What items do you deem essential to carry in your car?

[benedwards64]

Phone, wallet and keys are always with me, either in my pockets or in the door-pocket. Otherwise...

In the daily:

• Satnav
• Phone cradle/charger
• Bluetooth headset (not that I ever use it)
• Chewing gum/mints
• CDs (yes, still use them!)
• Spare bulbs
• Water
• Umbrella
• De-icer
• Whatever random stuff I have kicking around in the boot....

In the Westfield:

• Rain cover (all I have space for!)

[HertsBiker]

Regarding water being so easy to get hold of, after 3 hours on the m11 I was glad of the spare water I'd packed. So don't mock.

[vikingaero]

HertsBiker said:

Regarding water being so easy to get hold of, after 3 hours on the m11 I was glad of the spare water I'd packed. So don't mock.

The other point to make is that I'd rather pay £2.00 for 6 bottles of water in a supermarket than £1.50 for one bottle from the services. More money in my pocket means more money for sheds and (un)necessary cars and car gadgets.

[boxedin]

re: emergency bog roll:

http://www.andrex.co.uk/products/washlets/

also doubles up for a myriad of cleaning duties.

[j4ckos mate]

Shovels bleach rope