If the EMP burst is strong enough to damage the electrical components in your car, well, the fillings in your teeth will also have enough current induced in them to melt and run down your throat. Your eye glasses will burst into flame, as will your wedding ring ( Hmmm, gold is a very good conductor..)
Not to mention our tinfoil hats will melt to our heads! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
*runs around in circles, screaming like a little girl*
Seriously, etdbob, you are DA MAN. That was an excellent explanation! I didn't even have to click on your links. Just reading your replies, as always, gave me enough information.
My fast-scanning brain read that last bit as 1965 Bug, I'm thinking, yeah!, mod a VW into an off-roader, impervious to EMP! Bring on Dark Angel! Twisted Evil (I did see one customized several years back into a camo'd Baja'd hunting vehicle. Chopped fenders and bumpers, lift kit, and what I think were army Jeep omni-directional tires.)
Been there, done that. Actually, it was a 1971 Beetle that I converted to a "Baja Bug". I cut off the front and rear ends, removed all the fenders, and installed a fiberglass Baja kit. Put a cage around the engine with a stinger exhaust, mounted a rack of lights on top of the roof, pre-loaded the torsion bars (no lift kit necessary), and put huge mud tires on it. It looked cool and everything, but was still fairly worthless offroad. No matter what you do to a bug, it's still going to be 2-wheel drive. It might be great for zipping around on the beach or in the desert, but in real world conditions, it's overrated.
Funny thing I remember about that car, every time I'd flip on the lights on the roof, my generator light would come on. I was drawing more amperage in those 4 spot lights than my poor little generator could create.
