I used to live in a remote area. I periodically have to cull the wide variety of emergency equipment I still lug around the city: first-aid kit, power inverter, fuses for 20th Century automobiles, four kinds of jackets (just in case), three kinds of hat, space blankets, gallons of water in half-pint bottles, ten kinds of over-the-counter medication, a wooden chair leg (just in case), 15-year-old road flares, a spare Bluetooth-to-FM converter, an umbrella (in Southern California ?!), a spare pair of shoes, an old cellphone (just in case), several paperback books, English unit tools (which don’t fit anything on my car) a set of roadmaps (of Northern California as it was in the 90s), a volt meter, jumper cables (of course), tow rope, two towels, four different flashlights (just in case), electric tire pump, can of emergency tire repair goo, registration and proof of insurance for the last decade …
I admit to being worse – my “working van” (a full-sized 15 passenger van with the bench seats removed) has become a depository for a lot of tools and pieces of lumber and other assorted “stuff”… but several times it has saved the day when “let’s look in the van” has come up with something we needed on the fly…
Superfrog about 3 years ago
Drive to a junk yard.
whahoppened about 3 years ago
Jump on the brakes a few times to condense it.
jbrobo Premium Member about 3 years ago
I sometimes think the back seat of my wife’s car is just a big purse.
dflak about 3 years ago
I refer to my wife’s car as a “purse on wheels.”
I usually have to relocate stuff just to get into the passenger seat.
sandpiper about 3 years ago
Most cars don’t have enough room for junk. Many don’t even have a trunk.
PO' DAWG about 3 years ago
Pet peeve for me, a car pig!
Michael G. about 3 years ago
Empty it and watch your fuel economy increase.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 3 years ago
It’s all in my head..and car.
magicwalnut Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sounds like my garage…
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
I used to live in a remote area. I periodically have to cull the wide variety of emergency equipment I still lug around the city: first-aid kit, power inverter, fuses for 20th Century automobiles, four kinds of jackets (just in case), three kinds of hat, space blankets, gallons of water in half-pint bottles, ten kinds of over-the-counter medication, a wooden chair leg (just in case), 15-year-old road flares, a spare Bluetooth-to-FM converter, an umbrella (in Southern California ?!), a spare pair of shoes, an old cellphone (just in case), several paperback books, English unit tools (which don’t fit anything on my car) a set of roadmaps (of Northern California as it was in the 90s), a volt meter, jumper cables (of course), tow rope, two towels, four different flashlights (just in case), electric tire pump, can of emergency tire repair goo, registration and proof of insurance for the last decade …
vree66 Premium Member about 3 years ago
My car is my second home and my storage unit.
Ubintold about 3 years ago
I’ve heard about “junk in the trunk”, but I thought it was something else.
christelisbetty about 3 years ago
I cleaned the inside of my windshield so I can see where I’m going, now about the 500 plastic bags….
ferddo about 3 years ago
I admit to being worse – my “working van” (a full-sized 15 passenger van with the bench seats removed) has become a depository for a lot of tools and pieces of lumber and other assorted “stuff”… but several times it has saved the day when “let’s look in the van” has come up with something we needed on the fly…