Small rant about "The Walking Dead" - spoilers

[Wes R]

With all those cars sitting around I'd find a new one to drive. Hell, get 2 of them off a lot someplace that way you're not all crammed together like sardines. The gas thing annoys me too, just like in most post apocalyptic stories. You'll run out of drive able road before you run out of gas as i guarantee a few years without road crews and you'll need a 4x4 to get groceries. Food would be a bigger concern as a lot of stuff will have gone bad or gotten into by rodents. Were these big issues in the comics or is it something that the show writers are missing?
These zombies aren't very fast so you could get a lot of scavenging done before they were a threat unless they get the drop on you.

 

[Gigatron]

To hell with sentiment - get down to the nearest RV dealer, find the biggest one you can, go to the parts department, steal every spare part you can carry, and be on your way.

Then, get to a state that allows gun ownership and load the rest of the RV with every long range (AKs and remington 700s) and shotgun you can find. Hell, find an army base and hope one of the vehicles was mounted with a Mk. 19 grenade launcher.

Go to autoparts stores and look for oil recovery tanks (low profile tanks, designed for putting under your car when changing the oil, with built in funnels). When you need gas, slide it under an abandoned car, punch a hole in the gas tank and get out. Almost every car designed over the last 2 decades has anti-siphoning filler necks. The necks have baffles which keep you from being able to get a hose down there.

Hopefully, you can then hook up with people who were smart enough to do the same. 10 to 15 people, 3 or more loaded-out RVs, I bet you can survive for some time.

-Fred

 

[Wolfie138]

Sod the RV dealership : i'd go to the cops or the local security firm and get an armoured truck. i'd put up w/ the cac mileage in return for added safety and splatterability. certainly wouldn't turn down a Gurkha if i happened to come across one tho

as for hooking up w/ other people....no chance. i'm w/ CJ on that score (another film).

 

[adamata]

Go to autoparts stores and look for oil recovery tanks (low profile tanks, designed for putting under your car when changing the oil, with built in funnels). When you need gas, slide it under an abandoned car, punch a hole in the gas tank and get out. Almost every car designed over the last 2 decades has anti-siphoning filler necks. The necks have baffles which keep you from being able to get a hose down there.

-Fred

Good to know!

Oh, and being in the Army national guard right now, I know exactly where I would get my armored humvee. Brand spanking new, too!

 

[crabra comander]

Oh, and being in the Army national guard right now, I know exactly where I would get my armored humvee. Brand spanking new, too!

Not to rain on parades, but don't all military Hummvees run strictly on JP-8?
I guess if you stayed close to the post you'd be fine but, judging from these shows, the Army is the least prepared to handle a Zombie invasion.

 

[EyeofSauron]

i think some of you are underestimating the zombie population. lets say 90+ % are zombies

usually those car dealers are located somewhere in cities

zombie pop in cities is obviously bigger than out in the great white open, so you would have a hard time getting there unnoticed, and an even harder time getting out unnoticed. as we know, zombies follow the sound. even if the sound dissapears, they go in the same direction
so unless you find a car shop in the middle of nowhere, youre in danger

the statistically best thing to do is: gather a group of people, hope that someone can navigate a boat and coordinates, get a boat, and sail to one of the Tuvalu islands. they have 10000 inhabitants, spread over 10 islands, so approx 1000 per island. have enough ammo, get rid of the zombies, live in peace happily ever after(given that zombies cant swim)

 

[Kerr Avon]

i think some of you are underestimating the zombie population. lets say 90+ % are zombies

usually those car dealers are located somewhere in cities

zombie pop in cities is obviously bigger than out in the great white open, so you would have a hard time getting there unnoticed, and an even harder time getting out unnoticed. as we know, zombies follow the sound. even if the sound dissapears, they go in the same direction
so unless you find a car shop in the middle of nowhere, youre in danger

Yeah, it's easy to say they'd get all these materials, supplies and vehicles, because in their plans the walkers are never there to threaten them until after they already have all the materials they need to survive.

 

[Riceball]

Not to rain on parades, but don't all military Hummvees run strictly on JP-8?
I guess if you stayed close to the post you'd be fine but, judging from these shows, the Army is the least prepared to handle a Zombie invasion.

To the best of my knowledge Humvees and other wheeled utility vehicles in the military run on diesel. The only ground vehicle, that I know of, in the US inventory that requires any kind of fancy fuel are M1 Abrams because of their turbine engines, but even then I've heard that they can burn just about anything combustible for fuel if need be.

Speaking of tanks, if it weren't for fuel efficiency and armored vehicle would be a great thing to liberate from a military base. You'd be perfectly zombie proof and you could run them over with no problems and if you could break into the armory you could arm them with all sorts of nice toys to take out large numbers of walkers in a very short time.

 

[Kerr Avon]

Speaking of tanks, if it weren't for fuel efficiency and armored vehicle would be a great thing to liberate from a military base. You'd be perfectly zombie proof and you could run them over with no problems and if you could break into the armory you could arm them with all sorts of nice toys to take out large numbers of walkers in a very short time.

Nah. A tank couldn't take out walkers any faster with any number of weapons than they could just be rolling into a crowd of walkers, spinning in place to turn everything to paste, then move over another section and spin, move, spin, move spin.

Just don't be the one who has to clean the tracks. :lol

 

[Wes R]

If you could modify something to run on biodiesel and veggie oil (like mythbusters did) you'd have a lot of fuel to use at every fast food place and grocery store.

