Nicole

After paying my annual dues, I received an awesome black bag that I can use for emergency supplies, in case the shark ever breaks down.

I'd like some suggestions on what makes sense to carry in the car (in addition to the factory tool kit, sparem kompressor, etc). Obviously, I won't fit a spare engine and the tools to replace it. But I might at some point have to make a little roadside repair.

Here is what I'm thinking at this point:

- Roll of paper towels
- Glass cleaner
- Nitrile gloves
- 1 quart of oil
- Fuel pump relay
- Heater valve
- Radiator Hose Tape (even though I have all new hoses; somebody else might need it)
- Warning triangle (if it fits into the bag)
- First Aid kit
- Jumper cables
- Flashlight
- Maybe a set of gear wrenches, or nuts and a ratchet

What else?

Ron_H

OMG!!! Nicole, please return your badge qualifying you to be regarded as a thinking person and 928 driver. You forgot the one thing NO one should do without. It is usually grey or silver, is sticky on one side, it is rolled up. How the world ever got by before someone invented it is a mystery to me. Just buy one and keep it in the car behind the tool tray. Then you may keep your badge.

In mine I also have (in addition to your list) a small battery powered trouble light that plugs into the cigar lighter, coveralls, lightweight grade grease in a very small tube, jumper wire and alligator clips, a space blanket (shiny silver one in a small pouch), electrical tape, single edge razor blade, wire connectors and small crimping tool, 928 road help list for the entire US, hat, gallon container of filtered drinking water, pocket knife (two in the car and one in my pocket), mirror for signaling, a whistle is a good idea, anti sieze in a small tube, tie down straps which connect from the rear luggage hooks to the hooks below the rear seats and which secure my stuff behind the seats, dehydrated bananas and other fruit in a sealed food saver bag, and if I am traveling for more than a day I usually take a tent and a weapon (in plain sight of course). And I also have a bear tracker radio and a CB radio, FWIW. And also I carry beside the hand brake lever, (you have seen this in my car I'm sure), a tool for breaking the windows in case the doors are jammed shut or the car is sinking in water and I'm in it. If you have your doors electrically locked and you shut down the engine or lose power, the lock stays locked. Scary.

I have more stuff, but that's all that comes to mind at this time, plus two tire pressure guages for some strange reason.

Nicole

Duck Tape???

Ron_H

What is "duck tape"?? Is that what a female duck uses to quiet its quacking mate? The answer is DUCT TAPE. The most fantastic tool ever invented so far. You can even use it as a substitute for band aids. I used it once to tape my window in place when the cable broke and it fell into the door. I use it to seal a leaky sunroof. I use it to hold tools in place in my tool tray. Imagine life without duct tape? Awful thought.

jon928se

Life without duct tape would be like life without Cable Ties (I think you call them Zip ties ? in the US)

I was going to add duct tape after reading your first post Nicile but Ron beat me to it.

I'll add

Self amalgamating rubber tape (maybe what you call radiator hose tape)
Cable ties - obviously
Two or three hose clamps small medium and large - the type where the thread is punched through the band so that the adjustment range is much greater.

I'ld ditch the glass cleaner and add either a can of brake cleaner or carb cleaner - cleans glass as well or better and has a lot of other uses.

Add in a couple of terry towels (in the UK very cheap at Costco - 40 for about $20US) and also add in some of those baby wipes in a container that keeps them wet, and get the ones without moisturiser - they are incredibly effective at cleaning glass.

Beyond that you could add in 10,12,13,14 17 and 19m sockets and a 3/8 drive ratchet, plus a 3/8" to 1/4" converter and 6,7,8,mm sockets.

A cheap multitool Gerber or Leatherman style but no need for that quality for emergency use.

And lastly a cheap multimeter aka VOM meter - probably about $15 from Radio Shack. Then make up some additional test leads. 1 black, and one red both about 6-8 feet long with female 1/4" spade connectors on one end and 4mm banana p[lugs to go intot the meter on the other ends. Then add some short adapter leads - black with male spade and a croc clip for grounds, and a black male to female, and a red male to female, and if you get enthusiastic red and black male spade to 4 mm female banana plug so you can plug the meters own leads into the extension leads.

finally before I digress and list every single part in PET for a 928

a one foot length of 3mm ID silicon vacuum hose.

