What do you keep in your car?

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I am owner of Peugeot 407 and quite often I use my car for weekend trips with a huge amount of stuff. Last week I went fishing with full back of fishing rods. Next one I'm going to try camping for the first time.
So here is my thread question: what stuff/equipment do you keep in your car? For me it's necessary to have medical box, some extra food, water, gloves, and probably I will take walkie-talkie too for emergency situations.
 
I carry a chainsaw! I live in a wooded rural area where a good storm is likely to knock trees down and a few times a year they end up blocking the road.
 
Gum, spare change, a pistol, extra napkins, spare change, phone charger, ice scraper and a bluetooth headset.
 
I spend most of my time in my company car and I load it up with all of the necessary everyday things. There are two hard hats, yellow safety vest, yellow safety jacket, rain jacket, change of shirt and pants, sweat towel, snow brush, hand cleaner, extra gloves, first aid kit, water jug, tool box, bearing pullers, torque wrench, demo cases, catalogs, portable battery charger, portable tire inflator, and of course the detailing bag. It's a good thing that I have an SUV.
 
Other than QD, glass cleaner, and few MF towels......

I have a small tool pouch, my Buck knife, jumper cables, pen & pencils, note pad, tape measure, a lot of napkins, bottle of water, and about 10 of my favorite CD's.
 
Sinbad said:
... a pistol
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Not a good recommendation if loaded, as that is against the law in many/most states. Even if unloaded, there are then strict restrictions on how/where to carry your ammo. Safest best is to put the firearm in a locked container (but not glovebox or console) and the ammo in the trunk or another lock box (but again, not in glovebox or console).

As for what I carry in my vehicles : MF towels, QD, roll of paper towels, pr. of work gloves, flashlight, multi-function knife, 100+ piece tool kit (Harbor Freight), roll of duct rape, roll of electrical tape, spare hose clamps, and jumper cables. Also a jump drive with my music.
 
In Arizona, water, water, water and more water... and an umbrella... One would ask why an umbrella? If the car breaks down, you don't want to stay in the car due to the heat but you need something to cover or give you shade you from the sun. Sometimes I throw my quick-start jump-pack in the trunk. Never know when the battery may decide to lose juice.
 
A small bottle of quick detailer and a towel. I think jumper cables with the spare tire as well. Nothing else. I hate any and every sound or rattle in a car so I keep as few items as possible inside. My hearing is really good and every little noise will drive me nuts. When I drive my wife’s car with a few items in door pockets or trunk I really start cursing less than a mile away.
 
Chargers, mints, napkins, music, lottery ticket slips (stop once for 2 drawings of Powerball and Mega), knife, flashlight. In the trunk a bag with glass cleaner, detailer, microfiber towels, spray wax)
 
I like to keep the bare minimum amount of things in my car because I prefer to have it clean and available at all times. Only things typically on board are,

Spare tire: [no jack. I can call AAA for roadside assistance]

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Coins:

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2 umbrellas [1 in each umbrella holder underneath both front seats]

Owner’s Manual [in the glove compartemente]

Windshield sun visor [tucked into the pocket behind the passenger seat]

Quart of oil/nitrile gloves/shop towels [inside the trunk cubbyhole]

Maybe a pack of dental floss picks and inkpens inside the center console.. CD’s when I feel like listening to music.

And that’s it. Everything else stays clean and wide open. No chargers or any messy crap like that. No exceptions. OCD style.
 
I keep nothing in the car but smell good

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$20 bill for emergency gas
Coins, etc.
Safe bolted under steat for my CCW if / when I may not have it on my person
Emergency kit with flares, knife, fix a flat, blankets, matches, 2 bottles water, etc.

other than that not much.
 
Thank you all for responding. One more question: does anyone know where can I check any reviews about walkie talkies?
Because I need to increase my car's stuff amount
 
Extra pair of ice hockey gloves( someone on my beer league team always forgets theirs),thick rubber gloves for pumping gas, snow broom, phone charger, radar detector, spare money, detailing spray n window cleaner with a bunch of MF towels
 
•During Ohio’s Winter season:
-A bunch of tokens for the local touchless
car wash facility; and:
-some Waffle Weave MF-towels.


Bob
 
I’m a minimalist-ish. I keep 20-30.00 in change (organized of course), window visor under the back seat (visor and seats both fold up), Kleenex and a pistol.

I try and keep the truck in the garage most of the time so it stays clean so it’s not that hard to keep stuff out of it.

The wife is the same way in her car. She HAS to have it clean and doesn’t want stuff laying everywhere.
 
My car has a mix of things in it. Reusable grocery bags, phone charger, the usual stuff. I like to keep things neat and tidy but I relax my obsessive nature for the sake of functionality.

The only non negotiable thing I keep in my cars (ALL vehicles I drive) are jumper cables.

They have come in handy SO many times for random people who need a jump, and there’s nothing more infuriating than needing a jump (my work van needed a jump a few times before it went in for scheduled maintenance, bad battery) and having every dude at a job site say “oh haha mine are at home in the garage!” As if that is even a remotely useful place for them.

Jumper cables are an essential roadside item, as far as I’m concerned.


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Finick said:
My car has a mix of things in it. Reusable grocery bags, phone charger, the usual stuff. I like to keep things neat and tidy but I relax my obsessive nature for the sake of functionality.

The only non negotiable thing I keep in my cars (ALL vehicles I drive) are jumper cables.

They have come in handy SO many times for random people who need a jump, and there’s nothing more infuriating than needing a jump (my work van needed a jump a few times before it went in for scheduled maintenance, bad battery) and having every dude at a job site say “oh haha mine are at home in the garage!” As if that is even a remotely useful place for them.

Jumper cables are an essential roadside item, as far as I’m concerned.


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Dude, no way. I’m sorry, but I do not jumpstart anyone’s vehicle especially with my Cadillac. Never no way.

For 1: Everyone outta know their battery is on its way out long before it actually happens and should at the very least be prepared to deal with it. There’s many ways to be self sufficient. Call AAA or better yet buy a new battery when you need to and don’t skimp on it.

I’ve had my own father literally ruin his Chevy Trailblazer by accidentally jumpstarting another vehicle the wrong way... Fried the CPU just before he was going to sell it too. I had just polished it and he had to spend on a new CPU because it was un sellable.

Then just a couple months ago he calls me telling me he needs a jump... I get there with his Toyota truck to jumpstart the car, I specifically tell him to connect the red to the positive 1st, then the black to the negative post.. And what does he do? He connects the red to the black and the black to the red! I almost blew a gasket I was so mad. Lol. Luckily he didn’t cost himself another CPU but damn he came close! Typical. Dumb things go wrong when people go messing up things like trying to jumpstart a car.

A few months ago a young co worker was in the parking lot and he asked me if I could give him and his friend a jump with my car... I said bro “my battery is underneath the backseat and even though there’s posts somewhere under the hood, I don’t even know exactly where they’re located and I’m not about to try and search for all that + I don’t have cables” In other words, sorry but you’re gonna have to ask someone else. Lol.

I don’t jumpstart anyone’s vehicle with my car. I don’t care who it is... I’ll call AAA before I risk them screwing up my car. Lol.
 
Funny the topic of jump starting and batteries came up. My car has had a very weak battery since Friday. So weak it can’t start the car. Im having my mobile mechanic install a new battery tomorrow. Batteries don’t even last three years down here. Ugh....
 
New cars have a lot of parasitic/vampire battery drain going on, and if you don't drive them regularly and for more than just short trips to keep the battery well-charged, it can be a problem. On top of that, OEM's are putting in smaller and smaller batteries.
 
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