":D."

Is that "period" actually supposed to represent a herpes sore? O.o

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Yeah this probably needs to get locked...

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I think the Z's would mess up the front that if you were to make a mad dash and run a a much of them over since the hood is made out of fiber glass. You might be better off with big heavy duty truck that you can through stuff into the back.

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"What rounds have you fired at one of these trucks to see how armored it is?

I'm guessing that anything bigger than a 9mm would penetrate. "

none but it's gotta be alot stronger than the average car or truck you would find.

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Im not going to lie, I;m not a huge fan of this idea. While I do admit, its the most pheasable because it wouldnt really require much maint. or any real fuel, I'm just not sure if I could charge it that often. I mean, Im going to be holed up somewhere most of the time(I assume), so for me I might want a bicycle generator. But thats just me...

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My choice of vehicle would be something that can do light off-roading, has 4WD or AWD, and can hold a lot of stuff, but is good on gas and not too difficult to drive in a crowded street. Diesel power is also a plus in my book. With that in mind, I'd go with either a compact SUV (someone mentioned a Honda CR-V), a crossover wagon (such as a Subaru Outback or Nissan Rogue), or a light truck (like a Ford Ranger). Any smaller and you can't support a decent-sized group of survivors; any larger and you're running into fuel problems and struggling to get your car around abandoned vehicles on the road.

As for something big enough to keep going after hitting a zombie, ask yourself this: how would your vehicle hold up against a deer? The average white-tailed doe weighs between 90 and 200 pounds, while the average buck weighs between 130 and 300. That's also about the weight of an average human being. So keep in mind that hitting zombies will do about as much damage as hitting deer.

Sports cars... I genuinely laughed when I saw people suggesting cars based on how fast they can go. Does anybody really think that they will be doing any high-speed driving in a zombie apocalypse? Going more than 55-60 mph burns gas better than anything, and most of these sports cars already use a ton of gas. Besides, most of the roads are going to be clogged with abandoned vehicles, meaning that you probably won't even be going at highway speed most of the time. I'll take slow and fuel-efficient over fast, loud, and gas-guzzling.

Last but not least, I highly recommend keeping a bicycle as a backup vehicle at all times, and using it whenever you do not need to use your main vehicle (for example, going on a scouting mission or retrieving a small amount of supplies). Gas will be a precious resource, and it will run out eventually, so you will have to account for that.

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@ Everyone. The PDF below is a plan for long term storage of Diesel fuel. It could be modified to convoy usage.
http://amsca.com/files/Download/Fuel_news_long_term_storage_diesel.pdf

@ meca. Yes, I'm very familiar with the M88. As a former US Army Cav Scout (19D10) and Maintenance Officer, I have deployed with 88's many times. While the M88 is an awesome vehicle, for my convoy, I would stick with a wheeled wrecker, like the M1089

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My buddy has a 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme with a built 455 motor, cammed, ported, the works. It tops out at 100 because of the gearing - it's "4 on the floor", no overdrive, with a 4.10 rear end. Gets a whopping 8 mpg. Pulls an easy 11 second quarter mile. Big freaking car too.

My sister's KIA Optima 5, while not nearly as good at accelerating, with it's whopping 2.0L engine which might produce 110 horsepower, tops out at 125 mph. I've reached it before. Scary stuff because the tires aren't rated for that and it gets shaky.

Depends on your definition of land yacht. A 1980 Ford LTD with a 302 is going to have crappy acceleration and top out pretty low, despite having an engine with plenty of potential. Same with a Chevy Celebrity and many other vehicles in the large vehicle dept.

A land yacht that is quick is a muscle car.

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I already started thread on the TIV, just search TIV before the moderators bust on you.

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"I'd go with my truck. It is a small short bed chevy. It can haul supplies, haul a trailer, relatively quiet engine and I just got it a biofuel converter for the tank. No more filling it with gas."

Just be thourough with converting it. If you don't get the correct fuel lines, the boifuel will eat through them pretty quickly. So just read up on the conversion first, it's not quite as simple as get a tank, throw biofuel in, and you're good to go. If it was that easy we'd all eb using it.

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