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Miami Pilot
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Location: ACT
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A tool bag with socket set, spanners, screwdrivers and a hammer. Why? Because it's a Ford and you never know when you might need to come to the rescue of someone else, or even yourself!
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ambitious but rubbish
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Penrith
Posts: 154
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Breakdown kit including coolant, jumper leads, basic socket set. Tiedown straps, spray oil for unplanned BBQs, and a car magazine incase none of the breakdown stuff is of any use, and I have to wait for the cavalry.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On The Footplate.
Posts: 5,086
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I'm just gladdened to see so many people who, like myself, don't believe the hype that leaving stuff at home like what we have all listed here would in any real way impact your fuel economy...in fact, I would wager that even fifty kilo's of extra gear wouldn't be noticeable on normal street driving.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mildura, Victoria
Posts: 2,424
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Just bought another item that I will now carry around with me in the car at all times...
Uniden iGO 300 car camera. http://www.harveynorman.com.au/unide...-recorder.html
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 501
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Esky
WD40 to make things go Duct tape to make things stop |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 642
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9 kg dry chem (you'd be suprised how handy having one of those has been)
First Aid kit Towel Rain Jacket removalist blanket |
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Noobie
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 525
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Engel fridge, deep cycle battery, toolkit, air compressor, trolley jack, fire extinguisher and jumper leads.
oh, and the kids typically..... :-)
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Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 234
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So many items that are common to all (eg, jump leads, first aid kit), yet some quite different (eg, sticks of babmboo).
Usernametaken has inspired me to post a new question, thanks dude. Thanks to everyone who has contributed. Peter.
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,072
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3 empty 2L coke bottles, some dish washing gloves, half a roll of dodgy super cheap auto 4mm wire which is unwound all over the boot, some swarf in the boot carpet and my tools for work.
The empty coke bottles I used to fill with water for my windscreen washers, but I CBF filling them up, the roll of wire was used for adding an earth to my headlights when I changed them to HIDs, but I CBF taking the roll out, the swarf is in there from my toolbox catching it and coming out in the boot, the gloves were when I first got the car, so I didn't get diesel from the pump inside the car, they melted together in the boot when I went to fill up so I never bothered to wear them. The tools go in and out for work, thats about it, thats the only reason they're in there. If something for some reason ever ends up in the boot thats where it lives for the rest of its life. If I break down I can entertain myself for a few minutes by banging the empty coke bottles together, when I get bored of that I can short out the battery with the roll of wire to make heaps of smoke for some lulz. Then I'll take my tools out and start walking, who can fix modern cars on the side of the road? In my Falcon I'm going to get a spare belt, 20L of water and some ratchets/spanners/sockets to keep in the back. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 17-03-2013 at 02:57 PM. |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Tatura Victoria
Posts: 405
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A pretty heavy bag of tools and a spare belt lives in the back of my wagon, would rather have them where and when I need them, instead of being stuck miles from home without them.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 13,392
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Space saver tyre and the toolkit and jack it came with. Only mod is a cutoff of a coke bottle for oil. Roadside assistance for everything else
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Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sydney
Posts: 110
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My muffler so if/when I get pulled over I'm on the way to the exhaust shop ...
![]() And water, had a car in front catch fire once and put it out with a few litres of water, never leave home with out it now.
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Australia
Posts: 332
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LPG tank (for obvious reasons)
Roll of duct tape Bag of Cable Ties Pair of Pliers Can of wd 40 Socket wrench ( after owning the car for 6 months I discovered the factory wheel brace is too big to fit in the nut holes on the the alloy rims) Not sure why I left the socket wrench in there, it's my Wife's car and she can't lift the spare out anyway!! That's what I pay RACQ for.... |
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