Walking past neighbour's 5 door Fiesta, it seemed full (literally, every seat except driver's) of carrier bags, clothes, towels, covers, toys and other baby 'equipment'. She is a busy young mum, of course, and we laughed later when I suggested she effectively drove a wardrobe on wheels.
Yes, she agreed, "and you could call it an extension of my bathroom, kids room .. in fact, the whole house!"
Made me think: how many BR's cars are similarly and maybe needlessly cluttered? And at what extra weight!
I guess most men don't have same need to carry "things" - or is that sexist to say these days?
Best I can admit to is an extra coat, in the boot. I never saw her boot..... perhaps just as well.
EH
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I'm pretty good with mine, although I've had some kitchen rolls in the boot and a suit jacket for about a month now, I really should get around to emptying it out.
Fortunately I have no back seats to clutter up with junk! :-)
Blue
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Mine is a remote office, it even has 150 watts of 240 volt power and a usb hub.
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My daughter's car is like that, although to be fair she flits between 3 different houses all the time.
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Mine's a bit like TVMs plus loads of food wrappers, sort of meals on wheels
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You don't want to know what's in my car. Even I don't want to know. As for my daughter's car....
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Ive always got stuff in the boot - hard hat, boots and coat for work. And also a box about 2 foot cubed, full of stuff including some tools, some of it 'may come in handy' on a site visit. I also tend to throw stuff onto the back seats and some of it stays there a while, but only jumpers, coat etc. My cars' primary function is to get me to work and back and I rarely carry passengers, so dont feel the need to empty it out daily. I generally keep the carpets relatively clean/ hoovered out though.
I have a mate who used to turn up in his Disco, coke cans and food wrappers often used to fall out when he opened the door. Getting a lift somewhere always involved moving ropes/ paperwork/ car parts, etc. and it was not unknown that you would get your clothes dirty sitting in his car.
But then his house used to be the same (before he got married); depends whether you are a tidy person or not.
I have another mate whose boot used to be so full, all the time, when we played squash he used to only just have room for one squash racket on top of everything.
My mum used to keep the car interior respectable but hide piles of washing/ ironing in her boot.
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My cars are clean and tidy and don't carry anything except-
Hi-vis jacket
Warning triangle
Fire extinguisher
First Aid kit
Spare bulb set
Tow rope
Jump Leads
Oil/Funnel
Tyre sealant foam
Extendable torque wrench
Window cleaner/clean rag
Water
Wind up torch
Map of Europe/UK
IPOD
Aftermarket sat nav unit
if it's winter or I'm on a long journey or in a country that allows it you could add
Blanket
Pillow
Food
Fuel can-full
Pepper Spray/CS Gad
Extendable baton
Seems like a reasonable bare minimum to me.
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What, no sawn-off ten-bore up behind the facia for extreme emergencies OH?
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When I move to the States I'll have a Glock for light work and a Remington for the rough stuff.
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Chromed shortbarrelled 12-gauge Mossberg pump comes highly recommended...
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so a car is often, too, an extension of workplace .. and even of ourselves? Interesting. Any psychologist wanna explain further?
EH
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Do you feel it really needs explaining Hacko?
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yup, then again Lud, I am semi retired
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When I lived in Yorkshire one of the places I used to shoot was at Holmfirth Shooting School (interesting when it's windy.)
One day a guy pulled up in a rusty metallic blue Silver Shadow and asked to join our squad for the next round of skeet. When he opened his gunslip and pulled out a chromed Mossberg we wished we'd refused.
When he took the first stand and did a Del-boy - shooting from the hip - we were speechless.
Unlike Del-boy, he missed just about every bird.
Kevin...
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So what happens if you brake sharply with all this junk aboard, or does motherhood obliterate brains?
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or does motherhood obliterate brains?
Ask your mum nortones.
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They don't even have a stock, Mossbergs, just a pistol grip.
Not designed for small flying game or even skeet. Designed for, you know, other stuff.
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Presumably such cars are an extension of the garage?
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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>They don't even have a stock, Mossbergs, just a pistol grip.
Mossberg make loads of shotguns most of them with conventional stock.
The one you are thinking of is the J.I.C. (Just In Case) model ;-)
www.mossberg.com/products/default.asp?id=2§ion...s
Kevin...
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Presumably this will go back to motoring at some stage ? - PU
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PU - I should have added that the 500 J.I.C. Model is available as a blued "Cruiser" model :-)
Kevin...
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blued "Cruiser" model :-)
To clip in the lower set of clips in the rear window of your 11-litre supercharged pickup. Top set for the Kalashnikov (unless you're an imprudent unreliable M16 wimp).
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>To clip in the lower set of clips in the rear window of your 11-litre supercharged pickup.
In '99 the wife and I did a motoring tour of West Texas, Big Bend and the Rio Grande. We spent one night as the main course at a flea infested motel in Presidio and next morning called at the local store to refill the coolboxes with ice and drinks/snacks. The truck dealer down the street had a very enticing offer that week - "Free gun rack with selected pickups".
Kevin...
PS.
Texas travellers tips:
If you are visiting West Texas give Presidio a miss.
The rooms, food and service at The Gage Hotel in Marathon are well worth a detour - especially their Huevos Rancheros breakfast.
The Marfa Lights look like vehicle headlights winding down a mountain road - until you check in the morning and see that there is no mountain where you were looking.
An ex-pat biker tour of Big Bend here:
www.concours.org/sc/photo.htm
If you want to do it in style go here:
www.austincityguide.com/content/austin-harley-davi...p
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I've done my best to keep the Grandis and 206CC clear of clutter, but with the Almera being the work car, i've ended up with allsorts in it. I was quite concerned about being pulled over when i realised that in my boot i had:
cable ties
spade
black bin liner
roll of old carpet
deactivated Sten and Bren gun
cleared it out pretty quickly once i'd thought about it!
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deactivated Sten and Bren gun
'deactivated'?
I trust you mean unloaded, rather than messed up so that they don't work?
That would be pathetically law-abiding.
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With this talk of securing weapons & stuff, a few years back, I bought a batch of LDV 400, short wheelbase, V8's with twin side doors, extra row of seating & loads of purpose made armoury storage installed.
They were ex MoD, SAS/Special Op's or whatever the term was, then. All mint condition, super low miles & pretty rapid!! Unliveried & discrete beige, were reserve vehicles, of some sort, I'd say.
& My Maestro van even had running hot water - one of those heated handwash units, mounted in the loadspace. You really appreciated it, after doing a side of the road job, or even just loading at cash n carry!
Omega is still organised with usual 'just in case' items, Dayglo jacket & a large blanket, for shifting injured wildlife, (then you don't lift them & cause further pain/damage) if I'm unlucky enough to meet any. Not used it yet.
VB
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>then you don't lift them & cause further pain/damage
how do you get the wildlife on the blanket?
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You gently slide, lifting at as low a height as you are able & get the blanket under.
Similarlly with a stretcher, for an injured person. By lifting more than, or jigher than, you need, there is more chance the patient will be dropped, thus causing more damage.
The blanket can then wrap around & secure the injured, better as well.
VB
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how do you get the wildlife on the blanket?
Fnaar.
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