Vehicles:Your (REALISTIC) personal choice

by **Bear_B** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:51 am

I live with Kat_B, so what difference do hotties make to me?

None... I have to say that because Kat is pretty good with my SIG.

But dude... its the A-Team van!!!

by **thorian** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:01 pm

my Choice BOV would be a Benz rollin on 20's

mmmm unimog goodness

by **concept2w** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:42 pm

jamoni wrote:Dude, you'd get LOTS of hotties with an A-team van.
Oop, instead of "LOTS of" I meant "NO".

Open up the tail doors, red silk all around, the smell of leather, velour rouge, a big bed, lots of pillows, sweet music....mouhahahaha

by **Vampire** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:45 am

My choise would be a shadow RST-V:

It's a hybrid, and therefor more fuel-efficient than comparable cars. Also it can run on electrics only, making no noise. I really hope there's gonna be a civilian version of this thing, I love it. It's only alluminium, but no zombie is going to bite through anyway.

The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.
Mmh, a little slow, but it'l do, especially the lighter civilian version I'm hoping for.
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/shadow/

A well, let's get my drivers-license first...

by **Bear_B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:44 am

The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.

Dude you want to translate this into English for us? Errr... American English that is...

by **Vampire** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:34 am

Bear_B wrote:
The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.

Dude you want to translate this into English for us? Errr... American English that is...

Sorry, I only speak metric system.
Bottom line is that it looks cool, and it is cool.

It's fast in terrain, doesn't use too much fuel, has a stealth-mode, producing less heat and noise, and it would totally changes the image of hybrid diesel/electric cars.

I just like it...

by **artyboy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:54 am

Then of course there's the fact that if it should happen to break down it'll be next to impossible to repair.

I'm liking the baja bug idea more and more. A good ol' fashioned pickup with a ramp to park a dirt bike on it is probably more what I'm going to shoot for, though. Get an oversized camper shell on it and you'll have plenty of cargo/people space.

by **Bear_B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:23 am

The Baja bug idea is groing on me too...

by **BloodLust** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:29 am

Vampire wrote:My choise would be a shadow RST-V:

It's a hybrid, and therefor more fuel-efficient than comparable cars. Also it can run on electrics only, making no noise. I really hope there's gonna be a civilian version of this thing, I love it. It's only alluminium, but no zombie is going to bite through anyway.

The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.
Mmh, a little slow, but it'l do, especially the lighter civilian version I'm hoping for.
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/shadow/

A well, let's get my drivers-license first...

Thread is about "realistic" choices. Review original post please. :wink:

by **BejamminR** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:42 pm

69.6mph, 29.5miles per gallon

Or 35.9 miles per Imperial gallon, for Canadians (like me) who don't really speak metric OR American. ;-)

Not that bad.

by **Bear_B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:35 pm

... Imperial Gallon??? You're kidding... right?

by **hk33k** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:53 pm

How's this for a realistic vehicle.
My current project:
Take one 1992 Ford Bronco 4X4.
Replace gas 5.8 engine with diesel 6.9 engine.
Add fuel tanks on both sides of driveshaft for a total of three tanks with a capacity of +/-90 gallons.
Rigged for fording, all vents, intake and exhaust at roofline.
Heavy duty fabbed front and rear bumpers with rock guards for lights and mount for winch.
Power converter.
Search light.
Under hood welder.
These are just the rough specs, the details have yet to be 100% worked out.

Pat
0-1-25

by **Vampire** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:06 am

BloodLust wrote:
Vampire wrote:My choise would be a shadow RST-V:

It's a hybrid, and therefor more fuel-efficient than comparable cars. Also it can run on electrics only, making no noise. I really hope there's gonna be a civilian version of this thing, I love it. It's only alluminium, but no zombie is going to bite through anyway.

The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.
Mmh, a little slow, but it'l do, especially the lighter civilian version I'm hoping for.
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/shadow/

A well, let's get my drivers-license first...

Thread is about "realistic" choices. Review original post please.

realistic is between brackets. By the time I'm 40 this will be a very normal vehicle which I'll be able to afford.

by **BejamminR** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:51 am

Bear_B wrote::shock: ... Imperial Gallon??? You're kidding... right?

Yep. I use alternately miles, kilometres, Imperial Gallons, Litres, US Gallons, inches, metres, yards...

