Zat Earthshatter wrote:With a zombie apocalypse, it's best to group up with those you can "trust", but always be on your toes - you have no clue what a situation like this will bring out of the darkest corner of a person's soul.
As for where to go: camp as far away from a city as you can stomach.
The ideal camp for the adventurous would be the kind used by rock-climbers - a tent suspended from a rockface. Make sure you have enough rope to completely scale the cliff either direction, however.
If you're faint of heart, just find any old farmstead and board it up for the night.
For food and water, you should go Bear Grylls for as long as possible - eat whatever you can catch, scavenge or hunt.
Eventually though, you'll have to go to town. Whether for clothes, medical supplies, or because some maniac kidnapped one of your party. This is when you'll need the best weaponry you can get your hands on, because it's going to be a free-for-all.
Scout from long-range with binoculars to assess the situation, and decide whether armor is necessary.
If there are too many zombies to run past, medieval-knight-style plate could ward off bites until you run out of ammo.
If there are a few humans running from a medium-size group of zombies, pack light to outmaneuver both.
If there are plenty of humans and you have to enter forcefully, bullet-resistant vests and helmets are recommended.
Unless you can re-organize government and get the oil pumping again, fuel is limited and vital. Take a cross-head screwdriver at all times, and collect gas by puncturing the tanks of any run-down car you find - siphoning takes too long, and distracts from that walker chewing on your back.
If you have a working vehicle, do not use it unless you have to move to a new region or have to go through a hostile-heavy area - they will attract lots of attention.
Keep only 5-10miles of gas in the vehicle unless you are going to drive it further. That way, somebody that takes it will run out of gas close enough for you to find it and reclaim.
Recommended vehicle modifications:
Off-road supsension: nobody will maintain the highways, so have something that can take a few bumps.
Booby Trap: it's better to have to find/repair a new car than have a hostile person able to run you over.
Armor: Self-explanatory. Interchangeable plates eases repairs
Chain-link fence windows: Zombies may be able to break glass. Good luck biting through steel!
Driver-controlled weapons: you will be best protected in your vehicle, and driver controls mean a betrayal won't leave you defenseless behind the wheel.
Engine mods:
you need enough power to take all that armor, but you want as much efficiency as possible.
Modern diesel engines are lauded as having good gas mileage, so it may help to take an engine out of a Passat for a small car.
There is a proposed engine that replaces the cylinder head with an extra piston. This type is potentially more powerful and efficient than older designs. If this tech appears in a civilian car, make sure you have it for later use.
Engine-mounted fuel tank - simply put, if somebody shot or screwdriver-ed your main tank, you need a little extra gas to get out of Dodge. Adding to my prior tip, you can keep your main one completely empty when theft is an issue.