What do you keep in your car?

Whats a good 'emergency pack' to keep in the car?

So far i only have 3 litres of water and an empty plastic milk bottle refilled with screen wash.

What should i keep in my car in the event of accidents or breaking down?
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  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    A torch, selection of fuses, the list is endless..........
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  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    Tent?
    Food for a week?
    Shovel?

    The point is it really does depend where you are going.

    P.s. you probably only need to carry screenwasher fluid if you are not in the habit of checking the fluid level frequently. The point here is that preparation (or preventative maintenance) may well avoid the need to carry much.
  • ClaireLR
    ClaireLR Posts: 1,712 Forumite
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    Loo roll.................

    for REAL emergencies :D
    Sometimes you have to go through
    the rain to get to the
    rainbow
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
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    ClaireLR wrote: »
    Loo roll.................

    for REAL emergencies :D

    Nappy sacks are good if you are a man.:rolleyes::D

    Basics:

    Mobile Phone (charged)
    Breakdown membership card
    Torch
    Warning Triangle or Hi-Vis vests
    First Aid Kit (especially handy if you have kids)
    Water
    A book
    Footpump
    Jump leads
    Extended handle wheel wrench
    Fuses
    Gloves
    Cuddly Toy
    Teasmade
    The man without a signature.
  • Idiophreak
    Idiophreak Posts: 12,024 Forumite
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    I keep, now...

    First aid kit,
    Warning triangle,
    Blanket,
    Tool kit (with jump leads),
    Couple of litres of water,
    Spare oil,
    Nice big torch

    That's about it...There's normally other stuff floating around in the boot too, though (steering lock, spare shoes etc)
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    I have
    Torch
    Hi-Vis vest
    Triangle
    First Aid kit

    All of the above are what the fleet company put in all our company cars

    Then I have a bulb kit but only beacuse I go abroad occasionally and it's a requirement in some countries.

    Other than that my mobile, wallet and roadside reccovery detail;s are always with me anyway.

    Mind you if I'm out in my old Land Rover than I have hi-lift jack, tool kit, jump leads, duck tape, bits of wire, connectors for the wire, fuses, bulbs, oil and water. Depending on where I'm going I also have a spade, tow rope, shackles, strops etc. as well.
    It's my problem, it's my problem
    If I feel the need to hide
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    And feel I want to die


  • colin79666
    colin79666 Posts: 1,356 Forumite
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    I have:
    Torch
    Footpump
    Hi Viz waistcoat
    Warning Triangle (fold up type)
    Gloves
    Woolie Hat
    Fire Extinguisher
    First Aid Kit
    Mobile Phone (on my person)
    500ml water and 500ml bottle of mixed ready to use screenwash
    spare bulb kit
    break down card
    old towel (handy for all sorts of things)
  • Keith
    Keith Posts: 2,924 Forumite
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    Nothing, you don't want that kinda thing hitting you as you race around a race track.
  • Shoshannah
    Shoshannah Posts: 667 Forumite
    The true contents of my boot do not match my ideals of an emergency equipment pack. :( :rotfl:

    I always carry a warning triangle, a blanket, a bottle of water, phone. I really need to purchase a breaker bar because although I am perfectly competent at changing a wheel, I have had to suffer the embarrassment of calling out the AA to change a wheel before because I am only a weedy girl and not physically strong enough to turn the nuts with the silly little tool Ford provide. :o

    Note to self: buy breaker bar, make changing wheels a pleasure. :rotfl:

    The rest of the junk in my boot includes a few car parts and my wellies, waterproofs, bucket, brush, stethoscope etc (vet in training). :D And pens, I seem to have a lot of pens in my car. It's the secret destination of all those biros you have ever lost: my car. :o
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
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    Strangely enough I've just cleaned my car this afternoon - now has

    Packet of Polo mints
    Users handbook
    Set of replacement bulbs
    Torch
    Two cassettes
    2 carrier bags
    I dalmatian beany

    inside the car, and

    First Aid kit
    HiVis jacket
    Set of jump leads
    Lemonade bottle of ready mixed screen wash - Labelled (I'm a clean screen freak)
    Can of de-icer
    Wellies
    Plastic sheet

    in the boot.

    Good idea to carry a triangle, I'll ask for one for my b/day next month. My kids are used to my strange requests, last year it was a water butt, the year before a sack barrow!
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