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

[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.

[~TT40~]

I always have a bottle of drinking water with me. and in the boot i have a rug, a towel (rag), a tarp (its an old waterbed bladder) for lying on if i need to get under the car, a 3L bottle of water (incase it over heats, not drinkable..even though my brother did once and resulted in spiting it back up all over my dash), umm what else? i have a bag full of stuff, i think there is even a deck of cards in there.

in DH's car there is all his tools, so that will come in handy

[Gigi]

NOW
picnic blanket
plastic tub containing jumper leads, torch with working battery, spare shopping bags, two litre bottle of water (not for drinking), empty petrol container - in the boot along with tyre changing stuff
pack of wipes, first aid kit, small torch - in the glove box
bottle of water, snacks, sunscreen - for the current outing in the cooler bag
storybooks in the back of seat pockets for bilby to read if wanted
packets of tissues everywhere cos i am OC about running out of tissues LOL.
spare reading glasses and pens
bilby's balance bike and helmet (cos we have nowhere at home to store it, and no shed, so it's in the boot or nowhere - sigh).

WHEN BILBY WAS IN NAPPIES
nappy bag with spare clothing, spare wrap, spare tee for me. if a day trip, SPARE nappy bag left in car, REAL nappy bag taken with us

WHEN BILBY WAS TOILET TRAINING
training bag with us, potette with us
car potty left in the car, with toilet paper, bottle of water for rinsing, spare clothing, spare trainers, story book

[Now we're 3]

LOL - Onyx you beat me to it as to what I would do with Bear!!!!!

You've all got me thinking on what I SHOULD carry in my car. I guess it does all depend on where I'm going - local shops or longer trip - but know I only plan for the time I think it will take me to get there rather than for a JIC situation. Emmm might need to revist my trip planning - which will no doubt make me even later than I normally am - now isn't that going to go down well with DH!