A Car as a Bug Out Vehicle

[Mortblanc]

Over here we have a very vehicle oriented society and our vehicles are thought out to our lifestyle in a much different way than most of yours, from what I can gather.

Many decades ago I decided that a pickup truck or utility vehicle of some kind was a requirement of my life. Since 1974 I have gone for only a few months total without owning a pickup, van or suv and during those brief periods I was using specialized vehicles as daily transport. Huge full sized American station wagons or tricked out off road cars, much like a European rally car only twice as big.

I will not purchase a vehicle that does not have provisions for me to lie down inside and sleep.

I camp a lot, and normally the vehicle is only used for transport of the gear, but on many occasions I have been caught in foul weather, had wind ruin a tent, or had predators or vermin intrude on my campsites. In those rare cases me and the sleeping bag head for the vehicle.

The vehicle is already dry, and already windproof, which is what you will spend the next three days trying to get your debris hut to do.

The worst vehicle I ever slept in was better than the best debris hut I ever made!