I keep myself prepared because it is my duty as a man to defend, protect, and provide for my family and myself at all costs. What I tell people when they ask is, at best I look foolish for being prepared, at worst I'll look dead for not being prepared.
Does that mean you and your family live in your car? After all, you are fairly close to Mexico so maybe it's rubbing off on you. Focus: Chest cooler with a 1/2 full 40 oz. bottle of Crown Royal in it A pile of clean rags (VERY handy to have) My daughter's car seat Aluminum baseball bat (Not for tough-guy stuff. For baseball) Rolling papers small flashlight Old Halloween Jason mask gym bag
I live in the country too (well, I used to and will be back living there before long) and never ran into anything that needed killing with .223 or .40 handgun. The 870 is handy, but the others . . . You know as well as I do that there are a ton of meth heads running around breaking into any vehicle that's left unattended. Keeping an 870, AR-15, and M&P 40 in there is a great way to get them stolen and into the hands of those who have no business possessing firearms.
I drive a crew cab diesel so if I dont keep ontop of it, shit piles up really fast. In my bed I have a tool box, 90 gallon diesel transfer tank and a 5th wheel hitch. In my tool box I keep: Power steering fluid ATF 12 litres of 15w-40 oil filter fuel filter drain pan brake fluid various shitty mastercraft tools rags rope ratchet straps sand roll up traction mats (actually work mint) rubber work boots dextrol windshield washer fluid In the cab I keep: My good Klien and DeWalt electrical tools Blanket first aid kit about 3 or 4 knives small and big maglight flashights sweater a Tough Duck coat spare work boots gloves hard hat lighters condoms two or three hats case of water flask of Alberta premium For electronics I have: CB radio police scanner radar detector Ipod interface double din DVD/CD/Mp3/GPS touch screen Sirius satellite radio dual 10" subs with amp 2500 watt DC to AC inverter trailer brake commander I use my truck alot for work and I tow with it as well so my truck is set up to get 5500 kms before I refill. Ive got a 55 gallon Titan tank with my 90 gallon transfer tank which has a unique set up. Alot of guys will route their transfer tanks to dump fuel into their filler necks when they run their tank on empty. To save money what Ive got set up is I installed a CP3 pump on my transfer tank system so that I can run fuel lines right to the fuel rail on my engine. What this enables me to do is run dyed diesel for 3000km at the flip of a switch. If an MTO dips my tank they will just find regular diesel. So to completey fill my truck it costs $500 to $550, but I drive 5500kms between fill up is pretty good I think. The most important things I can say to have in your vechicle though has to be a knife, blanket, a couple good lighters and a few rubbers. More stuff in the winter, but for where I drive, Im lucky to see another person on the road all day and no more then a few houses. If I break down I want to be able to be comfortable for a few days. Ita better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
For about 4 months in high school I had a three foot San Pedro cactus (basically a shitty, legal way to buy low amounts of mescaline) in my trunk. I had chopped about a foot off the side and attempted to eat it to get high, which is a whole 'nother story. I left it there, forgot about it, and when I found it again there was a weird foot-long fleshy white dildo looking thing regrown where the limb had been hacked off. I also left my car at home while I'm at college, and came back during Winter Break to find most of the things you need to grow shrooms still in my car. I didn't feel like moving them so they should still be there. There was also a fully developed beehive in my gas tank which was a nice surprise when I went to fill up. I did too many drugs during high school.
I've had this game in my trunk for the last year. I got it for Christmas from my college roommate and I just keep forgetting it's there. Also, I have a stuffed monkey and a plastic cow in their that I used to take pictures of in front of license plates: Spoiler
I have a 4 door 4x4 truck with a stealth toolbox in the back. The toolbox: • Basic set of hand and mechanics tools • Spare workboots • Heavy hi visibility reflective jacket • Hardhat and hi vis vest. • 2 duffelbags. 1 contains 2 sets of clothes and gym shoes. The other for lack of a better term is a “bugout/emergency bag” (food bars, water, paracord, knife, flashlight, means for fire, first aid kit, etc.) • Ruger mini 14, 2 extra 30rd clips and 3 boxes of ammo. (not that I’m paranoid or anything, just never took it out after the last time I went shooting) • Portable compressor for plugging into a cig lighter. The Cab: • A midget/toddler booster seat • About 15 sets of blueprints scattered everywhere • A dozen or so red bull, rockstar, & starbucks containers on the passenger floorboard. (the wife loves that) • A horseshoe my 13yr old boy gave me when he was in kindergarten. He told me I should hang it from my rearview to keep me safe on the road. Be damned if it hasn’t made the transition to every truck I’ve had since. • Cell phone and laptop charger. • Glock 23. Personal carry, never leave home without it. • A shit ton of change and receipts jammed in the center console. Hey, if they didn’t want me to treat it like a trash can, they wouldn’t make it so damned convenient.
