If power grids get knocked out, how can you bug out without a car?

Get a good mountain bike.

Or walk.

Oops forgot to mention i also have 3 little ones tagging along. Its a 7 hour drive. :-(

Why can't you steal a jeep and drive?

This is why bugging-in should always be your first option.

Good advice.....maybe even one of those recumbent bikes.
Like this.... [link to www.biketcba.org]

Buy an older vehicle with a kettering system...

In that case LEAVE NOW and avoid the rush.

The little ones will love contry living anyways.

Set up NOW while you still can.

Lol.
I heard about a jeep, but is it a certain kind or year? I'd definitely buy one. Of course driving up 75 might pose a bit of a problem. ;)

Your place away should be no more than 3-6 hours MAX...

Ok. I'll google that. :) not sure what it is, but im serious about this because this poses a big problem. Everything else is planned, except this kind of important glitch.

I know. :-(. We bought backed up to my dads property years ago. He has alot of mountain property so we got a pretty good deal obviously. And still need to make money in the city to continue our stock up. *sigh*

Peddle-lo

Lmao. Im in good shape but there is not a chance in hell I would make it through the appalachian mountians, let alone three little ones in tow. Haha.

Its the old points style ignition system, no HVEI, or other "chip" run vehicle, including fuel injection.

I did a google but I get alot of history on them. Do you have a search term I can use? :)

You will never make it , thanks for the prepped up bug out spot .

signed

your friendly neighborhood

mutant zombie biker

Just look for a vehicle that uses a "Points" ignition system and not a High Voltage Electronic Ignition system - and carb'd not fuel injection or throttle body (early fuel injection) and you should be fine...

If you wait until TSHTF, you will never make it there, so don't even bother trying. It would be better to make as many preperations that you can at home now.

The only way to make it there safely is to get there BEFORE TSHTF. This is the problem with alot of people's plans. They buy a place in the mountains, stock it up, then go back to the city and wait for the event, and that will be too late!

Like an old jeep that you can plan on stealing.

I was going to suggest a bicycle with a tag-a-long carrier that you tow behind ... but 7 hours away is a LONG distance, going through the mountains is TOUGH, and with 3 little ones it is TOUGHER still.

If it is one adult and 3 kids ... well ... you are probably shit out of luck. If it is 2 adults though 2 bikes with 2 tag-a-longs should allow you to make 20 to 30 miles a day even in the mountains (on flat land you should be able to make 40 to 50 miles a day if nice weather easy), assuming you can somehow use the expressways. Back roads are more problematic because they are both longer in distance AND more ups and downs.

Why no car?
In the city and can't have one?
... or can't afford one?

A complete rethink on your planning for getting out of your local "Dodge" may be in order.

Chances are you will not make it. The distance is much too great...

THANK YOU!!!!

Get an older motorcycle with a kick start, mid 70's or before. Forget about a car............the roads will not be passable when they are filled with cars that won't run.

Your only bet is a motorcycle, but with 3 kids........I don't know how you will manage that one.

Better to go to your location BEFORE TSHTF.

No. Only if power grids get knocked out. We had thought of everything except power grids. Duh i know. And cars these days run on electric.

We managed for thousands of years without cars i am sure we will manage for the most part. If you are in the city best not to use a car to escape anyway, better to use the sewers even than the roads. Get out of the city in the sewers and steal a car when out of the city. And steal an old car, not one with a computer, lol.

Or even motor bikes. If there is a river through the city use a boat to get out.

Thanks. Ill look into these also. :-)

Except you wouldn't have had to deal with 5 times the population, guns, and self centered assholes who are absorbed in the ME-ism cult!!!

i predicted this response. Surprised it wasnt posted earlier.

why dont you just wrap your garage?? turn it into a faraday cage and you are done.

As a sitting duck in Atlanta, there's no amount of wrap or ammo to keep unwanteds out.
My best hope is any crisis besides power failure.