 

[WarPig]

Fred: if the Zombie Apocalypse happens, I'm headed your way. I can follow orders as well as think for myself, and I'll cover your back. I'll bring an ice pick (to gather gas) and whatever weapons I can scrounge.

 

[adamata]

Not to rain on parades, but don't all military Hummvees run strictly on JP-8?
I guess if you stayed close to the post you'd be fine but, judging from these shows, the Army is the least prepared to handle a Zombie invasion.

Nope, Diesel. and I have re-fueled enough of them to know

plenty of diesel out there. TT's have huge fuel tanks.

and yes, zombie dont swim, but they do walk underwater.

have you read "World War Z"? herds walking to ocean floor. Yikes!

 

[CB2001]

Not to rain on parades, but don't all military Hummvees run strictly on JP-8?
I guess if you stayed close to the post you'd be fine but, judging from these shows, the Army is the least prepared to handle a Zombie invasion.

I know the M35 2 and a half would be a better vehicle. It's big and heavy (which means you don't have to worry about a horde of Walkers swarming you and pushing your vehicle over, or even having to worry about slowing down as you plow through a large crowd of them), powerful enough to push vehicles out of the way and pull heavy equipment, and runs on multiple types of fuel, included used motor oil (which would probably be in massive abundance, especially since you'd have thousands of abandoned cars that you can drain them from, such as the cars on the highway at the start of Season 2).

 

[adamata]

I am licensed on those pigs. Awful to drive, cold as hell in winter, uncomfortable over any period of time.

Now, maybe an LMTV
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[CB2001]

I am licensed on those pigs. Awful to drive, cold as hell in winter, uncomfortable over any period of time.

Now, maybe an LMTV
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But it runs only on Jet Fuel according to the Wikipedia page. The Deuce 2 and a Half runs on various fuels, giving you a lot more fuel sources that you could possibly find and use for it (again, used motor oil, which you could probably find in every single abandoned car on the road that has been left behind due to being out of gas).

 

[Scareb]

If they got a hold of a Humvee with a MK. 19, the appeal of that weapon wouldn't last. As civilians if they can figure out how to load it, charge it, sight it, etc. then they're ok for a little. That is until they have a stoppage or they have to clean it.

For me, I'd take a LAV III any day. It's body has the right shape to stop zombies from climbing up, it has a 25MM bushmaster that can shred through hordes of zombies like nothing, it can be equipped with an M249, M240B, M60, .50 Cal browning or a combination. If runs on diesel, can haul ass (up to 100KPH), is off road capable.

You can carry around 9 people in it too so it would make searching for supplies easier.

 

[Gigatron]

Fred: if the Zombie Apocalypse happens, I'm headed your way. I can follow orders as well as think for myself, and I'll cover your back. I'll bring an ice pick (to gather gas) and whatever weapons I can scrounge.

:lol You got it, Pig.

We'll swing into NJ (even zombies wouldn't want to go there :lol) and we'll hit all the army and National Guard bases, load up on weapons and ammo, and go on our Zombie Killing Road Trip. We'll need to hit a few Dick's Sporting Goods, too. We'll get some camping supplies, shotguns and shells.

-Fred

 

[Riceball]

Nope, Diesel. and I have re-fueled enough of them to know

plenty of diesel out there. TT's have huge fuel tanks.

and yes, zombie dont swim, but they do walk underwater.

have you read "World War Z"? herds walking to ocean floor. Yikes!

But walking underwater in the ocean would only get them so far before they reached crush depth for the human body or be torn apart by sharks and other predatory fish, or in the case of Australia, salt water crocodiles. Most lakes would be safe, depending on which part of the world, but some rivers you'd have to worry about either crocs or bull sharks, and in the Amazon you have piranhas.

 

[Riceball]

If they got a hold of a Humvee with a MK. 19, the appeal of that weapon wouldn't last. As civilians if they can figure out how to load it, charge it, sight it, etc. then they're ok for a little. That is until they have a stoppage or they have to clean it.

For me, I'd take a LAV III any day. It's body has the right shape to stop zombies from climbing up, it has a 25MM bushmaster that can shred through hordes of zombies like nothing, it can be equipped with an M249, M240B, M60, .50 Cal browning or a combination. If runs on diesel, can haul ass (up to 100KPH), is off road capable.

You can carry around 9 people in it too so it would make searching for supplies easier.

An LAV would be a great choice, a friend of mine was an LAV mechanic and he would always tell me how they would constantly outpace Humvees during road marches. The other good thing about an LAV or a Humvee is carrying capacity, you can carry a lot more people and/or gear on and in an LAV than a Humvee, esp. if you got the Log variant LAV.

 

[Whetstone]

Here is what I don't get, yes the RV probably has sentimental value but lets face it it was built in the 70s so gas mileage wise not the smartest thing, he could probably upgrade to one large enough to fit everyone and use the same amount of gas. I have read the Comics they are sticking to it pretty closely but you can tell they have to add some more drama to the mix.

But if I were in that situation, I would be sending myself to a Scuba Shop and picking up a chainmail shark suit, if a shark can't bit through it a rotting corpse would do any damage. second you had two cops on the show, anyone ever heard of a silencer, or better yet any one from the south knows how to up the firepower of a bb-gun. And I know they have Walmarts.