What do you keep in your car?

[Jay H 237]

Is that an old IBM XT? I remember when they came out!


I always have a basic tool kit in the cars. Each of them also has a small Craftsman ratchet set in them, a 12v compressor and tire repair kits. This has come in handy on several occasions. I got a stuck thermostat on my Mustang and overheated. Once it cooled down I removed the upper radiator hose, goose neck, removed the thermostat, and put the goose neck and hose back on. I went into a supermarket and bought several gallons of spring water to refill the radiator. It worked to get me home.
I've also removed several nails/screws from my tires, plugged the tires and refilled them with air from the compressor.

So far I've never gotten outright stuck somewhere and needed AAA.

I'll have to really post pics of the stuff. I can't remember everything off the top of my head plus each vehicle has other stuff in it. Maybe I'll take some pics tomorrow.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

Is that an old IBM XT? I remember when they came out!

yup, about the time I was graduating college

Looks like a 5150 PC, though, from the name tag...the XT had another line at the bottom like this

IBM

Personal
Computer
XT

The monitor is the 5153 Color type.

I have a bunch of this stuff in my basement...

[Wetzel]

In my trunk I have
Blanket
Spare heavy coat
Metro Baltimore map book
Metro DC map book
Rugby ball
Rugby boots
Non-freezable beverages

Up front I have
Ice Scraper
Box of tissues
Random cds
Carputer - Still just sits on my passenger seat, waiting for warm weather and time to install it. Has Streets and Trips installed with working GPS and winamp for now. Gonna wait a bit before I get the OBDII software to monitor everything.
Spare change to the tune of ~$6
INOVA Fairfax Hospital Parking Tag
Warm hat
A few pens
A saline flush
A few alcohol prep pads
A few ATM deposit envelopes
FastToll transponder
Bottle of water

Wetzel

[Alex Cormier]

Let's see if i can remember.
I hava a 99 S10 regular cab so i can't fit much!
-Blanket
-Mag Light 4 cell
-Gloves
-Hat
-Ice Scraper, comes in handy every day!
-Winshield washer fluid, use it frquently since we use sand and salt up here
-Tie down strapes when i tow stuff
-lotsa lotsa lotsa bungee cords
-pool cue (got to bring that into the dorm soon)
-CD's
-some garbage
-map of NY
-metal object i will eventually get to making a shifter out of
-3 Bags of sand plus 2 cinder blocks so ~225 lbs in the back
-BIG ol' cup of change
-many more items but im tired to list.

My tanning lotions so i dont keep coming back in the house to get them, and the general car cleanng stuff. and my bank account savings book thing. Yeah thats basically it.

-Court-

[KenWittlief]

A clean towel (thanks to Doug Adams)
last years phone books (comes in very handy sometimes)
binoculars
Bungee cords
A 6" long, 1/2" diameter chrome steel pin where I can reach it in case I ever have to break a window (mine, to get out, or someone else's to get in)
Fire extinquisher (Im on my 4th one - put out 3 car fires so far, none of the cars were mine)

[Katie Reynolds]

Let's see ... in the 2002 Saturn VUE I keep:

1. Box of Kleenex
2. Hand sanitizer
3. Ice scraper/brush/squeegee
4. CD holder (on my visor)
5. Technokats (45) button
6. Paradigm Shift (1259) button
7. NEW Apple Corps (93) button
8. Superior Roboworks (857) button
9. My Petco apron/shirt (in case I was called into work on short notice, this summer)
10. Small garbage can
12. Spare gallon of washer fluid
13. Picnic blanket
14. Quilt
15. A laundry basket with some styrofoam coolers inside (what? It's not that weird - I have to get my fish home somehow).
16. Spare mittens
17. Spare hat
18. Spare scarf
19. Pen
20. Bank deposit slips
21. Rag
22. Jumper Cables
23. Small tool kit
24. Air pump
25. Safety glasses (2 pair!!)

[Courtneyb1023]

i would say that I have the normal things.

Gloves and a hat, first aid kit, road flares, clothes, tap shoes, CD's..stuff like that

oh and emerging from my truck into the back seat of my car is the arm from 1023's 2004 robot...because that's normal.

[Vince lau]

in my 05 wrx

- some FIRST stickers that i got made up to send to those who signed up for the x-mas card thingy

- air compressor

- a sword

- a sweater

and up until this past weekend when i cleaned out my trunk

- a tetra
- roller blades
- bowling ball

[Greg Needel]

