What do you keep in your car?

[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

[Jay H 237]

CONTINUED:

Caprice wagon 3rd seat foot well:
12v compressor
toolbox
there should be a small Craftsman ratchet set but it's not there

Also not pictured in the Caprice is a first aid kit, a tire gauge, many of those cards you get a funerals/wakes in the glove box (this car has been used for every funeral in my family), and a bell from when my cousin got married.

And now for the Mustang
lets start with the trunk:
toolbox
Craftsman ratchet set
many, many, many towels and rags (some of them are better than the one's in the house! )
dust brush
12v compressor
12v vacuum
folding chair (American flag)
Rubbermaid container with cleaning supplies, flash light, and transmission fluid
roll of paper towels
card board box with assorted stuff (antifreeze, pens, paper, picture album, original paperwork for the car, original dealer brochure, maps, funnel, cheeze cloth)
The thing to the right under the plaid cover is the spare tire.

and the last pic is the Ford bear I got that's almost the same color as the car. He stays buckeled in the back seat.

[Koko Ed]

I have:
-24 pack of Dasani
- Numerous X-Cat shirts
- A Daredevil:Born Again (by far Frank Miller's greatest work) graphic novel.
- Ipod reciever
-Red Eye Treefrog seat covers and matching steering wheel cover I got for Christmas and haven't put on yet.
- a bag of de icing pellets that I keep forgetting to leave in the garage.
- I found a '96 Beatty Robotics baseball cap as well
- waaaaay too much junk for my own good but at least I finally took out my airbrush supplies(and left them at the site....last year. ).

[Amanda Morrison]

- an emergency roadside homemade kit (jumper cables, extra air filter, cigarette lighter mini-compressor, extra oil, etc.)
- extra windshield wiper fluid (my car has a HUGE tank)
- electrical tape
- loctite krazy glue
- napkins
- a copy of my insurance card, registration, etc.
- manuals that came with the car
- first aid kit
- fishing line
- two umbrellas
- ice scraper/snow brush
- giant Rand McNally US atlas (given to me by a random man at a gas station, coming home from the St. Louis Regional 2003)
- an Indiana highway map (I get a new free one every year from the State Fair, in the same building as the robot display)
- a hanger I keep forgetting to bring inside
- a CD visor
- a pair of sunglasses
- a parking pass (actually two for different areas of campus, robotics and non-robotics)
- leftover Taco Bell bag I can probably throw away
- spare change for meters
- a collection of random directions to random places that I've been before, in case I ever need to go there again
- radio transmitter for my iPod
- gum and breathmints

I guess I'm kind of boring. During robot season (especially around IRI) I basically have a trunk FULL of stuff and a backseat of random FIRST stuff I've thrown back there (safety glasses, pins and lanyards, clothing, etc.)

[KathieK]

EZpass
2005 Bash at the Beach lei
2004 Bash at the Beach lei
name tag from 2005 NSTA convention - FIRST booth
sunglasses
pens
scissors
screwdriver
registration and insurance card (had to dig for that on NY State Thruway for that nice state trooper)
two snow brushes
assorted CDs
RAGE buttons
I Found NEMO buttons
a GUS 228 button (how'd THAT get in there?)
NEMO fish decals
FIRST decal
liner to tailgate (trying to figure out why back wiper isn't working)
assorted pieces of Lexan etc that must belong in the RAGE facility
Road atlas I won from TRIBE 237 fundraiser last year

[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.