What odd things are you driving around with because they got left in the car?

[hedgehog]

Currently, I have an umbrella, 42 plastic bags from my daughter emptying out her dorm room, a novel that I read last year, a towel and 150# of chicken feed.

[femmocrat]

1. The entire back of my SUV is filled with elementary art lessons and materials.

This includes: snowflake stampers, construction paper bits and pieces, block printing brayers, glitter glue, clean cottage cheese containers, a couple of children's books, three tote bags full of junk from my 3 desks, and other assorted detritus.

I have to clean it out to make room for the summer stuff now!!! SCHOOL IS OUT!!!

[fizzgig]

2. most of it is trash

but there's an old air mass meter for my car, a box full of books/magazines/granola bars/a bread knife, a few shirts, a few pairs of underwear and probably some other stuff i can't think of right now

[hedgehog]

4. Underwear, huh?

Can't imagine how that got left in the car!

[fizzgig]

22. i haven't the foggiest idea

:D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'm afraid to look in the trunk.

But I'm sure there's stuff in there that I forgot I even owned.

[TroglodyteScholar]

5. Did you know 150lb is enough to reduce your gas mileage? n/t

[hedgehog]

10. It's only been there since yesterday afternoon, honest!

I'll move it tomorrow before it gets too hot!


I forgot to mention that the trunk has assorted odd belts that my husband removed because they were worn out but would serve in case of an emergency. The only problem is that the car never dares to break down when he's driving, only when I'm driving and he's at least 200 miles away!

[Saturday]

6. 4 tubes of caulk. nt

[hedgehog]

16. DId you ever wonder if the caulk has beencooked out because you've

left it in the car?

[AlCzervik]

7. nothing, i don't leave anything in my car anymore. My other car got stolen in 2004

and i had a lot of stuff in there including a bunch of cd's (idiot!) and my sunglasses so nothing stays in my car at all.

[FloridaJudy]

8. Wrapping paper

Junk mail
A dog bed
2 unfinished knitting projects
1 unfinished quilt
2 bottles of Perrier
And more other stuff than I can count

[skygazer]

9. Three very nice wooden Dom Perignon cases

sans the Dom, more's the pity.

Most everything else in there is stuff that's supposed to be there, though - I don't tend to leave things in my car but I carry a lot of stuff around.

Spare clothing just in case
A jug of water
Tools
A couple of flashlights
A coil of rope
Windshield washer fluid
Brake fluid
A quart of oil

Stuff like that.

[hedgehog]

12. I always mean to leave a couple of blankets and extra food in there

in case I get stuck in the sbow, but I never do. I need to put some rubber gloves and a first aid kit in there, too. I DO have the fire extinguisher!

[DarkTirade]

11. 2.4 hitchhikers in the trunk.

Just adding up the parts though. It could be random bits and pieces of more than that. :shrug:

[pokerfan]

13. backgammon set

poker chip set
ice scraper w/ broom from winter.
down parka from winter
sleeping bag, tent and stove

[hedgehog]

14. Boy - you ARE ready to get stuck in the snow! All you need is the

means to go hunting for food!

[pokerfan]

21. Yeah

Though food actually isn't a top priority in a survival situation. Shelter and water. come before food.

[hedgehog]

24. And apparently a means of entertaining yourself - although you didn't mention

having a deck of cards or set of dice!

[pokerfan]

37. Well, the game sets aren't really for survival

Just Impromptu poker parties, etc. The poker set has two decks of cards.



And the backgammon set has dice AND a doubling cube. I also carry the Book of Questions in the glove box. It's great for long trips as a conversation starter.



And I have a pocket dictionary. I figure it more or less contains all the other books. And a pocket slide rule. Useful for figuring gas mileage though I get some looks at the pumps.

[hedgehog]

41. A slip stick! How in the world do today's youth understand logarithms

when all they have are calculators!

[pokerfan]

44. They don't

is the short answer, I think. At least they will never 'grok' the concept.

