There have been more and more threads on survival / preppers / bug out vehicle needs. Should we ask the moderator to create a Survival forum for these threads? I personally think a lot of people would be interested since the FJ is quite the Bug Out Vehicle.
How do we go about requesting such a forum?
I totally agree with LeoOshkosh.
I would like to see a sub-forum on this forum for the general topic of 'Emergency Preparedness and Survival' as well.
As for those against the idea....
Do we already have too much stuff on this forum? Perhaps.
Here are sub-forums that come to mind at the moment...
Camping Equipment - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Non FJ classifieds - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Off-Topic Discussion - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Other vehicle discussion - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Sports / Activities - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Guns / Firearms Discussion - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
Employment Ads - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
However, if there is enough reason to legitimize the presence of these, generally off-topic areas, I don't see how a section dedicated to the general topic of 'Emergency Preparedness and Survival' could hurt.
If I really, really need a recipe for that next great meal with friends, should I go to a vehicle forum? No, but since I've already met a bunch of folks that I like and trust and seem to have a combined knowledgebase of extreme proportions, I might check in here to see if any of the chefs that I've met here have any ideas.
Likewise, even if the ideal conclusion is that this is a vehicle forum, and we should be getting our information about 'Emergency Preparedness and Survival' from a forum (or other resource) that is specifically dedicated to that subject matter (which I agree with, generally speaking), I may also want to leverage the community that I'm already part of here on this forum to at least help get me pointed in the right direction if nothing else.
As with any other sub-forum on here, an 'Emergency Preparedness and Survival' sub-forum would not need to be seen as somehow
authoritative or anything like that. It could simply be - as with almost everything else here - a place for FJ Cruiser owners/enthusiasts/friends to gather and discuss the topic; sharing with each other what we've picked up along the way (lists of equipment, tips, tricks, hints, guidance, pointers to books, videos and/or other online resources, leads on local survival classes, etc).
Thanks for creating this thread, and putting this idea on the table. :cheers: