To begin, many people will probably want to choose a fast car to use in which to escape a mob of attacking zombies by driving really fast. Would this help though? 'Fast' cars are generally sporty, and sporty cars are generally small. A small car would potentially be able to handle well in tight corners but would it be able to drive offroad as well? Probably not...
On the other end of the spectrum, would a much larger vehicle (say a Semi-Truck or a School Bus) be able to save you? What these vehicles lack in speed they probably have in the ability to drive through the terrain without extensive damage. One major deficite with these much larger vehicles though is manueverablity.
Why is there a concern about maneuverability though when your life is at stake? The answer is that if the world has suffered a zombie apocalypse, people will have left their cars wherever they had been when they died. Anyone who was trying to escape and died in a traffic jam will have left their car in the middle of the road.
For this reason, it would be important to be able to both maneuver your vehicle of choice as well as be able to drive off-road.
What would be a sensible vehicle then? A military tank would defiantly help. As long as you remember to lock the hatch, it would be virtually safe from a zombie. It would be able to handle any terrain and it comes with its own weapon. A tank would probably be a little tight on space, but comfort would not matter much as long as you survived.
My personal choice of vehicle would be an armored bank car, ie a Brinks Truck. It is bullet proof so 1) a hungry zombie would be unable to break the glass and 2) your 'friends' would not be able to try to use their tank to kill you in your sleep. I think that a Brinks Truck would have slightly more room than a tank which would allow for both comfort as well as supply storage.
--Lori Hardin
--Lori Hardin
Heh, nice. You used a lot more of that that I thought. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing to think about is gas mileage and availability of fuel. If the electric is out, you would have to resort to siphoning, so you may want to use a gas vehicle since there would be more gas cars abandoned on the road. But then with all the semis on the road, you could have a great supply of diesel. But then with diesel you could use biofuel, and there are plenty of restaurants from which to utilize their oil. Also with diesel you may get better mpg depending on the type of vehicle (truck vs car vs armored, etc.).
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