Emphasis & Priority of Own Prep vehicle

[Timelord]

I have considered the prepper vehicle thing a bit over the years and while I like the idea of owning a suitable vehicle and fairly low tech to boot, I have also considered that they may be an alternative ethos on this prepper vehicle lark.. What I am about to propose does not apply to isolated preppers of who there may be quite a few, but is definitely relevant for many other preppers...

I have been considering that putting too much store in ones own prep vehicle may be a bit of a white elephant. I will explain ---> While having access to a suitable vehicle when it is needed is without question a wise prep and so having said vehicle available goes hand in hand with this - it is not the whole picture for a SHTF or a PSHTF event.

**Investing a lot of time and money into a prep vehicle, rather than other more life sustaining preps may not actually be the best course of action.**

For a start, the roads may be blocked for a whole host of different possible reasons. Maybe where you start off from is not blocked, but 20 miles up the road it is and now you are stuck. Not every natural event gives ample warning for bug out plans to be effected! This blocked road scenario is pretty standard and not the main thrust of my post.

The real quandary I have is that for many preppers who live near other people, then PSHTF the availability of vehicles may be good. If the roads are usable and you wish to openly travel on them, then it might not be a problem sourcing a suitable vehicle. Obviously all this depends on the scenario, but in some scenarios, there may be plenty of vehicles parked up unused. Some of these may be far better than a prepper of modest means can even afford to buy before any event takes place. So if you are tight on money, is it actually the wisest choice to spend a fair chunk of it on a vehicle you may not need or use if you can aquire good ones from your local environment?.

If it is that most of the vehicles around are unusable or the roads out, then your own prep vehicle may be deemed useless as well. If you are bugging in rather than out, then is investing in and owning your own prep suitable vehicle a serious requirement and possibly to the detriment of other possible preparation.?

For people bugging out at signs of trouble before a major calamity takes hold, then yes a pre prepared vehicle is a must, but for many other preppers, then I sometimes feel that too much emphasis is put on having a bug out vehicle, when in reality this may be lower down the priority list and a diversion of effort & resources best put elsewhere in the order of priority. For some, maybe also those without much cash at all, then looking to the local environment as a resource for transport as well as other items may be the best prep for them.