I've never been a clean and organised type, and my car is no better. When we had a house fire and lost everything, I was fine for clothes for a while due to the amount I had stashed in my car. Off the top of my head, my car currently has: Fire extinguisher Oil and filter Oil and filter for my bike CDs, street directory, tools and all that Bananaman costume from a party last weekend A friends giant homemade angel wings (in the boot) from a party years ago Several beers, red bulls and pepsis Amplifier that worked for 2 weeks several years ago I found a few papers from undergrad in the boot a while ago. I've been in grad school for almost 5 years 'Old people car smell' due to a leaky roof and wet carpet There's a weed growing in my doorjam behind the front quarter panel Various clothes and shoes I take my bike most places - unless i'm drinking - so I really don't care to keep it clean
The back of my Cherokee contains: -A duffel bag with a change of office casual clothes, a pair of heels, and a bare essentials make up kit -A hockey bag stuffed with a winter coat rated to -40 complete with reflective stripes, a pair of work gloves, 2 pair wool socks and a pair of Sorrels with 2 grams of mushrooms hidden in the toes. -A mini tool kit with a couple screwdrivers, wrenches and pliers. -Drive shaft for Moyno pump (it's an oilfield thing) -Quill shaft for said pump -Kitty litter -A dildo I won at a bachlorette party -Candles
I try to keep as minimal amounts of shit in my car as possible. I've known people/friends that I've had to climb over endless garbage and personal things when given rides. Not a fan of that. Trunk: -ice scraper -baseball mitt -sleeping bag Front Seat -phone charger -pens -CD's -random Taco Bell crumbs and droppings
My truck is always a complete mess. Whenever I go somewhere for the weekend I am so exhausted that the last thing I want to do is unpack. A lot of the time i'll leave one or two things and over time this collection of random things builds up. I finally got around to cleaning my truck last week because I had to take it to the shop. In the bed and in the truck were - Single paddle that came with an inflatable raft. - A folding camping chair with a broken leg. - A red rubber kick ball I found the last time we went camping. - An ultimate Frisbee. I have no idea where this came from, I've never tried ultimate Frisbee. - Board shorts. - Aloe Vera. - 3 pairs of sunglasses - About six empty five hour energy containers - Assorted single beers - Sunflower seeds everywhere
My Tahoe has pretty much all the usual shit in it. -jacket -work gloves -jumper cables -tool box -flashlight -a blanket -toilet paper (you never know) -gas receipts -boots -duct tape
I've had a full beer bottle in the back of my car for going on two years. One day i'll trick one of my friends into drinking it. One day.
In my car, next to nothing. Except in the trunk I have a large box of extra large Mr. Freezies that I've never gotten around to bringing into the house. And half a case of water. Now, in my 3500 Ram Turbo-Diesel, I have a shit load of stuff. -- case of water -- case of beer -- stack of red cups -- case of protein bars -- gum boots (my yard and driveway become a swamp when the rain hits) -- winter jacket, Elmer Fudd winter hat, and winter, work, and various rubber gloves -- set of tools that would pretty well let me do just about anything I needed to on the truck -- electrical repair kit (I redid the wiring harness on a trailer with it a while ago) -- automotive diagnostic computer -- mega-box of automotive fuses -- whole bunch of zip ties, safety wires, and bungee cords. -- stupidly long jumper cables -- 2 20' tow straps -- 4 heavy duty tie down straps -- Hayes repair manual -- big container of mixed nuts -- bundle of emergency flares -- handful of candles and a couple of disposable lighters -- 4-piece fly rod and flies The scary part is that most of that stuff is actually out of sight, underneath the back seats in the storage spaces. The only things really out in the open are the case of water and the thing of mixed nuts.
Well, duh. He said BESIDES the obvious ones. I mean, everybody keeps a stuffed monkey and a plastic cow for pictures in front of license plates, amirite?
I shoot coyotes and fox with the .223 pretty frequently. I use the .40 when I have to jump out quickly to chase something down (fucking raccoons). It's also for personal protection. If my truck isn't sitting in my garage or a well lit area that I can see from where I'm at, the guns come out. This area has always had meth heads, but break-ins by meth heads have never been a problem. Hopefully it stays that way.
Because of this thread I checked my car to see what useless crap I have in the trunk. Apart from all the useful stuff, like a few tools, a jacket, a few protein bars and a bottle of water (for the radiator) I found a straw hat, it's been there since I went camping at the beginning of summer. Taking into consideration some of the creepy deviants on this board, I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned having the body of a dead hooker in his trunk.
I am completely unprepared for anything. I have 2 cans of Febreze and a pack of velcro tape. I'll figure out a way to make that work to my advantage when zombies are trying to get into my car and eat my face. If I were a zombie, Febreze would scare the shit out of me.
Alright, I just spend a couple minutes rummaging through the shit that's accumulated in my vehicle since I bought it. I won't list the mundane stuff. - a plastic snorkel - a hibachi and a half bag of wet coals - a shoebox partially filled with old gummy bears - a VHS tape of Soylent Green starring Charleton Heston - a broken shop-vac that's easily older than I am - my machete, affectionately named "The Sasquatch Killer" - a pair of large red panties that say "Fill 'er up" on them - a case of Kraft Dinner which apparently expired 9 months ago. Who knew? - a half bottle of hot sauce - a lovely glass fishbowl with a picture of a smiling guppy on it - a Batman bobble-head that's super-glued to my dashboard at an awkward angle I would like to note that I bought this vehicle at a point in my life where I smoked entirely too much weed. Haven't really cleaned it since then, or ever.
I live in my truck and while I used to be really good about cleaning it out once a week it has now become my home. In the backseat: 3 pairs of jeans and T-shirts my fins udt vest mountain ruck packed for 5 days the chuck T's that I fin in 4 or 5 towels Oakley boots Rocky boots 1 green and 1 tan uniform Water Proof bag for being on the boats Running Shoes Brown Doc Martens Cooler Chest Rig Center console: Collapsible Asp fixed blade knife gerber tool crkt folder 4 or 5 .45 mags stupid amounts of change pens/ map pens/ pencils map with protractor I am an instructor right now, and we work stupid hours. So I just keep everything in there and I can normally count on having anything I need whenever the plan changes.