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You're going on a roadtrip with an unreliable car, what do you bring?

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For my list, I was imagining that you'd be driving cross country through a dangerous area - Death Valley, Yukon Territory, undeveloped areas of Africa, etc.

I forgot to add to my list:
- water
- food
- basic automotive fluids (oil, transmission fluid, coolant, power steering fluid, brake fluid, starting fluid, penetrating oil)
- JB Weld, silicone sealer
- 12v to 120v power inverter
- jumper cables
- tow strap
- spare fuses
- first aid kit
- medications (Advil, Tylenol, Imodium, Asprin, etc.)
- lighters
- multi-tool with a good blade
 
Yeah, why in the hell are you driving an unreliable car in Zombieland, anyway? Go steal a nice Cadillac Escalade and paint a #3 on the side.
 
I would bring a couple quarts of oil, a jug of premix antifreeze, belt (especially if it is a serpentine type), some hand tools, roll of tape that can seal radiator hoses if it should leak. That will take care of most things.
 
TridenT said:
Title pretty much explains it. What do you bring? We're assuming it's a compact car and that you can't bring everything. You have to limit what you bring quite significantly down to one modestly medium sized tool bag.
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A nice fat checkbook
 
Well boys, you ain't helping me too much. I've got an idea of the tools I'll be bringing. A lot of sockets, a large breaker bar, pry bar, and some other stuff. I will probably bring my jack and jack stands just because I am helping a friend work on his car when I do get to where I am landing. (And I'm not going to be at a space premium because I'll be traveling solo)

The best part of this is that I'm driving through the hottest parts of the continental United States tomorrow for 11-12 hours. It's gonna be nothing but good times. Oh, I forgot to mention that my car /still/ doesn't have functioning AC either. :awe:

The cost on parts for that recently came down. I might fix it sooner than later. :awe:
 
TridenT said:
Well boys, you ain't helping me too much. I've got an idea of the tools I'll be bringing. A lot of sockets, a large breaker bar, pry bar, and some other stuff. I will probably bring my jack and jack stands just because I am helping a friend work on his car when I do get to where I am landing. (And I'm not going to be at a space premium because I'll be traveling solo)

The best part of this is that I'm driving through the hottest parts of the continental United States tomorrow for 11-12 hours. It's gonna be nothing but good times. Oh, I forgot to mention that my car /still/ doesn't have functioning AC either. :awe:

The cost on parts for that recently came down. I might fix it sooner than later. :awe:
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Plan you trip for late night on that part.

I lived in CA/NV for 3 years without A/C for one of our vehicles. You learn to plan accordingly
 
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