What do you have in your car, just in case?

[Tinks]

THe only stuff I have in my car for just in case are straws, serviettes and plastic spoons. I'd be stuffed if anything happened.

[Phteven]

THe only stuff I have in my car for just in case are straws, serviettes and plastic spoons. I'd be stuffed if anything happened.

Bear Grylls would use that to make bio-deisel and build a trap for maggots.

[Tinks]

Bear Grylls would use that to make bio-deisel and build a trap for maggots.

That's it! I need to have Bear in my boot!

[kirsty_lee]

bahahahhaha lol @ Onyx!

[Sopdet]

car cleaning stuff, bottles of water, queen sized blow up mattress & pump, towels, electrical tape, various tools, bandaids, condoms (because they can be used as mouth guards to give mouth-to-mouth), uhf radio, spare sunglasses, camping chair, blanket, sheets

in my handbag I have an umbrella & jumper and first aid stuff

[Miss.September]

Well today it's pretty good because I'm just back from a road trip!

Jumper start kit - really cool, you don't need another car to jump start you. Which is lucky because I needed it yesterday

First aid kit
Picnic rug
Wet ones
Water (always!)
Blanket

[MrsFabuloso]

condoms (because they can be used as mouth guards to give mouth-to-mouth),

Forgive me for being unimaginative...but how?

Wow, thanks everyone!! Some great ideas ...oh and we have all of the junk and toys and clothes that the kids leave behind too, it's all mostly useless if we got stuck anywhere! Except to entertain the kids I guess, lol!

Ok so today I have packed the car with:
Spare clothes/nappies for the kids and me (DH thinks I'm being silly!) to stay in the car
10lt of water to stay in the car
torch (need to get a big one though, it's only a little pencil light)
A make shift first aid kit
picnic rug
wet ones
tissues
pen and paper
umbrella


thanks for the ideas, and a bit of a laff! Keep it coming!

[BOC]

Only the most important stuff, a plastic champagne flute, a corkscrew & a stubby holder Oh and a box of tampons...

[Phteven]

That's it! I need to have Bear in my boot!

That's not where I would keep my Bear

[Tinks]

That's not where I would keep my Bear

Do you have a special Bear Grylls carrier Onyx?

[Cherished]

I never leave the house without water and I often think about if I was caught in traffic or something or broke down I'd need water cause I always drink heaps! In dh's car he has at least a dozen half empty water bottles as he gets them from work. I also have loads of rubbish, 1st aid kit, probably shoes and clothes, umbrella, chair, tool kit? ummmm and a torch!

[Just Me]

We always keep stuff in the boot that we might need (lucky we have underfloor storage for most of it):

- a picnic rug
- a swimming bag with togs, a spare change of clothes for each of the kids (including a jumper), towels (we live in NQ and we have often found ourselves out somewhere and the kids want to swim or get muddy/dirty/sandy - it takes the stress out of it for me)
- Umbrellas and raincoats for the kids
- A bag of sandplay toys like trucks, buckets, spades
-First aid kit

I never leave the house without packing the nappy bag with snacks, a drink bottle for each of the kids, insect repellant & suncream (again NQ ), a spare change of clothes. The few times we have ever left the house without properly packing the nappy bag, we have lived to regret it so now we keep it packed all the time (we repack it as soon as we get home) so we can just grab it on our way out the door without thinking about it.

I also keep the kids shoes in the car - so much easier to take them off there then to have to run around the house trying to find two shoes for each of them before leaving home.

[Early Kids]

I always have a bag packed with a few spare nappies, hats, sunscreen, wipes and change of clothes for both boys. But I guess that comes with the territory of bowel issues lol.

I also always have a first aid kit, tissues, drink bottles, snacks (chewies, muesli bars, dried fruit/nuts), tool kit, air compressor, tyre changing kit, jump-leads and in winter spare jumpers.

I guess travelling a fair bit you kinda leave it in the car

[Muffy]

in my car i have all kinds of things

Clothes, rubbish, drink bottles, rubbish and toys
OH and chinese rice crackers

[MrsFabuloso]

Bear Grylls would use that to make bio-deisel and build a trap for maggots.

lol!!

Forgot to add we have tyre changing stuff and a few tools.

Krystals, a fire extinguisher is a great idea!

Now that we live in the sticks and often go for drives down dirt tracks (I always start singing 'We're on the road to nowhere...' in my head when we do, lol!) I'm going to have to be much more organised! Besides the fact even if we're not on dirt tracks, driving anywhere other than in town, will take us an hour or so to get anywhere....