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What things do you always keep in your car?
Me......
A fold out safety triangle
A first aid kit
Sun screen (for the back of my hands but I want driving gloves)
A packet of nappy bags
A packet of wipes
In winter I carry a blanket (I'm meant to take it out in summer but it's still there lol)
And an assortment of moldy leftovers, empty drink bottles, odd socks, sports equipment and discarded packaging. The joys of being a children's chauffeur....
I don't keep much in my car. I only have a tool kit and a pump pack of sunscreen. I collect straws and serviettes from various take away places because you never know when they might be handy lol. THen of course, I have a heap of rubbish and random items the kids have left in there.
First aid kit (mine is not a standard kit), hats for everyone (beanie for DH in winter), tissues, spew bag in the glove box, usually an umbrella, picnic rug, any number of dd's toys, pen/s, paper, my work id's, have to put the fire extinguisher back in... Not sure what else because DH just cleaned it out. But there is usually half a dozen water bottles ranging from empty to full. I usually have a neuro torch and mini mag light as well but DD killed the neuro torch and I haven't been stuffed to replace it yet. The mag light got grabbed when we moved and had no power and consequently got lost. Oops. Better get a new one!
First aid kit, tissues, coolant, loose change maps, street directory (dhinsists but I use my phone) work car park card, umbrellas, picnic rug, reusable shopping bags, Mei tai, rope, small blanket or wrap
Things that have been left in there so long they now live in the car
Scissors, baby toys, hair clips, lol MG I also have a dead neuro torch must chuck it out,
Standard:
Tissues, wipes, nail clippers, first aid kit, phone charger, umbrella, shopping backs, trailer stuff(ties, etc) pens, the odd terry flat, chuck bags
A million child's paintings and craft work ;)
Summer:
Sun hats, thongs, light jackets/hoodies
Fire blanket, sealed water bottles
Winter:
Warm jackets, warm hats, children's gumboots
I keep the same things in my car all year round -
Coolant
2l bottle water
Collapsible water bowl (dogs)
Oil
Safety triangle
First aid kit
2 x towels
2 x blankets
Latex gloves
Nappy sacks (for dog poo!)
Sunscreen
Spare sunnies
Spare thongs
Phone charger
Map book
Camera
Spare batteries for camera
Notebook and pen
Mag Lite torch (small enough to hold in my mouth)
Large work lamp I can hang from the bonnet
Loose change
Then of course there's the usual rubbish and salt and sauce packets from Maccas!!
A few spare jackets/hoodies
gloves (I have raynauds)
suncreen
a multi-tool
a blanket
shopping bags
tissues
a map/a yellow pages
Jackets for all three of us and misc clothes for just in case moments
Blankets
First aid kit
Sunscreen
Wipes, serviettes
Bottled water
Picnic blanket
Small compressor for emergency tire pumping
Pens/paper
Pain killers
Tool kit
Maps
Torch
Change
Sunnies
Hats/beanies
Shoes
Deck of cards, Yahtzee and trivial pursuit games (too many king hours of boredom in broken down truck so thy are standard now!)
Barley sugar or similar
Tow ball and plug adaptor
Some toys and books for e
Soft basket/bucket for stashing stuff in
Thankfully, apart from a bit if clutter in the back away from dd ditching everything on the floor, it mostly fits under the "floor" on the back of the SUV so t doesn't actually take up any room
reading all this makes me want to actually sort though my car and see exactly what I have. I have got a bag of stuff but it was pre kid, and put together years and years and years ago I dont actually remember what is in there. probably worth a look.
I know I do have:
pens and paper, maps, picnic rug, tampons, tissues, pack of cards, jacket, screwdrivers and other assorted tools (care of DH stocking it up for me), oil and brake fluid (And whatever is left in the bottles after I top my car up with assorted fluids), water (not drinkable, was at some stage...but wouldn't touch it now, its for the engine) phone charger.... thats all i can actually remember...im sure there is/was a torch, but wouldn't be sure
Oh yeah, pads, tampons, tissues, phone charger, mo3 player and radio adaptor. Misc CDs that dh put in there, carpet cleaning stuff in there at the moment.
Oh no I realize I am In trouble in an emergency! I have
100s of CDs and assorted cases
phone chargers for DH and my phones
Some water in bottles
Assorted discarded clothes
My service books
My tow bar (it's a heavy duty hayman Reece so comes off)
Loads of wrappers
Nothing about safety. Time for an overhaul!
Lots of junk (seriously this stuff multiplies), empty food packets, crumbs etc....
Plus raincoats and umbrella's, kids books, hand sanitizer.
So no one has a tyre lever and jack to change their car tyre if they need to? What do you do if you get a flat?
We have
A first aid kit/strapping kit
toilet paper
spew bag
assorted plastic/reusable bags
tyre lever and jack
small tool set
chamois
service books
water
waeco fridge
torch
batteries
sunscreen
lip balm
moisturiser
loose change
mobile/game console chargers
map book
tissues
scissors
umbrella
plastic ponchos
that's about all I can think of off the top of my head. I clean the car every week so the kids just put in what they need for trips etc so that varies.
Forgot about that as it just sits in its own compartment of the boot ;):
Pretty much nothing - besides CDs and a box of tissues.....I probably need to do something about that....
Lol I was just about to say most cars come with a jack and tyre brace unless it's quite old.
I used have a lot more in there, but with 4 kids there isn't that much room to keep stuff. So I end up packing what I think we will need for each trip.
Oh a have a multi-tool and small Stanley knife in the glovebox.
But you have reminded me I need to find a permanent spot for my toolbox again.
I have:
First aid kit (including a CPR mask)
Torch
Tool kit
Jumper leads
Water
Jacket
Towel/s
Old sheet
Pens
Shopping bags (which never see the light of day!)
Tissues
Dog lead/harness
Phone charger
Navman
Map
I have asked Santa for a car fire extinguisher as well as I think I should have one of those
A lot of the other things people have mentioned live in my handbag which is always in the car with me anyway (wipes, tampons, etc).
My Rav has a super storage space under the tray in the boot so you don't even know all this stuff is in there!
Astrid: Can I ask why you only have a fire blanket in your car in Summer?
ETA I have all the standard equipment that comes with the car when you buy it - so yes jack/spare, etc, log books, manual all of that stuff.
Most cars come with a tyre and jack so I just count it as part of the car not something I carry. My old car had run flats so I didn't carry a spare.
I asked because I know of a few people who have taken theirs out and got caught out.
Is be screwed if I needed to change the tyre. Lol I just don't know how! Very very tragic and sad given my service over serval emergency service organizations. But hey, we all have our flaws!
Spare tyre, jack, and bare essentials tool kit
Spew bag
Tissues
Blanket
Car log book
RAA sticker ;)
Glove box lollies
Phone charger
Torch
Windscreen shade
Manual car has a set of charging leads because of DH's tendency to leave the headlights on....
For car rides out of town we bring water and first aid kit, but don't keep them in the car because they get old and festy rolling around in the boot. Mind you I carry that much crap in my handbag we could macguyver our way out of any situation.
yeah, they're part of the car, not something we have to add, so i don't consider it something "we" carry in the car...:
forgot to add i have jumper leads. bt they are old oned so dont have the surge protector thing so cant jump any cars with a computer (pretty much all cars these days) but it will jump my car =)
DH carries jumper leads and a snatch strap and boards and a compressor so he's always ready for a spontaneous bit of beach driving which is funny because we don't often drive on the beach and never without at least a fortnight's planning before hand.