What do you keep in your car?

Useless_With_Money_3

my mobile to phone for help, other wise the list can be endless

harveybobbles

I normally carry a load of !!!!!! I did clean the car out one day, well - I picked my parents up from the airport so I had to clean it out... I had 4 carrier bags or empty pop bottles and endless amounts of sweetie wrappers and fag packets and car parking tickets. The joys of being used as a taxi by friends!

banger9365

every thing i us for work:-
sleeping bag
dvd play
tv
hi vis
storm coasts about 3
coffee
water
poudered milk
sat nav
road angle
maps lotts(a to z's)
ect
all in a sports bag in the car
and dog hairs

anewman

I don't see much point in carrying spare oil myself as if something happens that makes it disappear quickly enough to warrant topping up, you're unlikely to be able to easily fix it and top up the oil. Easier to check the level regularly.Leaving the car until the oil light comes on is a bad idea anyway. Unless of course your engine has consistently high oil consumption, in which case it may be a good idea.

I currently have.

Warning triangle
First aid kit
Full set of spare HT leads, distributor cap, and rotor arm
Radweld
A coolant hose repair kit from halfords
1.5 litres coolant
High vis vest
WD40
A full set of spare bulbs, and also side repeater units (as the screws are badly rusted in the current ones)
Spare fuses and relays
Screwdriver
Scissors
Roll of duct tape
Wheel brace
Torch (wired up to my lights with rechargeable batteries to charge up)
Jump leads
Tow rope

Things I think might be a good idea for me to add include:

A roll of wide self-amalgamating tape
Voltage regulator
Ignition coil
Cable ties
Small selection of spanners
Auxiliary drive belt
Selection of hose clips

Erm, think I've got everything there

d123

I would have thought jump leads were one of the more important items, yet I think only one poster has mentioned carrying them. I think it's far more likely to have a flat battery than most other problems.

I have
5l water
heavy duty jump leads
can tyre-weld
torch
spare bulbs
full set of spanners, screwdrivers, pliers.
car blanket
first aid kit
electrical tape and duct tape
4 way wheel brace
warning triangle

anewman

d123 wrote: »

I would have thought jump leads were one of the more important items

Ah I forgot those, now added to my list

greenman7

I suppose it all depends how confident I feel in the car as to how much kit I carry. With some cars in the past I have carried hoses etc and often been very pleased that I have! My latest car I have a high degree of confidence in so do not carry pare parts other than the spare wheel (with the jack). I also carry:

First aid kit
Warning triangle
Disposable camera (in case of an accident I can take pictures)
Mobile phone chargers
CDs
Spare bulbs
Tool kit

On long journeys I will take a map and a caffeine drink.

vikingaero

anewman wrote: »

I don't see much point in carrying spare oil myself as if something happens that makes it disappear quickly enough to warrant topping up, you're unlikely to be able to easily fix it and top up the oil. Easier to check the level regularly.Leaving the car until the oil light comes on is a bad idea anyway. Unless of course your engine has consistently high oil consumption, in which case it may be a good idea.

I carry a spare litre of oil for money saving reasons. Even though I check my oil every week and after a long journey the last thing you want to do is to pay through the nose for oil at a motorway service station. I bought my 1 litre can of Mobil 1 from France for about £2.50 on special offer. I think I saw a 1 litre can of Mobil 1 on the motorway services for £12.99.:eek:

sjc_2

I have a Fire Extinguisher at the side of the Drivers seat so in my reach, and one of those emergency hammers, with the seat belt cutters built in at the front of my seat.

Was surprised to see no one mention the above.

Keep these after a mate of mine many years ago was in an Accident ended up nose down in a ditch and the Car caught fire, he only got out when the fire burnt through his seat belt!!!

vikingaero

sjc wrote: »

I have a Fire Extinguisher at the side of the Drivers seat so in my reach, and one of those emergency hammers, with the seat belt cutters built in at the front of my seat.

Was surprised to see no one mention the above.

Keep these after a mate of mine many years ago was in an Accident ended up nose down in a ditch and the Car caught fire, he only got out when the fire burnt through his seat belt!!!

Those emergency hammers are a must have.

You only need to drive home late at night, swerve to avoid something and roll up a bank............ this happened to a friend of mine at school. He left the pub about an hour before us (he wasn't drinking). He swerved to avoid a fox and his car rolled up the bank and turned onto its roof. We left the pub an hour later to find him still in his upturned car with his seatbelt buckle jammed. We had a few fags, laughed at him trapped upside down, listened to him swearing at us to free him for about 15 minutes and freed the buckle by attacking the buckle with a wheel wrench. He promptly fell down in a heap onto the roof of the car and was less appreciative of us freeing him. I think he expected to fall neatly like a cat instead of on his head.:D

Then we pushed the car over onto its wheels and off he drove!