[triguy46]

15. My wife always has a fork and steak knife. I just have trash.

[Pierre.Suave]

17. Absolutely nothing

the only thing that stays in my car is my iPod, because it is permanently plugged into it.

[hedgehog]

18. My car used to be tidy, but then I had children.

[Pierre.Suave]

19. I dont have any of them yet

I do however clean my car out as soon as my nephews or nieces are in it for any length of time.

and I DO mean, ANY length of time...

:P

[hedgehog]

20. Once, my brother had a brand new car and he took my young son to the drive-in

to see a movie. He made the mistake of purchasing popcorn. We were in the adjacent car, and we could hear this plaintive cry half-way through the movie "My car! My ca-a-a-ar!"

[Pierre.Suave]

23. I know that sound all too well...

:rofl:

I swear to god I do not let them eat in the car but nevertheless, they seem to be able to sneak some in every time.

[AlCzervik]

28. i used to have a Camry when my daughter was really small and after she was in it a lot

i started to call it "the vomit comet".

[malta blue]

25. a quilt, a fleece jacket, a lot of crap.....nt

[hedgehog]

26. I forgot to mention assorted old church bulletins and newsletters from school

No current ones, though. Those might be usefull.

[flvegan]

27. K&N air filter box, a ream of paper and a couple towels

[Pierre.Suave]

31. I knew I could trust you

to have a K&N Air Filter Box.

I just KNEW it.

:P

[hedgehog]

34. He has the box, but does he have the filter?

[flvegan]

38. Filter is greased for the seal and installed.

The box is in the back with the original filter in it (did the install at the auto parts store).

[Pierre.Suave]

43. Awesome

right in the store parking lot.

Kudos to you.

[Phentex]

29. dog blanket

just don't seem to remember it's there AND he didn't even use it when he was in the car. DOH!

[hedgehog]

30. I keep a hay blanket in the back seat. I throw it across the seat when

I buy a bale of straw for the chickens. The trunk is too small.

[yellowdogintexas]

32. a cardboard box, a yoga mat, several empty Ozarka bottles that I

keep intending to drop in my recycling bin, a straw hat in case I have to walk around in the sun and maybe some sun screen.

[hedgehog]

35. How out-of-date is the sunscreen? And what is the maximum temperature you've

exposed it to?

[yellowdogintexas]

47. no telling. and I live in Texas so the car temp can go to 120 easy

I think I have had the sunscreen in the car since Early April when we went to Scarborough Faire.

I take it you think I should toss it?

[leeroysphitz]

33. My old kidney. It's all hard n' stuff and makes a thump every time I make a turn. n/t

[liberalitch]

39. are you sure that's not your CV joint?

Call the car talk guys and tell them of your joint and/ or renal problem

[liberalitch]

36. Other than my beau the commie...? A sofa slip cover......

...and about four half full bottles of water that have cigarette butts in them.

[704wipes]

40. A cardboard box in the trunk with

paper towels, trashbags, toilet paper, folders, pens, forms, probably a sprayer of carpet cleaner, among other things -- I work in supported living...

[MonkeyFunk]

42. the skeleton of that kid I used to babysit

[AlCzervik]

46. you're so sentimental, that's what i love about you.

;-)

[Pierre.Suave]

45. You know what

I realized that I misspoke earlier, I do have some stuff in the car.

Mu Fiancee has left an Umbrella, a bag with some stuff in it (Water bottle etc..), and a neck Pillow in the car.

[petronius]

48. A barbecue, and a couple bags of charcoal

Also a bunch of trash

[logosoco]

49. I always thought that would make a good game show ,ala Monty Hall

in "Let's Make A Deal". At the end of the show he would go up to people and offer them like $50 if they had a stamp and a hairpin in their purse. I can totally see this in the street with people nowadays. We do end up with some oddball things in our vehicles.
Maybe they could drive up at random gas stations and you could win a couple of gallons of gas (!) because you had a flute case and an empty bottle of juice in you car!

[krispos42]

50. My car?

Oh my god, it's full of stars shit!