Mike Frye

Nicole,

Great thread. I was thinking about this the other day.

Here's what I would add:

*A switch with two leads (12 awg) on it with spade lugs for a switchable test jumper (in case a relay is in question and it's a different type than the FPR)
*the relay/fuse diagram (should already be near your relay papel)
*a Kempf tentioner tool (if your tensioner light comes on, most other tools will be available at the nearest mechanic, this one not so much)

shmark

OMG where do you sit? If you take that much, you're just insulting the car and it will find creative ways to break down you never thought of. Couple belts, jumpers, fuses, oil and you're good to go. The stock tool kit has everything you need for tools, anything bigger happens and call AAA.

marton

mobile phone
camera

John Veninger

Large garbage bag to place the full size flat tire in when you have to use the spare.

ACG

Hi Nicole,

I have a 3-1/2 and 2 year olds. I have diapers and diaper wipes as part of my emergency kit in the rear hatch. I certtainly say a diaper blowout during a car trip is a more serious issue than a broken timing belt!

Nicole

LOL!!!

MGW-Fla

Spare?? I'm supposed to have a Spare??!! I thought that was where my subwoofer went??

Oh, did anyone mention a small air compressor? I do have one of those in mine. Well, I have keep one in all of our cars, including the wife's S4, which btw, does still have its spare!

jorj7

AAA card and a cell phone... Credit card would also help.

kjurkic

The best way to approach this is to look at what failures would leave you stranded, and how long it would take to repair and/or locate parts.

I live in northern Canada, and the drive between towns is often well over 2 hours even at 928 wormhole jump capabilities. Believe it or not, I DON'T carry a spare tire. Driving all over western/northern canada in all seasons, over all kinds of roads, for over 25 years, I have only ever had 1 tire failure where I needed a spare, and at that, I knew I was taking a chance on questionable rubber.

I no longer carry a spare, just a can of flat fix, & compressor (the flat fix cans never have enough pressure, especially in winter) The empty space is perfect for the road kit. My kit DOES contain spare parts that are not easily obtained on short notice, and are capable of leaving a car stranded.

spare fuel pump
spare fuel filter
spare coil
duct tape
rad hose tape
can flat-fix
air compressor
basic first aid kit
booster cables
rags
pantyhose - great emergency belt replacement
spool 12 guage wire
small mechanic general tool kit (sockets, ratchet, common combo wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, & wire cutters)


NEED TO ADD:
spare ignitor
spare ECU


FOR WINTER ADD:
candles & lighter/matches
blanket (silver foil or wool)
folding shovel
large bag cat litter or sand (weight & traction)
tow-rope or cable

HTH
Ken

Ron_H

I must agree with some of the items posted do far, particularly the [B]large plastic [/B]bag for the spare tire, and folding shovel (which I have when I carry my tent and camping equipment, and also light ga. wire or bailing wire. I can't remember how many times wire has saved me from disaster, both in the 928 and my other P cars. Lots of uses for wire. Keep a small roll in your kit. The belt tensioning tool is also a great idea for obvious reasons. Also make certain you have your tow hook in your tool panel. It has been handy twice for me so far. No one has yet mentioned a small plastic raincoat; you can buy one or two in a bag small enough to place in your pocket. They come in handy if you have to hoof it out to a main road from a remote location in pouring rain. Or use your large plastic bag with head holes cut in it. A small tube of hand cleaner is also useful at times if you don't have disposable latex gloves, (unless that is old fashioned these days). Maybe I'm splitting hairs but I find myself in some fairly remote locations sometimes and this item may be of use: a hand held flare gun. I carried one on my small boat in Hawaii. It was simply a tube with a firing pin small enough to fit into your palm and it used screw in flares. On one occasion I used it and in 15 minutes I was being towed back to shore by the Coast Guard !! Aren't there places too remote for cell phone use? If so this will come in handy. And it can also be used as a weapon if necessary. ( I don't own, not do I want to own, a cell phone).