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Originally Posted by August
I keep hearing that animals require no food here. Not only is this obviously wrong, one must note that, unlike a motor vehicle, they require food whether they are being used or not. Sure the horse can feed off of bushes and weeds but that isn't healthy for it.
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It's what wild horses do, feed off of bushes and weeds. It might not be as healthy as human made fodder, but certainly good enough to survive.
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Well, forting up overnight in a vehicle is one thing but are you really suggesting that a person could fit all the supplies necessary for several months and live inside a,...car? 
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If it's purely about surviving, I think you could. If you take 3 cans of food a day (depends on can size), you could easily survive a month on about 100 cans. 100 cans easily fit in your car.
Of course there would be some problems, for example your sanitary needs, but if it's only about surviving, I think you could.
Not that it would be comfortable or healthy though
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I guess this comes down to intended use.
I intend on using my truck to go forage for food and supplies then bring them back to a permanent hideout. As such it's payload and protection makes it a much better choice.
On the other hand if you intend something like crossing the Great Divide of the Rocky Mountains on your way back to your parents isolated farm house where you hope they and your sexy girlfriend have remained safe so far then a good horse might be a better choice.
Like I said intended use.
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I live in the Netherlands, so there are no mountain ranges or huge stretched out woods here. If you stay out of towns, you generally find pastures surrounded by ditches, crop fields surrounded by ditches and small forests. If you want to go off-road here, you need a way to cross all those ditches, and a horse is an easy way for that.
But indeed, if you intend to only use your means of transportation to go forage for food and supplies, a truck would probably be better.