Where I live the list is:
A Beach towel
Sunscreen
Snorkeling equipment
Flashlight
Plastic bags to keep the seats from getting wet
I can’t drive far enough here that I can’t walk home.
#21) A plastic bottle with spill proof cap. Keep in in the trunk of your car as an emergency urinal. You won’t get into trouble with the police for indecent exposure or public urination.
Add a gallon of anti-freeze (50/50 mix or straight-up), a quart or two of oil and some extra windshield washer solvent and this is a good list.
How about a gun, and a knife?
Cool, nothing wrong with being a man who is prepared.
“Geez Bob, ow long have you been wearing lace panties?”
“Ever since my wife found them in my glove compartment.”
'Good Fellas' style. LOL
Umbrella and light jacket for winter.
“Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find:
– One forty-five caliber automatic
– Two boxes of ammunition
– Four days’ concentrated emergency rations
– One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
– One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
– One hundred dollars in rubles
– One hundred dollars in gold
– Nine packs of chewing gum
– One issue of prophylactics
– Three lipsticks
– Three pair of nylon stockings.
Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
Add a solid tow rope in case you need pulling out of snow, mud or a ditch. I’d also say a small collection of bungees to strap down larger items or to keep the trunk lid closed when carrying a larger item.
Cigars, a punch or cutter, and a lighter.
Some black plastic garbage bags. Rain coat and wind breaker in an emergency. Will help keep the heat in and doesn’t take up much space.
I carry most of the items except the winter things. I live in Florida. Also have two cans of tire inflator plus plugs. Also a 9mm Helwan, (a perfectly good effective gun but would not kill me if it were stolen).
I had not thought of the food items but probably not that useful here. Also keep a small tool box with basic wrenches, 3/8 socket set, Leatherman and Swill Army knife.
I have an army surplus shovel, a really good one too. I might stick it in the trunk now that I think about it. It is folded and in it’s own carrier.
Also a couple of empty water bottles. Could carry gas in them if I had to. Also about half a jug of coolant. Two flashlights both LED.
Surprisingly, all of this does not take up much space.
I’ve always kept most of those items in my truck...used to tell friends I could ride out a nuclear attack in my truck!
Tools. Lots of them - metric or SAE depending on what you’re driving. Jacks, a come-along, tow straps. Hand warmers. Tarp. Flash lights - more the merrier. Volt meter and some wire and lots of electrical tape. Jumper cables. Starting fluid. Water. Oil. P/S fluid. Knife. Pistol. And at least a pint in case you’re going to be on the side of the road for awhile. I drive old stuff so being on the side of the road is a regular occurrence for me. :)
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Actually, we have all that stuff and more in our Expedition, and most of it in the other cars too.
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I forgot to mention that I have a cheap tracfone which I just keep for emergencies. Also a couple pair of vice grips in the tool box.
In addition to the other wrenches, a couple of adjustable wrenches. Also a large box of matches.
Duct tape... good for patching a worn hose or silencing a backseat driver.
>>Portable air compressor . . . Bonus use: no more paying 75 cents to fill up your tires at stingy gas stations.
A manly man has compressed air in his garage, feeding a self-retracting hose reel. Compressor buried in basement so the noise isn’t in the garage where you’re working.