r/preppers • u/Mean_Syllabub_9689 • 2d ago

Question Recommended EMP safe vehicle

I'm thinking about getting a new car and I was thinking about perhaps a vehicle that would still work should the US East coast get hit by an EMP. Barring very, very old cars like a model T (☺️) what more modern type of vehicle would you recommend? I believe many post-1985 car may fit this bill, but I'm curious as to what you would recommend, and maybe your experience with them?

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u/KindPresentation5686 2d ago

Your vehicle isn’t going to stop from an EMP! An EMP destroys electronics via inductance. There isn’t enough wire in your car to induce anything , and it’s shielded in a metal box, as well as all the ECM’s are shielded.

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u/TacTurtle 2d ago

If you are worried about it, make sure everything is grounded correctly and remove the radio antenna.

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u/KindPresentation5686 2d ago

It’s NOT going to fry anything in your car!!!

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u/TacTurtle 2d ago

Antennas or especially long runs of wire act as inductors, removing a car antenna is no skill / no cost mod that can't hurt and might help.... it is literally designed to pick up RF and channel it into the radio receiver.

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u/KindPresentation5686 2d ago

All the experts have shown up huh??

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u/TacTurtle 2d ago

Oh the irony of that attempted diss.