Do you keep any emergency items in your vehicle?

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I was just thinking about the unusual amount of kit I keep in my car in case of emergencies. It's all out of sight in the trunk, console, or glove box, but I know it's there if I need it.


I keep:

Full change of clothes, sleeping bag, very cold weather jacket, wet weather gear, jumper cables, roughly two day food supply, 12 pack of water bottles, flash light, my backup folding knife, first aid kit + antihistamines and anti inflammatories, and trailer tie downs.

Flares?
Flashlight.
Tow strap
jumper cables.
Small tool kit.
First aide
I stopped the flares a time ago and for some reason I've never replenished them.

The battery cables are probably the next item of use and you can help out a stranded motorist with these....... plenty of use here both ways. I've left my lights on a few times myself.

The tow strap works fine for winter conditions..... used this dozens of times.

I keep a multimeter with me due to failed electrical components such as diagnosing an alternator failure or testing a fuse socket or relay. Been stranded here a few times with alternator.

Best backup is to have triple AAA or your local insurance for towing. Lost fuel pump at zoo once and cost $240 for a 45 mile tow.

i keep a m***et in my car for an emergency.

Space blanket, warning triangle, a metal digging spade, toilet roll, wet wipes, a waterproof blanket, a deer scarer whistle, first aid kit, jump leads, mobile phone charger cables, 5 litres of diesel in a container, extremely good torch, screen wash additive, road map, gloves and hat, spare spectacles, hand sanitiser [post hospital visits], spare headlight bulbs, plug-in led flashing blue light [only for attracting assistance in blizzards, not for playing cops ]

Oh and a Barbra Streisand CD.

Absolutely:
Waffle iron
Aluminum baseball bat
Ten bags of doritos
A copy of Playboy
Double sleeping bag
Box of condoms

I keep a towel in my car, because according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

Some car kit
Jump start cables
A pen (to write down license plate number if I get rear ended again and the person refuses to give me their phone number and insurance information)
Spare tire
Snow chains

I have a first aide kit, some tools. Bottled water .. spare tire , flash light. Maybe some other things I'm forgetting ..

I did, but haven't replace them in the car I am driving now. And I live in on dark, winding road next to an Indian burial ground surrounded by cannibals and gingers.

Warning triangle (mandatory by law)
first aid kit (mandatory by law)
a blanket
tow strap
jumpstart cables
and I think an LED flashlight for the cigarette lighter plug

Somewhat.....I removed the spare tire to save weight so that's a negative point for me. I do usually have 2 full metric socket sets from 8-19mm, 1 SAE socket set, 3 different ratchets, 4+ screwdrivers, 1 quart of power steering fluid, jumper cables (which my dad gave me lol), I also almost always have 2 pocket knives on me and overall....I'm just loaded with tools most of the time. If I didn't work on my car away from home or drive to junkyards on practically a daily basis I probably wouldn't have anything but the cables and I might on occasion leave them at home.

Apart from the spare tyre and accompanying jack? Nothing

cigarettes

^^ Greetings Ikonovich.

I believe that a very lovely little spade lives within my car boot. However I am very sorry as I believe that I other emergency items live within my car.