Road trips- what’s in your trunk?

[mopar73dge]

I love to drive the car and we should always take along our back up parts and some tools, happy motoring.

 

[Dibbons]

I keep a red warning cone and an emergency flare. My road trips begin and end on the Baja California Trans-peninsular Highway, which entails many narrow two lane roads with hairpin turns and little warning if a car breaks down on a curve on an upgrade somewhere. Locals who don't have anything else, line up rocks in the lane behind their broken down vehicles. There is a free government service called the "green angels", which are pickup trucks that patrol the major highways and can push/pull you to safety and offer other assistance by dialing a three digit help line.

My trunk is usually packed with so much stuff that I put my spare in the passenger compartment somewhere so I can get to it in a hurry. Had a flat AFTER one of my 3,000 plus road trips--I came outside to find a flat tire with the car parked in the driveway. Lucky it waited until trip was over.

 

[Ranger16]

The usual tools, socket set, pliers, knife, etc., plus electrical tape, flashlight, jumper cables, road flares, qt of oil.

Spare parts
Ballast resister
ECU
Belts
Fuses

EDIT:
Adding a fire extinguisher this year, under the theory of, if you have, you'll never need it.

 

[Dennis H]

Had it, needed it. Next time I'll reach for the Halon first. Still finding powder years later.

 

[Dibbons]

I keep that extinguisher in the passenger compartment, not the trunk.

 

[727]

Fluke Meter, Funnel for adding ATF, Heavy Duty zip ties, Bars Leak Radiator sealer, bolt in rubber freeze plugs. Be sure to review McGyver Seasons #1 and #2 before setting out on the road.

 

[Ranger16]

Had it, needed it. Next time I'll reach for the Halon first. Still finding powder years later.

I thought Halon was no longer manufactured. That would have been my first choice.