What do you keep in you car?
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Standard Tool Roll in the front boot with a couple of extra tools chucked in (like a proper wheel brace)
USB cable to charge my phone
A half empty bottle of oil
A bottle of ready to go screen wash
A handful of old CD's (never play them- use Spotify over BT)
errrm, that's about it, really.
Do chuck other stuff in depending upon the weather/journey but the car generally doesn't have much in it.
USB cable to charge my phone
A half empty bottle of oil
A bottle of ready to go screen wash
A handful of old CD's (never play them- use Spotify over BT)
errrm, that's about it, really.
Do chuck other stuff in depending upon the weather/journey but the car generally doesn't have much in it.
marshalla said:
stuff, crime scene tape, more stuff
Interesting. Would hate to be caught short without crime scene tape. Edited by marshalla on Monday 30th March 22:58
I carry a work hi-viz and jacket too dirty to be brought into the relative civilisation of my house, and an aux cable. Oh, and a forensic tent, obviously.
jamesj197 said:
poing said:
Nothing is essential on the average commute, unless it's across a vast desert or the Australian outback. In which case a bottle of water and some sunglasses might be handy.
So what if your car breaks down? Or do you think that's not possible?For ages, a HiViz waistcoat, basic tools, torch, two blankets either for picnics or in case I break down in Hull, er I mean Hell...and with my current car, a couple of coil packs, because they die for a laugh quite regularly...
However, since training as a Paramedic, I have also put together a little response bag with some essentials in it which I carry in the boot - everything from First Aid stuff, and a basic observation kit, up to some cool resus bits like airway kits and ventilation masks, all of which I am trained to use. I wouldn't stop and leap out of the car at any opportunity of course - however if I am near an accident or extenuating situation when someone really does need help and none is nearby, then it is there if I need it. Hopefully I wont.
I think one of the main reasons I put it together is that, about 10 years ago, as I left work at the end of a shift, one of the other guys who was leaving managed to crash his motorbike barely yards from the factory. HE was laying in the road, completely unresponsive, but despite a huge crowd which gathered, no-one knew what to do, including me. And so, to quote a song - he just died while we stood there looking at him.....
I don't want to ever stand and look at someone dying again, without doing everything I can to prevent it...
However, since training as a Paramedic, I have also put together a little response bag with some essentials in it which I carry in the boot - everything from First Aid stuff, and a basic observation kit, up to some cool resus bits like airway kits and ventilation masks, all of which I am trained to use. I wouldn't stop and leap out of the car at any opportunity of course - however if I am near an accident or extenuating situation when someone really does need help and none is nearby, then it is there if I need it. Hopefully I wont.
I think one of the main reasons I put it together is that, about 10 years ago, as I left work at the end of a shift, one of the other guys who was leaving managed to crash his motorbike barely yards from the factory. HE was laying in the road, completely unresponsive, but despite a huge crowd which gathered, no-one knew what to do, including me. And so, to quote a song - he just died while we stood there looking at him.....
I don't want to ever stand and look at someone dying again, without doing everything I can to prevent it...
te to a point I don't think the MX-5 has carried a passenger this year as it's easier to take the Rover than clear off the passenger seat which was piled up to the window line until yesterday jamesj197 said:
poing said:
Nothing is essential on the average commute, unless it's across a vast desert or the Australian outback. In which case a bottle of water and some sunglasses might be handy.
So what if your car breaks down? Or do you think that's not possible?I take it you have minimal experience of actually working on cars? A car won't just run out of electricity, for example, without a genuine problem such as a failed alternator unless you park it leaving the lights on - which is a bit like parking it without applying the hand brake.
If a car genuinely breaks down out and about, it's because something has broken 99.99999 times out of 100, as opposed to because something easily accessible without dismantling the car has unscrewed itself and just needs tweaked up with a screwdriver.
I've broken down a few times with various cars over the years. In absolutely every case I've known exactly what it was before the AA van turned up. In absolutely every case the car has needed to be recovered, partially dismantled and new part(s) bought and fitted.
In my considered opinion, carrying anything with the pretense of fixing the car is carrying dead weight at the expense of boot space. The exception being if the car has a spare wheel and crappy tool kit, which can stay (even though OE jacks are often marginally fit for purpose and wheel braces often spread rather than release wheel nuts).
jamieduff1981 said:
Speaking as a TVR driver - which really ought to qualify my views on the possibility of a car breaking down - I just call the AA.
I take it you have minimal experience of actually working on cars? A car won't just run out of electricity, for example, without a genuine problem such as a failed alternator unless you park it leaving the lights on - which is a bit like parking it without applying the hand brake.
If a car genuinely breaks down out and about, it's because something has broken 99.99999 times out of 100, as opposed to because something easily accessible without dismantling the car has unscrewed itself and just needs tweaked up with a screwdriver.
I've broken down a few times with various cars over the years. In absolutely every case I've known exactly what it was before the AA van turned up. In absolutely every case the car has needed to be recovered, partially dismantled and new part(s) bought and fitted.
In my considered opinion, carrying anything with the pretense of fixing the car is carrying dead weight at the expense of boot space. The exception being if the car has a spare wheel and crappy tool kit, which can stay (even though OE jacks are often marginally fit for purpose and wheel braces often spread rather than release wheel nuts).
I understand where your coming from but when i say breakdown i also mean simple things like getting a flat tyre. I completely agree that there is no point carrying a full tool kit but what if you break down and have to wait around for an hour or so for the AA or RAC to get to you. Or what if you get stuck in bad traffic or bad weather.I take it you have minimal experience of actually working on cars? A car won't just run out of electricity, for example, without a genuine problem such as a failed alternator unless you park it leaving the lights on - which is a bit like parking it without applying the hand brake.
If a car genuinely breaks down out and about, it's because something has broken 99.99999 times out of 100, as opposed to because something easily accessible without dismantling the car has unscrewed itself and just needs tweaked up with a screwdriver.
I've broken down a few times with various cars over the years. In absolutely every case I've known exactly what it was before the AA van turned up. In absolutely every case the car has needed to be recovered, partially dismantled and new part(s) bought and fitted.
In my considered opinion, carrying anything with the pretense of fixing the car is carrying dead weight at the expense of boot space. The exception being if the car has a spare wheel and crappy tool kit, which can stay (even though OE jacks are often marginally fit for purpose and wheel braces often spread rather than release wheel nuts).
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