Lemme see... Metric socket set, metric open ends, 1/2" drive breaker bar, extension, and deep wall socket that fits the lug nuts, 1/2" drive ratchet, multi screwdriver, 12VDC air compressor, DVM, e-tool, ax, alcohol stove, Esbit stove, rations, Leatherman, flashlight, various knives, tent, sleeping bag, blankets, spare boots, chem lights, QuikClot, Israeil battle dressing, compass, Petzl headlamp, and a few other odds and ends...
It's only a subcompact Toyota or I'd really go to town.
"built (or assembled) in the USA of world sourced parts" is one of the "honest" ways of marking product.
I used to carry one of those in the car - but when (not if) the socket splits or the ratchet slips (whether the first time or the 20th time) and you take off a square inch of skin from your knuckles your friends fon't want to be in the line of fire when you pitch it. Instead of a $29.95 set I now look for the $129 set at Canadian tire to go on sale at 70% off - - -
In my old Ranger I have a Mastercraft tool set with standard and metric 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch drive sockets (deep and standard) and ratchets,,a set of metric and standard wrenches, a water pump pliers and diagonal pliers, and a full set of screwdrivers. I also carry a
1/2 inch speed handle and 1/2 inch torque wrench and usually a hammer. There is a multitester in the glovebox and theScanGuage acts as a code scanner and code clearer. Also a good set of HD booster cables -I also have a CAA membership - - -
Having NO tools won't give you skinned knuckles or broken fingers or a black eye when they break - - -
Sounds like a Ford "oil pressure guage"
In one car, I have jumper cables, a rag, a flashlight that I haven't checked in several years, and two phone charging cables. In the second vehicle, I just have a phone charging cable. I carry nothing on the motorcycle.
Hey, I can always serve as a bad example.
Forgot - I have flashlights and LED safety flares in both vehicles as well.
Well, I carry two of everything that anyone has so far mentioned. I also carry in my Miata a 24-ton floor jack, a 6000 Watt multi-fuel generator with 200 gallon fuel tank, four 8000 Watt aircraft landing lights, and two boxes of strike-anywhere matches.
Oh, and two finger nail clippers... and shovels! Don't forget the shovels! I also carry two first-aid kits complete with at least two of everything I will never need.
The rest of you may be ill prepared, but I'm not!
No tools. Just a cellphone and the number to Jasper Towing Service.
A screwdriver to take off the tag, my phone and a AAA card. I figure the driver can get me to civilization where I can rent a car. ;-)
In real life I haven't been more than 20 miles from home in a year and
5 is a more accurate radius most of the time.
Prepared for what? I have a 5 mile city-outskirts drive to work and the grocery store is on the way. That's 90% of my driving. The other 10% is elsewhere in town.
Once in a blue moon I drive to my mother's house about 40 miles away. There's infrastructure all along the route. If I get into trouble, the AAA number is printed right on my membership card.
Cindy Hamilton
I have to check. I have an emergency kit from my insurance company. I know it has jumper cables and a reflective triangle but not sure what else. I've not opened it in years. My car came with a first aid kit too. I looked at it 3 years ago but have not had need to open it since.
China is Fallout 4.
Back when I had my mini there was an unwritten rule - you didn't go anywhere you were not willing to walk or hitch-hike home from.
Served me well back before the days of cell phones and UBER
As long as you don't carry cheap tools you may never have to open it
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I saw three countries on something I bought, I think it was a CPU. Something like "fabricated in X, built in Y out of parts from Z".
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 22:14:31 -0500, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...
AAA card. I couldn't use them if I had them.
On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:01:36 -0500, Clare Snyder posted for all of us to digest...
I had one of them! I wonder where it is now?
On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 06:41:47 -0500, k mann posted for all of us to digest...
LMAO good one!
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