It interests me that when tshtf and these vehicles are wanted to get about on/in, how do you think you will fuel them? If a gallon/Litre of fuel is hard to get, whats the point of having a huge gas guzzling monster? A big powerful V8 is what most mens dreams are made of but in all likelihood, fuel will be difficult to get shortly after the "crash" and what fuel is about will be hugely expensive. Would it not be more savvy to have a vehicle or form of transport that moves by/on the smell of an oily rag?
Question: how much fuel do you use now per year (in volume)? (& thats just 1 year. Surely you would agree that this new world disorder is gonna be around for the rest of our lives.
If the fuel price became 5 times or ten times the price you buy it today, would you think that, that 5,6 or 7 Litre V8 you have still have been worth working on for all those hours & all those $ spent on its maintenance?
Personally, I reckon that if a guy has the mechanical & engineering skills, I'd suggest the time being spent on making systems to get off the grid and making alternative basic machinery used for food production, steam generation. Im not promoting anything here but.... possibly go look at or research places like Cuba and see what they did when they lost the fuel resources after the USSR collapsed. They had hugely difficult times but now they seem to work pretty good even with the blockade.
Just a thought
ttfn
Question: how much fuel do you use now per year (in volume)? (& thats just 1 year. Surely you would agree that this new world disorder is gonna be around for the rest of our lives.
If the fuel price became 5 times or ten times the price you buy it today, would you think that, that 5,6 or 7 Litre V8 you have still have been worth working on for all those hours & all those $ spent on its maintenance?
Personally, I reckon that if a guy has the mechanical & engineering skills, I'd suggest the time being spent on making systems to get off the grid and making alternative basic machinery used for food production, steam generation. Im not promoting anything here but.... possibly go look at or research places like Cuba and see what they did when they lost the fuel resources after the USSR collapsed. They had hugely difficult times but now they seem to work pretty good even with the blockade.
Just a thought
ttfn