What do you keep in you car?
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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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