What do you keep in your boot?

[LaneDiesel]

What do you routinely carry in your boot? I have quite a long journey ahead of me and it got me thinking. For me, day to day I've got:

• 2 litres of water
• Decent torch
• High-vis jacket

Not exactly a preppers tick list but just curious what everyone else keeps in their boot space!

[TotalControl]

Ratchet tool kit from Halfords
Jump Leads
Hazard Triangle reflector thingy
Spare Bulb kit
Bottle of water
1 litre of engine oil

[SeeFive]

Normally, a couple of fold up chairs and a picnic rug.

For the last week, a six berth tent, a four berth tent, a camping table, a camping kitchen, 7 folding chairs, 2 picnic rugs, boules, footballs, 2 tent footprints and 2 carpets, 2 axle stands, gas cylinders, loads of tools / pegs other camping ste etc. Mpg is not great right now.

And we didn't go camping today cos of the weather...

[S0updr4g0n]

Golf clubs, various microfibre cloths, water (for ridding of seagull poop), bottled water, towel, shoes, golf trolley, rubbish bin, bottle of lemon gin (two years fermenting so far), plastic wrap, shovel

[jimreed]

3 ton trolley jack, still unopened.
Two litres of water.
Seven and a half litres of oil, an oil filter, eight spark plugs and an air filter.
A pair of wellies.
Tucked down around the spare wheel, wrapped in rags to stop any noise : a full Halfrauds professional socket set, 7-30 mm spanners and a lump hammer.
A big torch and several hundred marine shells.

I've just realised that I am turning into my Dad.

[carreauchompeur]

The bodies.

[PlayFair]

gym bag
spare shoes
food wrappers
a protein shaker that's about 3 weeks old...
spare hoodie
daughters shoes
colouring/sticker book
a usb wall plug - with no phone lead!

[Dave Hedgehog]

Tarpaulin
Rope
Duct Tape
Axe
Shovel

[caelite]

Boot:
-basic tool roll with some common sockets
-footpump
-jumper cables
-tub of oil
-small tub of washer antifreeze (doubles as windscreen defroster)
-2l of water
-a heavy jacket with reflective stripes

(Tool roll, jumper cables and footpump all fit under the boot floor with spare wheel/jack, the rest fits in the cargo nets on each side of the boot)

Glovebox:
-Car manual/service book etc
-bottle of lucozade
-some extra meds for myself
-insurance cover letter

Did keep a good 3ton tow rope but managed to snap it towing my pals van out of a ditch with my old shogun last year, been meaning to get another.

Edited by caelite on Saturday 20th August 06:15

[Escort3500]

S0updr4g0n said:

Golf clubs, various microfibre cloths, water (for ridding of seagull poop), bottled water, towel, shoes, golf trolley, rubbish bin, bottle of lemon gin (two years fermenting so far), plastic wrap, shovel

Jeez, a shovel? How bad is your golf course?

[grayze]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Tarpaulin
Rope
Duct Tape
Axe
Shovel

....quicklime, ether, hacksaw?

[347Andy]

First aid kit, triangle, bottles of water, torch (must check if it needs new batteries sometime) & an atlas. In with the spare wheel there is a hi viz, can of tyre weld (about 10 years old so I have no idea if it would still work !) and one of those extending wheel brace jobbies.

Edited by 347Andy on Saturday 20th August 07:29

[kiethton]

A de-silenced exhaust backbox
A motorbike paddock stand
A trolley jack
2 axle stands
A bag full of marketing material from Wren kitchens
Golf clubs
Golf shoes
Body warmer

[shake n bake]

The targa panel and some bits of mud that fell out of a plant pot on the way back from the garden centre 2 years ago.

[Some Gump]

Sand.
A few twigs.
Sometimes a pram.

[GetCarter]

[XG332]

GetCarter said:

Similarly

[talksthetorque]

Some mud.
Just in case.

[alpha channel]

Both - Standard factory supplied tools/jack
- Carrier bag
- Extinguisher
- Pocket tyre pressure gauge
- Spare Asthma inhaler

Rover - Foot pump
- My Grandads Toolbox (which I inherited) containing spare bulbs, a small smattering of tools (mole grip, 19mm single piece socket/handle, a diddy can of WD40)
- Sleeve for the roof panels

Glove box - Cree torch
Armrest container - 19mm and 20mm socket
- Locking nut

Alfa - Spare car matte
- Factory supplied first aide kit/various clobber required by law in the EU
- Carrier bag
Glove box - LED torch with built in screwdriver set
- Locking wheel nut/spare wheel nut set (factory set)
- Spare bulbs (but I'll be bugger if I know what they're for, sure as hell they're not for the headlights mind)

For the future - Spare mobile phone in each (this one occurred to me yesterday when I went for my phone and it wasn't there, it's surprising how much I use the camera in my job), the amount of phones my mother's gone through trying to find one she can use I could pull a Transporter and have four of the things in each .

[CS Garth]

A wide selection of artisan gins, a small but choice selection of vermouth, ice chest and several Riedel glasses.

To the side I stow a picnic blanket, several prophylactics and copy of "40 and Naughty" for emergencies