This model is designed to:
1. Document the general parameters, priorities and specific requirements for a proposed Overland Expedition Vehicle (OEV).
2. Measure candidate OEVs against the general parameters, priorities and specific requirements.
3. Compare candidate OEVs based on total criteria match scores

By documenting the general parameters, priorities and specific requirements for a proposed Overland Expedition Vehicle (OEV) it is possible to more effectively ane effeciently evaluate potential OEV candidates.

In addition, this model is intended to improve communication between potential OEV owners and their dreams, fabricators, subcontractors and manufacturers. By clearly defining requirements it is much easier to match requirements with potential solutions.

How to use the model:
1. Download the model spreadsheet to your computer from http://www.hackneys.com/travel/docs/oevcriteria.xls
2. Open the model in Microsoft Excel or a compatible spreadsheet application.
3. Perform a File:Save As operation and change the name of the model to preserve the original version
4. Click on the Criteria tab
5. Enter your data into any cell that is colored green
6. Perform periodical File:Save As operations as you load the model. It is a good idea to increment the file name as you progress, i.e. myOEV-criteria 01, myOEV-criteria 02, myOEV-criteria 03, etc.
7. Save the final version of the model

To Print:
8. Select File:Print

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You lost me even before I finished reading the title of your post.

Hi Douglas

Way too much free time....
An alternative is: Buy vehicle, service, go overlanding and ENJOY!!!!!

Mark ....

Geez brother! i was never that good with aeronautical algorithms.........


requirement............

ToY o Ta....

good tyres, basic tools, pack light... sense of humour

Done!

Not rocket science now is it!?

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It's not that life is so short, It's just that we're dead for so long....
"The world is a book, those who do not travel read only one page." ~ Saint Augustin

It is good that your Toyota meets all of your requirements.

We live in our expedition vehicle full time, so we know that our vehicle will not meet others requirements and that others vehicles, such as your Toyota, would not meet ours.

Every person who seeks to overland has different requirements.

The model is built to help those who are considering or pursuing overlanding define their requirements and compare candidate vehicles to find the best match.

Unfortunately, I could not find a way to quantify the most important requirement, which you have pointed out: a sense of humor. It is the essential element out here!

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The problem in the USA is that you can choose from a variety of crap plus two good cars i.e. Toyota and LR. Here in Europe we don't have all that US crap what they call 4WD. The choices here in Europ for a "EOV" or what we from the old world call 'overland vehicle' are simple; Toyota or Landrover. You don't need a model for that!

cheers,

Noel

That's all a bit complex for me but I hope there's a box in your spread sheet for my G Wagen

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"Never have a stupid argument with an idiot - he gets a lot more practice than you"
there I go again
not too hard really

Noel,

Have you told your fellow European Germans about the only choices being Toyota and Landrover?

We keep meeting Germans out here overlanding driving big Mercedes ex-fire trucks, MAN, etc. based expedition vehicles.



I think that they, like us, have requirements that didn't match up well with a vehicle the size of a Toyota (our first choice) or a LR.

When you are living in the vehicle full time, platforms the size of a Land Cruiser or LR can sometimes be too small, thus the model's capabilities to define your requirements and for you to put in candidate vehicles to see if they match your requirements.

Doug

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Most of us don't have the luxury of such introspection - we just "cut our cloth to suit our pockets" and get on with it.

To misquote someone from another forum:

"I may be in the minority here, but I don't believe an expedition has to be high-tech-reliant or equipped to death. The whole point of it is to experience the places you're going to fully - not go as a self-contained apocalypse-equipped one-vehicle kingdom. And that includes stepping outside your comfort zone, expanding your mind and taste-buds and working with what's on offer where you're at."

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I've traveled with nothing but what was in my pockets.

I've traveled by motorcycle with much less than anyone around me with four wheels.

I've traveled with nothing. I've traveled with a little. And I've traveled with a lot.

And in none of those times or in none of those ways did my method of travel make me any worse or any better than anyone else who was out there traveling around me.

The different methods of travel were not about being superior to anyone else.

The different methods of travel were about suitability to purpose and pursuing different goals during different chapters of my life.

The model supports all types and methods of travel. Its resulting criteria scoring can align with a 30 year old 2CV or with a kazillion dollar Über vehicle. It all depends on the purpose, the goals and the life chapter of the traveler.

The model works for all types of vehicles and all types of travelers.

The only traveler it doesn't work for are those who already have all the answers and have nothing left to learn.

Travel is not about the vehicle. Travel is about experiencing and learninig from the world the vehicle takes you to.

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Look, I'm sure you're a jolly nice chap and all that but I'm not sure what the argument is all about. From your last post you obviously agree with me about the nature of travel however most of us originate and formulate our plans in a much more organic and freewheeling way than in the way you are proposing, it just smacks too much of a "turnkey" solution and I think that's what puts peoples' backs up.

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too much science here, turn off brain engage heart. Jump in truck go RTW, meet people have fun come back ... the end

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Me too !
I got the first line, then skipped to the replies !

To use a biking phrase -
"Shut up and Ride"