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gallimaufry
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25 Jun 2011, 10:13 pm

What can you find in your car?

Me:

Sunglasses
GPS navigator
Spare change
Sunshade
Neck pillow
ID badge for work
Flashlight
Beach Ball
7 foot beach umbrella
Noodles x 2 (the pool toy, not the food)
High heel shoes
Cutting Board (having been meaning to return to the store)
Shampoo (same with this one)
Program from last Sunday's church service
Empty milkshake cup from Panera Bread


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25 Jun 2011, 10:16 pm

trash and nothing important/useful. and when im not in it then its just trash



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25 Jun 2011, 10:23 pm

First thing you'd notice is my dog's fur all over the back seat..

I don't usually leave anything important in the car... scared that it'll be broken into at night...

just a pair of sunglasses and a packet of menthol cigarettes..



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25 Jun 2011, 11:00 pm

Up Front:

-Registration and Insurance Documentation
-Pipe
-Lighter
-Tobackie
-Mp3 player (Velcroed to the dashboard so I can take it with me, but don't have to fiddle around with it as much while driving)
-Cassette Adapter
-Def Leppard Cassette
-Change
-Dirt
-An inconspicuous little pull-switch that activates an old police siren that I put under my hood. :D

Junk in the Trunk:

-2qts 5W30 Earl
-Jug O' Coolant
-Flares
-Shit Tickets (you need them when you don't have any)
-Fold-Up Shovel
-Bag O' Tools
-Hard Wooden Beating Stick with Lanyard (but I use it to prop the trunk open)
-2" steel pipe for propping open the hood, or as a cheater bar for loosening really tight, rusty bolts.

And various garbage at times.



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26 Jun 2011, 1:46 am

-Cliff bars
-Fruit snacks
-Owner's manual
-Napkins
-Cassettes
-Road atlas
-Mini roadside emergency bag
-Quart of oil
-Box with four old spark plugs
-Guitar stand


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26 Jun 2011, 7:54 am

Blasty wrote:
-sh** Tickets (you need them when you don't have any)


I don't know what that is. I'm curious. What are they used for?


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26 Jun 2011, 8:18 am

In glove box:
Rego & CTP papers
Misc receipts
Box of cutting blades
Tyre pressure reader
GPS
Old P plates
Car manual

Around the floor:
Box of CD's
Tissue box
Golf umbrella
Rubbish
Dirty clothes (sweaters, jackets etc)

Centre console:
KFC wet wipes
Napkins
Loose change
Glasses
GoVia E-tag

Boot:
Pedal tyre pump
Toaster and kettle still brand new in box
New bath mats
Chindi rug (230x160cm)
Black fleece blanket

(last four above are things I have bought for my impending new home and haven't taken out of the boot yet. I call it my "glory boot" :P)



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26 Jun 2011, 9:19 am

Glove compartment: pen, Starbucks gift card, escape tool (breaks windows and cuts seat belts), lighter
Hidden pocket: radar detector
Center console: gum, quarters
Side map pocket: sharpie, other change
Seat-back storage: maps, phone accessories, flashlight, paper towels, spare insurance card, blank deposit slips, manual
In the back: emergency kit, bungees and rope, air compressor, gloves, blanket, hat


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26 Jun 2011, 1:21 pm

Glove compartment: Old can of coke somebody once left behind, laptop pcmcia to sata card
Side compartment: Trash, receipts
On the floor: Dry mud, more receipts
Back seat: Petrol container
In the boot: Spade



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26 Jun 2011, 1:31 pm

nothing, fudo's car doesn't exist.. but if it did one would find therein a flux capacitor, time circuits and a sticker on the back saying 'you should see my other car' :)



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26 Jun 2011, 1:59 pm

Fudo wrote:
nothing, fudo's car doesn't exist.. but if it did one would find therein a flux capacitor, time circuits and a sticker on the back saying 'you should see my other car' :)


:thumright:


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26 Jun 2011, 7:26 pm

gallimaufry wrote:
Blasty wrote:
-sh** Tickets (you need them when you don't have any)


I don't know what that is. I'm curious. What are they used for?


Toilet Paper. Sorry, I just couldn't resist that particular name for them. :)



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26 Jun 2011, 7:38 pm

Blasty wrote:
gallimaufry wrote:
Blasty wrote:
-sh** Tickets (you need them when you don't have any)


I don't know what that is. I'm curious. What are they used for?


Toilet Paper. Sorry, I just couldn't resist that particular name for them. :)


Oh, that is a new one for me.


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