Do you keep a winter car emergency kit in your vehicle?
By kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13387)
United States
February 11, 2007 7:51pm CST
I was just watching the Weather Channel this evening to find out about this possible storm coming. During the forecast they mentioned the importance of having a winter car emergency kit should your car stall or you get stuck somewhere. Does anyone have an emergency kit in their car? If so, what do you have in your kit? I do not have a kit in my car but am definitely going to round up some things just in case. Here is a link to a website that was looking at to see what items are needed.
http://www.roadandtravel.com/carcare/winterkit.htm
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6 responses
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Well..I dont keep a kit and should but that's me..I alwasy thought I should and needed you to post this to remind me of what I should do:)
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
12 Feb 07
You should not feel bad for not having a kit in your car as I have a feeling many of us do not have one either, including myself. I am going to start putting things together tomorrow just in case something happens. I am glad that you found this post helpful. :-)
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
13 Feb 07
You are so full of common sense..Thanks for all the good posts you make, Ken.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Yes, we do. I will post a discussion with it in it. I have already posted it to gather so it will be easy to post it here. I just posted a discussion on family preparedness earlier today.
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
12 Feb 07
No emergency kit in my car. If i were to keep one in my car, I would not have an area in the back for groceries because I have seven kids.
You should have seen what we loaded up for just a weekend to Grandma's that leaves 3 hours away! LOL We had a car full and a luggage carrier on top! ha ha
If there is a storm coming...we are staying home. LOL
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@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
13 Feb 07
No I don't really have to worry about this the winter is no worse than any other day here. I do however always keep a few things for any car emergency. I keep 1 2 liter bottle of water, tire pump that runs off the lighter, jumper cables, inflate a tire, flashlight, first aid kit, srewdrivers, wrench, hammer. All these things would help no matter the weather.
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@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
My winter "survival" kit stays in my vehicle all the time.
I have
1. shovel
2. kitty litter...gives good traction under tires
3.booster cables
4.emergency candles
5.matches
6.extra warm clothing. ..gloves, jackets, mitts, socks
7.thermal blankets.
8. flares and refectors
9.flashlight
10. box or 2 of granola bars.
11.lock deicer
12.gasline antifreeze
13.extra oil
14.extra antifreeze
15. hot pockets...snap and they get warm good for in gloves or boots.
16.NEVER NEVER NEVER let your gas gauge go below half.
17. tow cable
18 first aid kit
19 fire extinguisher
Since I have a truck and live on a farm I have a slip tank of diesel and can refuel it I need to. I know this is cheating but it is necessary to have since I often drive out to the fields to refuel equipment. Another cheat that I have is a 2 way radio in case there is no cell service.
I am going to check you link to see if I am missing anything.
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