I grew up using Imperial Gallons (that's what Canadian rednecks use :wink:

) and using miles for any distance under about 90km. ;-)

So it was around 50 miles to work, which took about 45 minutes if you were driving at 90km/h. But it was about 300 km to the airport, which you could do in a couple hours, but you'd have to be doing like 90 miles an hour. And at that speed, my car'd only get about 45 miles per gallon. Imperial gallon, that is...

Heh. I'm really not making that up. I was weirded out when I heard other Canadians speaking in L/100km, but then I was equally weirded out that Americans used a different Gallon than I knew!

by **Bear_B** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:13 pm

... you're making my brain hurt...

by **BejamminR** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:22 pm

Hahahaha. That's classic.

Yeah, man... I can do rough mental conversions of L/100km to MP(Imperial)G to MP(US)G. The harder one is CAD/L to USD/USGAL when I'm buying fuel in the 'States. Or when I hear Americans complaining about fuel prices and have to do both volume and currency conversions in order to say that it's worse here.

I gotta agree with Thorian, though... Damn, I love Unimogs.

by **AnArmyOfJuan** » Sat May 06, 2006 5:13 pm

I'm seriously considering a diesel Liberty. I wish you could get the 6-speed manual with the diesel, but unfortunately, you can only get that with the gas engine. such is life. I'm currently driving an '85 Ford F-150 with the 4.9L straight six and 3-speed manual with OD, bought as a stop-gap when my last car was stolen. ugly, but damn if the thing isn't indestructable. it's 2 wheel drive, but I've never been stuck, even in deeeep snow.

by **ShakesFIST** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:05 pm

I am part of the ground combat force of an army aviation unit (air cav) on a major army post (half a division, an armored cav regiment, a mech. infantry brigade, a special forces group, and a large number of others). REALISTIC choices pretty much anything I can lay my hands on. If the regular army uses it, odds are I am within 30 minute walking distance of it. HOWEVER, I am not qualifyed or trained to fly a MH-60 Pave Hawk.

I would just stick with my completely stock 2004 Ford Escape XLT 4x4. It doesnt fit in any "Best when it comes to this but sucks at that" categories. It's a common all-purpose civilian vehicle. Its smaller than an average SUV with similar of road abilities but performs similar to a car. I get 3-400 miles per tank of fuel (15 gal.) too which isnt bad. It can also LEGALLY carry 5 people.

by **Irish Jaeger** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:52 pm

Hmmmm, vehicles I own, have owned, or am thinking of owning????

Hell, thats easy then.
1. 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4
2. 1999 Chevy 3500 Diesel QRV (Quick Responce Vehicle)
3. 1973 AMerican Le-France Ladder Truck

by **ronnycage** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:11 am

1998 V6 mustang with tloc and 3.73 rear gears. (because v6's only have 1wd haha. tloc makes 2 haha)
costed me 8000 like 4 years ago.

has a perfect area to roll down the window so you can lean a shot gun on each side mirror. V6 so gass affordable (after my sct tune). if i was over swamped its 3600lbs hard to flip over. hood extends fairly far. not a good car to drive under 35 mph in a town with cause i'd probably get stopped somehow considering its a bit low. I think the 4 cyl mustangs from the early 90's would be a bit better choice although that big back window could get broken rather easily.

my ideal vechicle would be a hummer 1 cause its just badass.

by **Dak Kovar** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:36 pm

After getting permission: Shameless plug time.

Have a Jeep?
I work for a company called Nth Degree Mobility. We make the best lift kits and suspension systems in the business. See for yourself at. There are guys ready to answer any questions. Tell them Charles said to call.

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I however have a '97 Toyota Tacoma and an '04 Honda XR650R. I'm set for around here. Only thing I would add is a lift, campershell and rack. and the top turret off a B-17

DK

by **ec-10** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:19 pm

Firedan wrote:I've decided my ideal realistic vehicle would be a 4wd conversion van like a Ford E350 or something similar.

http://www.sportsmobile.com/

If I had the bucks.

by **Bear_B** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:08 pm

AnArmyOfJuan wrote:I'm seriously considering a diesel Liberty. .

Been considering that one myself...

by **Firedan** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:42 pm

ec-10 wrote:
Firedan wrote:I've decided my ideal realistic vehicle would be a 4wd conversion van like a Ford E350 or something similar.

http://www.sportsmobile.com/

If I had the bucks.

Great link! You found my ideal bugout vehicle. Time to start saving up.

Vehicles:Your (REALISTIC) personal choice

Dead serious, man.

Heh.

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