1 tool box (run of the mill stuff)
2 umbrella
3 sub zero sleeping bag
4 snowboard boots
5 poker chip set
6 tape rolls on a rope ( 1 gaff, 2 duct, 1 masking)
7 cd/mp3 player (broken)
8 headphones (broken)
9 mp3 player (broken)
10 2 ball casters
11 2 Victor 883's
12 a grateful dead golf hat
13 golf shoes
14 dress shoes
15 brake lock
16 lots of map quest print outs
17 emergency kit (everything my mom could shove in a shoe box)
18 shop sweatshirt
19 spare tire (donut)
20 snow scraper brush (with extend able handle)
21 about 10 lbs of alum scrap plate
22 3/8 steel rod
23 4inch round x 36" aluminum stock
24 about 6 bottles of FIRST water (in different states of consumed)
25 2 ibot gearboxes
26 snowboard wax
27 extension cord (25ft)
28 10 ft climbing rope
29 1 random stepper motor
30 a lot of loose change
31 road atlas (USA, Mexico, Canada)
32 a pair of torn up jeans
33 an IFI OI dongle
34 Segway
35 an empty McDonald's bag
36 dynamics textbook
37 fluid power textbook
38 a thermal coffee cup (with some cold hot chocolate in it)
39 Chris Mikus's business card
40 CD case with a bunch of scratched Cd's
and a bunch of other stuff but I am beginning to wonder what people are going to think if I keep going.

[Allison K]

There's a lot of stuff in ruphus (that's my car's name). Some would even venture to say that ruphus is messy. Anyway, the list...

1) Ice scaper
2) Deck of Uno cards
3) Lots of change, scattered everywhere
4) An overnight backpack (pajamas, change of clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, and hairbrush)
5) A few packets of ketchup and a can of frosting
6) A hoodie or two
7) Notebooks and pencils (which I acuse my team of stealing when I can't find them)
8) Krispy Kreme hats and a few KK valentine's good for one free donut
9) A rainbow of sharpies
10) Various team buttons and give away's
11) A nalgene bottle
12) Proof of insurance, Instruction manual (at least I think it is, I never actually opened it), and Jumper cables
13) A K'nex crossbow
14) A handheld marshmellow catapult
15) DC/AC adapter
16) Lots and lots of safety glasses
17) A flashlight
18) chapstick
19) Goldfish and Cheerios
20) A pair of shoes
21) Random burned CD's, which got mixed up with my random data CD's, so half have music and half don't, and none are labeled
22) masking tape, duct tape, scotch tape, and scissors
23) iTrip
24) 2 Compasses (the directinoal kind and the circle drawing kind)
25) An orange fuzzy with safety goggles from team 470
26) bandaids, neosporin, mole skin, tweezers, nail clippers, allergy meds, and motrin
27) Much of the time - Various team members

[Jay H 237]

I took pics today and I have to do this in two posts since I can't attach more than 5 pics to a post.

The first two photos are of my Camry.

Back seat area:
gallon container of windshield washer fluid
new wiper blades I haven't put on yet
small snow shovel
tissue box
old newspapers
there's also a first aid kit and a 12v to 110v converter under the seats not visible

Trunk area:
tool box
Craftsman ratchet set (black case doesn't show up easily)
green kick ball (my team calls it the "watermelon ball")
green folding chair
jumper cables
rain poncho
yellow rope
3 extension cords
2 power strips
12v compressor
ice scraper
nerf football
waders (Northwest box)
extra tire iron (silver thing under the football, doesn't belong to the Camry)

Not pictured are two cans of spray ice deicer, another ice scraper, snow brush, glow sticks, assorted pens, paper, straws, and a pair of safety glasses on the dashboard.

Next three pics are of my Caprice wagon that I haven't driven since November:

Front seat area:
tissue box
sun shade (silver thing on passenger floor, this is a spare car so it sits most of the time)
broken off hood ornament (visible through the steering wheel laying on top of the hump. I have a replacement from eBAy but it's too cold to fix it now)

Cargo area:
new NAPA muffler (the current one is almost nonexistent, it's what happens when a car isn't driven regularly)
new muffler clamps (red boxes)
new tarps (the car was supposed to be put in storage for the winter but those plans feel through. The tarps were supposed to be on the floor of the rental space to protect the floor from any drips)

The drivers side well in the rear:
two blankets
quart of oil (the motor goes through some oil at 170k on the odometer)
rope
ratchet clamps
bungee cords
jumper cables
25' tape measure
roll of paper towels
"CAUTION" tape

[KTorak]

Originally Posted by Courtneyb1023

oh and emerging from my truck into the back seat of my car is the arm from 1023's 2004 robot...because that's normal.

haha, That's what you get when you're with Brian

[Jay W.]

That is what consists of what is in my back (err, area where backseat is supposed to go). This consists of my turnout gear (I'm a volunteer firefighter, gotta have it), extrication gear, real work shirts, flashlight, bookbags, laptop computer, iPod, CD case, Dr. Pepper bottles, a sweatshirt, and a Carhartt jacket.

EDIT:
Oh yeah, theres 2 Team 845 shirts floating through there somewhere.

[i_am_Doug]

Originally Posted by Jay W.

That is what consists of what is in my back (err, area where backseat is supposed to go). This consists of my turnout gear (I'm a volunteer firefighter, gotta have it), extrication gear, real work shirts, flashlight, bookbags, laptop computer, iPod, CD case, Dr. Pepper bottles, a sweatshirt, and a Carhartt jacket.

EDIT:
Oh yeah, theres 2 Team 845 shirts floating through there somewhere.

It looks as if you spend the night in that there jeep.

Oh and. WOW almost everybody has a compressor. it makes mine feel worthless