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What's in the Boot of your car?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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I have a hatchback with a pretty small boot, I normally have a slim tool case with spare bulbs, spanners, etc and a car starter just in case my battery goes flat or need to help someone else jump start their car.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    That's nice.

    Do you see this becoming are serious debate? :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Skive wrote: »
    That's nice.

    Do you see this becoming are serious debate? :D

    :D
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    It moved. Magic.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A couple of jump leads and a frisbee
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    several sheets of road sign bingo and a clipboard :)
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    I have a van so lots of shit.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i go in my boot so rarely i sometimes get suprised about what actually is in there. last time i looked there was a camping mat, a picnic blanket, a tyre air gauge thingy...and a coat. not sure what else.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    some bodies in various states of decomposition.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    StrubbleS wrote: »
    some bodies in various states of decomposition.


    Somehow I suspect the closest you come to having a car is a bicycle .. :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i don't have a car, but i have a clutered travel bag....does that count?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Some small bits of christmas tree. My car doesnt get cleaned very often!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have to clear out my boot a few times a week so i can fit the dogs travel cage in, so usually not much cept jump leads, a lead, wellies, and a Beagle!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    twisted_trinity wrote: »
    i don't have a car, but i have a clutered travel bag....does that count?

    nope don't count ... :no:

    Not unless you have a can of tyre weld in that bag ..
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    littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    A team teach work book, a cushion and my parcel rack, that is unattached.

    Nothing very exciting at all.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i dont have a boot, because the engine is in there, but in the little space i have under the bonnet i have a space saver wheel...which wouldnt fit the car anyway, a jack, some radweld and a puncture repair injector thing...thats all....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DG wrote: »
    nope don't count ... :no:

    Not unless you have a can of tyre weld in that bag ..
    i did have a can of WD40 in there a while back and a tool kit....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jumper cabels, spare hubcaps and the spare tire and the jazz that comes with that is hidden back there too.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    tool things although i dont really know what they do. petrol can and petrol. duvet. notebook. old newspapers. couple of coats.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have my pink seat covers (because I took them off to wash them and was lazy and left them in there), my hiking boots, a bottle of screenwash and a bottle of antifreeze. Plus some other junk like old cardboard boxes/plastic bags etc

    Nothing that would help me out in an emergency! Except maybe I could wear the seat covers if I got cold
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think I also have a bottle of oil in there as well
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DG wrote: »
    Somehow I suspect the closest you come to having a car is a bicycle .. :chin:

    Your assumption is rather correct. I don't think I would have one even if I could afford it. It's not necessary where I live (very good public transport system). I almost never have the feeling, "damn, it would be good to have a car right now."
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lexi99 wrote: »
    I think I also have a bottle of oil in there as well

    Oh yeah me too!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Road side emergency kit i got for Xmas (High vis jacket, tow bar and tow rope, signs for car, jump leads, basic tool kit)

    Water, 2L of water (mainly for my wipers actually

    Buggy (for the boy most of the time if its needed)

    spare wheel under the carpet obviously

    blanket, incase i get stranded n its cold

    24hr Army reg rat pack with hexi burner (if I ever got stranded on a trip, good to have something to eat ;)) and with the water you can even make coffee
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A blanket...thats it!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have a bottle of engine oil, a bottle of screenwash, a pack of glass wetwipes and a warning triangle.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    being a fairly recent legal road user: what SHOULD I have in my boot...or at least somewhere in the car?

    I'm guessing water is pretty vital.

    Screenwash, engine oil, jump leads and a blanket all sound pretty useful/sensible. What else?!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    On modern cars you're not really meant to use tap water in your radiator but you shouldn't have to top the radiator up that often anyway.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In my boot I have several cds, a blanket, 2 coats, an extending ladder, the spare wheel (obv), a compass, a disto, tool kit, empty bags... erm... oh and de-icer
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Its funny how many people do not have the essentials, or what i would presume to be the norm,

    I also have (under my passenger seat but not in the boot the de-icer, oil, maps etc

    Kermit - I've never ever had to top my radiator fluit up but i got told part distilled water part engine coolant? but heck i've never had to do it my service has it done for me :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    StrubbleS wrote: »
    some bodies in various states of decomposition.

    LOL, I was going to say "a dead body" as well, but you beat me to it :-)
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