Best Bugout Vehicle Ever


1991 British Army Land Rover sitting in a grassy field

A good friend of mine recently acquired a new zombie apocalypse vehicle, complete with a spare tire on the hood, no power steering, and layers upon layers of military issue green paint. What you see here is a 1991 British Army Land Rover. Other than the tires, it has all original equipment and only about 60,000 miles on it.

1991 British Army Land Rover sitting in a field atop a small mound of dirt

It has no electronic engine parts to speak of, so the impact of an EMP event is theoretically non-existent. It has no stereo and no GPS, so unless you bring your own GPS tracking device - err, cell phone, you've nothing to worry about in regards to signal emissions. Basically, it's the perfect vehicle for getting off the grid. In fact, the only real issue I see is that it's somewhat conspicuous in a world of of VW Beetles, Lexus SUV's, and all manner of soccer mom transports. Still, when the balloon goes up (as they say), it's a great vehicle for getting the heck out of Dodge (or suburbia).

Otherwise, all it's really missing is a world overrun by zombies.

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