Car emergency Kit

gunny558

Lads, I have a b.day coming up and I was told to put him a survival kit together for his car. So say like a blanket if he ever crashed on a winters night, probably a torch too incase he breaks down at night so can see what hes doing, or a little GPS so if he needs to call for help he can tell them where he is etc....

Can anyone give me any recommendations of what all should be in a kit like this? Or what do you have in your kits?

biko

Small fire extinguisher
First aid kit

endacl

If you live in the wilds of Northern Canada, a shotgun, in case of bear attack. If you're in Ireland, a good book to kill the hour or so it might take for the tow truck to arrive.

Foxhole Norman

I'd also consider a cheap drug dealer phone that you can just throw in the car and forget about, costs around 10-15 quid and they have battery life for days.

padma

endacl wrote: »

If you live in the wilds of Northern Canada, a shotgun, in case of bear attack. If you're in Ireland, a good book to kill the hour or so it might take for the tow truck to arrive.

A fully charged iphone 6 for when he breaks down he can ring for help and entertain himself..failing that a first aid kit..triangle..hi viz jacket..led light torch and a hammer if he gets frightened down a country boreen

CiniO

I carry in my boot:
- spare wheel & lift & nut key.
- warning triangle
- first aid kit
- survival blanket
- towing rope
- jump leads
- air compressor
- puncture repair kit
- accident kit (disposable camera, chalk, measuring tape, torch, accident drawing sketch)
- spare bulbs & fuses

Additionally inside the car I have:
- Emergency glass hammer
- Hi Vis jackets

danger_mouse_tm

GLOVES! You won't believe how dirty you get your hands changing a wheel. Even a couple of pairs of cheap green gardening gloves. Once of those extendable wheel braces (as the ones you get with the car as useless) and I snips for the cable ties (if he has wheel covers. I carry a can of tyre sealant and a set of jump leads.

Noccy_Mondy

CiniO wrote: »

I carry in my boot:
- spare wheel & lift & nut key.
- warning triangle
- first aid kit
- survival blanket
- towing rope
- jump leads
- air compressor
- puncture repair kit
- accident kit (disposable camera, chalk, measuring tape, torch, accident drawing sketch)
- spare bulbs & fuses

Additionally inside the car I have:
- Emergency glass hammer
- Hi Vis jackets

Jaysus, have you any room left in the car with all that in there :pac:

gunny558

CiniO wrote: »

I carry in my boot:
- spare wheel & lift & nut key.
- warning triangle
- first aid kit
- survival blanket
- towing rope
- jump leads
- air compressor
- puncture repair kit
- accident kit (disposable camera, chalk, measuring tape, torch, accident drawing sketch)
- spare bulbs & fuses

Additionally inside the car I have:
- Emergency glass hammer
- Hi Vis jackets

Thats a fair handy idea about the chalk. Must get some myself. Can you get a special chalk for incase of wet road/rain? Or will any old chalk from Easons work?