What do you keep in your car?
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Phone cradle as my phone is my satnav and music source, and it also charges the phone
I have a torch/charger gadget on my home keyring so don't keep a torch in the car
In the boot I've a first aid kit, warning triangle, compressor and plug kit a small tool roll and mini-socket set (about the size of a 20 pack of fags)
That's about it
I have a torch/charger gadget on my home keyring so don't keep a torch in the car
In the boot I've a first aid kit, warning triangle, compressor and plug kit a small tool roll and mini-socket set (about the size of a 20 pack of fags)
That's about it
not a lot really... ice scraper, cloth for wiping inside of windows (now redundant with air conditioning), mp3 player, sunglasses, road atlas.
nothing else necessary, i have a phone and rac cover if i break down, never go on long or cold journeys where i might need any supplies, and if it happens, just stay in the nice warm car!
nothing else necessary, i have a phone and rac cover if i break down, never go on long or cold journeys where i might need any supplies, and if it happens, just stay in the nice warm car!
All cars :
warning triangle
first aid kit
hi viz vest
spare bulb kit
foil blanket(s)
disposable gloves
blanket
microfibre cloth
glucose tabs
bottle of water
umbrella
ice scraper
road map
Holiday car (in addition to above) :
proper wheel wrench
portable compressor
Winter car (in addition to above) :
fold-able shovel
snow socks
jump leads
de-icer
warning triangle
first aid kit
hi viz vest
spare bulb kit
foil blanket(s)
disposable gloves
blanket
microfibre cloth
glucose tabs
bottle of water
umbrella
ice scraper
road map
Holiday car (in addition to above) :
proper wheel wrench
portable compressor
Winter car (in addition to above) :
fold-able shovel
snow socks
jump leads
de-icer
Edited by PlayersNo6 on Saturday 29th August 23:48
PlayersNo6 said:
All cars :
warning triangle
first aid kit
hi viz vest
spare bulb kit
foil blanket(s)
disposable gloves
blanket
microfibre cloth
glucose tabs
bottle of water
umbrella
ice scraper
road map
Holiday car (in addition to above) :
proper wheel wrench
portable compressor
Winter car (in addition to above) :
fold-able shovel
snow socks
jump leads
de-icer
And 20 Players No. 6!warning triangle
first aid kit
hi viz vest
spare bulb kit
foil blanket(s)
disposable gloves
blanket
microfibre cloth
glucose tabs
bottle of water
umbrella
ice scraper
road map
Holiday car (in addition to above) :
proper wheel wrench
portable compressor
Winter car (in addition to above) :
fold-able shovel
snow socks
jump leads
de-icer
Edited by PlayersNo6 on Saturday 29th August 23:48
With a range of 1.8 Rover K-Series engines in my family's cars it is wise to carry a spare.... engine. Good policy. These K-Series include turbocharged versions too. I'm reliably informed the Cylinder Head Gaskets are prone to so called "failure" at least once a week. Belt and braces man me. It also works on an anti-S0D'S LAW basis warding off any suggestion of failures in the twenty odd years we've had K-Series cars in the family, both new and old.
Recommended to all K-Series enthusiasts.
More seriously. I usually carry a small range of tools likely to be needed for that small hitch that sometimes occurs. These include good quality 19mm Sockets and Breaker bar which are always superior to the wheel well kit which comes with most cars. New cars bought which do not come with a spare wheel I buy a full sized spare wheel and put that in the wheel well. Since the late 1960s, most new cars came with AA membership for a year or so and my wife pays for AA cover for her car for recovery to home. She also paid for an AA card for me. I have never called out the AA in the fifty odd years I've been driving. I used to have an AA badge on the front of my cars and welcomed the salute when the AA Motor Cycle and sidecar passed in the opposite direction. Whatever happened to that ..
Fortunately I have been very lucky. Never had an unreliable car. Actually, luck plays the least part in that...
In no particular order;
-Afew litres of oil (and to my shame, a bottle of Redex fuel treatment/ snake oil)
-Giant case of Costco water in sportscap bottles- Im way too busy exploring the limits of grip to screw the lid onto a bottle
-Aftershave in drivers' door pocket (current fragrance; Viktor & Rolf 'Spicebomb')
-Lipbalm (unflavoured, plain blue stick-type because I'm a manly man- regularly annoyed by how it melts in the summer)
-Half a generic Viagra (incase I encounter the perfect storm of having eaten a large meal/ being over-worked/ in the company of an amorous female passenger)
-2 pairs of sunnies, one in the glovebox, one in centre console- HATE getting caught out with no protection
-Locking wheelnut (was a trained tyre fitter many years ago- gobsmacked at how many otherwise switched-on human beings were missing theirs)
-Jump leads, although I've usually loaned them to someone and neglected to ask for them back
-Can of that get-me-home tyre inflator stuff that's likely well past its use-by date
-Folder in the perpetually-locked cubby hole behind the seats containing ALL the cars' documentation/ history (fully aware that this is an ill-advised idea, but saves me having to be organised)
-Thick, body-warmer-type reversible hi-vis which is both safe and practical, mainly only there because I occasionally need for work
-Can of aerosol tyre shine, as Im never satisfied with whatever the local Eastern European car wash chaps use
-Pack of painkiller tablets to preempt hangovers
-Pen, purely incase I need to write out a last-minute birthday card
-Flare, or at least I have always carried a flare in all the Jap import stuff that came with one. Still not really sure when Id need it during the 99.9% of my driving which happens in North London- presumably these were intended for when you overcook it on the togue a lá Initial D
Writing this post has been a cathartic experience, which has made me realise my life has gone somewhat off-track and requires serious critical introspection/ honest self-appraisal. Thanks PH.
-Afew litres of oil (and to my shame, a bottle of Redex fuel treatment/ snake oil)
-Giant case of Costco water in sportscap bottles- Im way too busy exploring the limits of grip to screw the lid onto a bottle
-Aftershave in drivers' door pocket (current fragrance; Viktor & Rolf 'Spicebomb')
-Lipbalm (unflavoured, plain blue stick-type because I'm a manly man- regularly annoyed by how it melts in the summer)
-Half a generic Viagra (incase I encounter the perfect storm of having eaten a large meal/ being over-worked/ in the company of an amorous female passenger)
-2 pairs of sunnies, one in the glovebox, one in centre console- HATE getting caught out with no protection
-Locking wheelnut (was a trained tyre fitter many years ago- gobsmacked at how many otherwise switched-on human beings were missing theirs)
-Jump leads, although I've usually loaned them to someone and neglected to ask for them back
-Can of that get-me-home tyre inflator stuff that's likely well past its use-by date
-Folder in the perpetually-locked cubby hole behind the seats containing ALL the cars' documentation/ history (fully aware that this is an ill-advised idea, but saves me having to be organised)
-Thick, body-warmer-type reversible hi-vis which is both safe and practical, mainly only there because I occasionally need for work
-Can of aerosol tyre shine, as Im never satisfied with whatever the local Eastern European car wash chaps use
-Pack of painkiller tablets to preempt hangovers
-Pen, purely incase I need to write out a last-minute birthday card
-Flare, or at least I have always carried a flare in all the Jap import stuff that came with one. Still not really sure when Id need it during the 99.9% of my driving which happens in North London- presumably these were intended for when you overcook it on the togue a lá Initial D
Writing this post has been a cathartic experience, which has made me realise my life has gone somewhat off-track and requires serious critical introspection/ honest self-appraisal. Thanks PH.
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