EMP...What kind of car would work? What exactly happens to what in a EMP?

I hear ya there...maybe an old bike-I still say a horse ( got some food too if things get real bad-just kidding)

the kind of cars that don't have any break lights, which you would inevitably get busted for. cops would chase you on foot.

what about the ones that are on horses??? haha

the data states they did some EMP tests on 37 vehicles ranging in years from 1986-2002. Running and not running. Some of the vehicles running stalled and the vehicles that weren't running had no major effect. etc, etc...

Do we know what type of EMP they tested on these vehicles? Do we know the make/models? How long was the duration of said 'pulse'? Was it a multi-pulse?

The majority of the tests on these vehicles were around the 25-30 kV/m mark. I agree that a small(microseconds) pulse of that magnitude wouldn't do too much other than cause some interference with the electrical systems of those vehicles. If this kind of pulse hit a more sensitive car like a Lexus or any of the newer vehicles (which rely on even more and smaller microprocessors), it would be a completely different story. I can easily see a 5-10 kV/m pulse causing a LOT more damage to a 2010 vehicle than whatever the hell they tested in the 86-02 range. This type of EMP would cause much more havoc with anything on the grid than most vehicles.

Now what do you suppose happens if we have another Carrington Event from that big orange thing in the sky when the electromagnetic field hangs around MUCH MUCH longer than that EMP???

a pre-1970 car may work...but...there would be many cars blocking the roads!!! so you should have a motorcycle handy and a mountain bike and parts...lol

In addition to your car, you might be concerned about your toilet working even though there are no electrical parts to a toilet.

The water purification plant runs on electricity. So the water tower won't be getting any more water. When it runs out, your toilet will have no water.

Everyone is going to need to go outside to take care of their business. Every poop. Every pee.

There just might be a bit of pestilence.

Oh, and no showers either. Smelly pestilence.

NO! if you can use a cell phone it's not a faraday.
A properly grounded faraday cage should flux 0 energy through it.

I always wondered what it would be like to sleep in a good farday cage room...

The old Mercedes diesel sedans (240-D and 300-D)once started did not need any electronics to run. I know because a couple of times I blew out the diodes on the alternator ... which then caused the battery to overheat and crack open ... and I still had to drive 200 miles home. Push started it down a slight hill (hot summer day so glow plugs not needed), popped the clutch (2nd), and voila engine started right up.

Those old Mercedes Diesels used a mechanical injector system and mechanical fuel pump so NO electricity necessary to run once it was started.

They stopped making the 240-D in 82 and I assume that was the same year they stopped making the same version of the 300 (300 had 5 cylinders whereas the 240 had 4 ... otherwise the same car, though there was a turbo version of the 300 also)

hummers and panzers will still run.

join the army they'll let you drive around after an emp

MY ARSE DIESELS - my diesel merc ECU is always giving me the shits