These Are Your Ideal Bug-out Cars

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Just connected my own? A upland motorcycle and BOB trailer. With that I tin battalion capable supplies, tent, azygous burner stove, fuel, portable star panel, h2o purifier, etc. Pedal powerfulness intends not relying connected a root of state aliases diesel, aliases successful nan lawsuit of EVs not relying connected nan powerfulness grid to enactment up. If nan highways are clogged pinch group escaping, nan MTB gives entree to trails, trim lines, powerfulness statement right-of-ways... places that group pinch cars can't go. Escape becomes overmuch easier. 

Submitted by: JohnnyWasASchoolBoy

I perceive each nan cool kids are bikepacking disconnected their gravel bikes now. 

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A spicy return for a car mag, but I'd person to spell pinch my sailboat.

Comfortable capable to unrecorded aboard pinch nan full family (at slightest for a fewer weeks). Able to nutrient its ain drinking water. I request to instal star panels but a afloat vessel of diesel will past a while. Able to transverse oceans and get retired of dodge reliably. 

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This isn't nan astir breathtaking reply you are going to get, but it's my small 2021 Crosstrek. All she needs is simply a handbasket connected nan tile for state cans and my family of 4 is bully to go. No, it doesn't person nan clearance of a Jeep aliases a Bronco, but it doesn't person to. It's a small upland goat, and reasonably comfortable connected nan road. Surprisingly, my teenagers for illustration nan backseat successful it to nan backseat of my Charger. Go figure.

It'll return america anyplace we request to go, pinch everything we request to bug retired with. It'll swallow 4 duffel bags and a cooler.

Submitted by: Corey Stringer

Toyota

Toyota RAV4 PHEV pinch star array connected nan tile and AT tires. 500mi/day connected gasoline, still up to 40mi each 2 aliases 3 days erstwhile nan gasoline is scarce (depends connected your scenario). Super-reliable, room for family and gear, not 4WD but still AWD pinch almost 300lbft EV torque and decent crushed clearance. Tons of off-road accessories disposable now. Cheap and plentiful parts from nan millions of different modular RAV4s littering your post-apocalyptic landscape. Plus it's a applicable daily, truthful you cognize it's successful bully moving bid and you don't person to buy/register/insure/maintain a abstracted vehicle. You fundamentally answered your mobility pinch nan apical photograph of nan article, almost.

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HDT M1030-M1 Motorcycle, it is simply a heavy converted Kawasaki KLR650, pinch an motor that runs connected diesel, pitchy fuel, kerosene, and different things, it has a 400 miles range, tin of moving successful astatine slightest 2 feet of water, and there's black-out lighting, and an optional infrared headlamp, pinch a substance system of 96 mpg astatine 55 mph.

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Rivian

I almost ran retired of substance erstwhile evacuating from Hurricane Milton successful 2024. Most pumps were sold retired and nan fewer near moving had monolithic lines of cars waiting pinch irritated drivers cutting successful beforehand of others and getting into arguments. I would not want to acquisition that again, aliases worse yet, person to conflict for my substance pinch paniced weapon owners.

That's why I'd still spell for thing electrical that I could complaint anyplace pinch an outlet. Charging a car from nan outlet of a location aliases business mightiness beryllium slow, but it still thumps moving retired of substance aliases getting shot. Something for illustration a Rivian R1T aliases Ford F-150 Lightning would person nan cargo capacity to bring on much than conscionable nan essentials and capable crushed clearance to do immoderate off-roading if needed. I'd astir apt put a bicycle successful nan furniture conscionable successful lawsuit I had to make a last last-ditch escape.

Submitted by: Satellitite

The evident prime is nan Pursuit Special, nan past of nan V8 Interceptors. It's a substance injected termination machine. Nothing other could suffice erstwhile nan world falls apart. 

Submitted by: Papa Chris

It's astir apt worthy mentioning that, successful astir "Mad Max" movies, nan Interceptor does not successful truth suffice and does dice successful immoderate way. And that nan "fuel-injected termination machine" was successful truth nan Nightrider. The Interceptor was carbureted!

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I'm keeping my Maverick hybrid. With 20 gallons of state successful jerry cans successful nan furniture positive 13 successful nan vessel I could tally astir 1500 miles to safety, assuming I instrumentality to secondary roads and debar nan crazies. Plus, if state successful wide sewage really costly aliases difficult to find those MPGs would beryllium an astonishing virtue.

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My RV converted 30' diesel pusher autobus has a 3kW PV array connected nan tile and a hacked EV artillery nether nan belly. The power pump tin power aliases cool pinch nary fuel. The fridge is electric. My bbq whitethorn beryllium propane but nan induction basking sheet useful conscionable good burning sunshine juice.

The 240L substance vessel tin spell 1400km if I support it nether 110kph. 

Submitted by: Daniel

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I'm old, grew up connected a ranch successful Canada and retrieve guys from erstwhile generations talking astir nan days erstwhile they needed to trust connected their ain resources to make a spell of it. I for illustration civilization. I'll activity to support it going arsenic agelong arsenic I can. There's nary measurement I'm 'bugging out' ever. Most group pinch these fantasies are illusion astir what it takes to spell it alone. 

Submitted by: RWP

RWP is right, of course. Bugging retired to nan woods unsocial won't thief you. But location do travel times erstwhile an area tin go unsafe for everyone, and that's erstwhile you want to bug everyone out.