What do you keep in your car?
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 22:57
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My car- a couple of containers of water. An emergency self-rescue backpack (for earthquakes, if I get stuck far from home) with hiking boots and hiking shorts, water, gloves, jacket, crank-powered flashlight, and some small-bill cash. A reflector for my front window, a screwdriver, a bigger container of deionized water. Of course, my car manual, registration, and insurance card. Hairbrush. Some leftover wrapping from a mystery Xmas gift left on my windshield. Cell phone charger.
What about you?
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Not nearly as well prepared, though I keep meaning to. One thing I do keep that most people don't is an honest-to-goodness REAL tire as a spare. Also, it's a small sw which I tried on for size as a place to sleep b4 I bought it. My car itself is part of my emergency plan. I assume that wherever I am, it will be. One thing I do keep in it which is unusual is a crutch, since I have a knee that completely gives out at unpredictable times. With a crutch I can at least hobble instead of being completely immobilized.
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Jumper cables, gloves, small tool box and an ice scraper
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car manual, pens, hairbrush, couple of loose tampons rolling around, water bottle,
jack, spare tyre - have to have those by law I think.
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A wooden rifle that's been painted bright blue. (Don't ask.)
Some junk mail that never made the recycling bin.
Lots of gum wrappers that gather in the cup holders.
When I'm really on top of things, my bags for the grocery store are piled in back so I'm ready to shop. This doesn't happen often.
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If there is an apocalypse, (which seems an undercurrent of the thread, given what I know of signym) I will rely on my wits and not my car to get me through. I will likely not make it. So be it. I won't sell every moment of my present life on an off chance against the chaos.
Have you read Lucifer's Hammer? Racist, sexist BS for most of the latter half of the book, but the opening destruction is quite good. Especially how the one guy who believes the comet will really hit makes tons of super good jerky and other similar survival gear, then his van burns in the chaos of escape from LA and all his work goes for nothing.
I do also keep a spare umbrella there when I can.
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HAHAHA! MAL4, I'm just super-aware of earthquakes. 
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Almost nothing for emergency/disaster preparedness.
There's A LOT of fast food trash, I don't clean it out very often. I keep spare work uniforms and my work shoes there, there's no room in my locker at work, and I haven't got around to taking them into the house. There's a couple of jugs of water, left over since my water pump was leaking, a quart of oil, an empty gas can. There's a lot of tools right now, but they're not there for repair use, (They are handy for that, tho'-- I changed my water pump over Christmas using only them, not any of my regular work tools.) they've been enroute from the house to storage for about a month.
And something I should carry but don't-- a pen or pencil and paper.
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Erm, I have a few blankets, some water, a roll of gorilla tape, a metal punch thing in case I need to break a window or something, and a little bag with pain pills, band aids, antacids, and flosser picks. Then there's the stuff like registration, ice scraper, washer fluid, tire iron, jack, and a toy spare. (Thought about buying a full-size, but that's actually pointless since having different wear on one of my tires could screw up my transmission, I learned when that very thing almost happened. If I get a really bad flat that can't be patched, I just have to replace all my tires. It's the one downside of all-wheel drive.) Oh, and all the junk that seems to accumulate. And I think there may be an umbrella in there.
What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.
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Band-aids.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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The car has jumper cables, a first aid kit, bottled water, A U.S. road atlas, various local maps, box of tissues, windex and a roll of paper towels, flares, couple wrenches, old bath towels, pens and paper, all the required paperwork, grocery bags, and phone charger.
The SUV has pretty much the same plus a charged jumper battery, a tow strap, a small shovel, 100 ft. of 1/2 inch nylon rope, some light nylon cord, duct tape, a fire starter kit, a folding chair, a wool blanket, a tire pressure gauge, and a tarp.
Depending on where I'm going I'll throw in more clothes, heavier shoes/boots, and a walking stick.
"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."
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