What do you keep in your Mercedes?

[Bobby Dazzler]

This evening I’ve been checking and restocking the tool bags in my cars, and it got me thinking, what do you keep in your cars deliberately?

I’m thinking the stuff that you transfer from one car to the next when you have a new one, rather than stuff that gets left in the car as you use it.

My Mercedes all have the same stuff in them, but the larger cars which we use for family journeys and long trips have some extra kit on board too.

In the cabin:

1. Dazzler-spec Rayban Aviator sunglasses



2. Megamount mobile phone mount

3. Anker 12v USB for all 12v sockets



4. Anker Lignting cables (various lengths)



5. Life hammer



6. Multimedia lightning cable (if applicable)

7. Pen

8. Hand sanitiser

9. Spare Starbucks cardboard sheaths

10. Spare Starbucks straws

11. Spare Starbucks napkins

12. Microfibre cloth


Items in the boot:

1. Michelin bag

2. Michelin air pump



3. Head torch



4. 1 litre Mercedes oil



5. Mercedes hi-viz vest



6. BlackVue cameras (various)



7. 5x pairs of gloves

8. 3x sheets heavy duty kitchen towel

9. 500 ml still water in each cup holder

10. Sanef tags and M6 Toll tags

11. 3x hanging signs saying “Please do NOT wash!, thank you!”

12. At least one insulated bag

13. Fancy tote bag

14. 5x 300mm cable ties


Extra items in the boot of large cars

1. Halfords Advanced 1/4 inch socket set



2. Bosch Easypump cordless air compressor



3. CTEK CS FREE Cordless Battery Charger



4. Michelin double piston foot pump



5. RING spare bulb kit



6. 4x extra Mercedes hi-viz vests



7. Extra 1l Mercedes oil



8. GB/UK magnetic plates

9. 1500ml bottle of still water

10. 2 Winterfit screnwash

11. 2x Summerfit screenwash

12. AA, AAA and key fob batteries


I had no idea we had so much stuff! Weirdly the cars look tidy/empty!

 

[Trickythemerc]

Boot
1. Engine oil
2, Fire extinguisher
3. First aid kit
4. Sealey tyre pump
5. Nocoboost
6. High viz
7. Spare serpentine belt
8. Strong arm and wheel bolt socket

Interior
1.Pen
2. Aviation air fresh
3. Hand sanitzer
4. Glass cleaner
5. Microfibre cloth
6. Blue parking badge
7. CD's never played

 

[ChrisHGTV]

This evening I’ve been checking and restocking the tool bags in my cars, and it got me thinking, what do you keep in your cars deliberately?

I’m thinking the stuff that you transfer from one car to the next when you have a new one, rather than stuff that gets left in the car as you use it.

My Mercedes all have the same stuff in them, but the larger cars which we use for family journeys and long trips have some extra kit on board too.

In the cabin:

1. Dazzler-spec Rayban Aviator sunglasses

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2. Megamount mobile phone mount

3. Anker 12v USB for all 12v sockets

View attachment 152398

4. Anker Lignting cables (various lengths)

View attachment 152399

5. Life hammer

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6. Multimedia lightning cable (if applicable)

7. Pen

8. Hand sanitiser

9. Spare Starbucks cardboard sheaths

10. Spare Starbucks straws

11. Spare Starbucks napkins

12. Microfibre cloth


Items in the boot:

1. Michelin bag

2. Michelin air pump

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3. Head torch

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4. 1 litre Mercedes oil

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5. Mercedes hi-viz vest

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6. BlackVue cameras (various)

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7. 5x pairs of gloves

8. 3x sheets heavy duty kitchen towel

9. 500 ml still water in each cup holder

10. Sanef tags and M6 Toll tags

11. 3x hanging signs saying “Please do NOT wash!, thank you!”

12. At least one insulated bag

13. Fancy tote bag

14. 5x 300mm cable ties


Extra items in the boot of large cars

1. Halfords Advanced 1/4 inch socket set

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2. Bosch Easypump cordless air compressor

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3. CTEK CS FREE Cordless Battery Charger

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4. Michelin double piston foot pump

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5. RING spare bulb kit

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6. 4x extra Mercedes hi-viz vests

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7. Extra 1l Mercedes oil

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8. GB/UK magnetic plates

9. 1500ml bottle of still water

10. 2 Winterfit screnwash

11. 2x Summerfit screenwash

12. AA, AAA and key fob batteries


I had no idea we had so much stuff! Weirdly the cars look tidy/empty!

Wow BD that’s some inventory!

I’ve got:
4 fluoro vests
breathalyser things
couple of usb chargers and lightning/usb c cables
spare bulbs
pen and paper
uk Road atlas (and swap for Europe if needed)
door defenders
couple of fuel pump gloves
glass cloth
scosche air vent phone holder


anything else I need for a specific trip I add as needed (Sunglasses, driving gloves, firearms, cable ties etc)

 

[SmartAmg]

Wow BD that’s some inventory!

I’ve got:
4 fluoro vests
breathalyser things
couple of usb chargers and lightning/usb c cables
spare bulbs
pen and paper
uk Road atlas (and swap for Europe if needed)
door defenders
couple of fuel pump gloves
glass cloth
scosche air vent phone holder


anything else I need for a specific trip I add as needed (Sunglasses, driving gloves, firearms, cable ties etc)

Firearms? Is that in case of a bit of Road rage, or Traffic Wardens.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

This evening I’ve been checking and restocking the tool bags in my cars, and it got me thinking, what do you keep in your cars deliberately?

I’m thinking the stuff that you transfer from one car to the next when you have a new one, rather than stuff that gets left in the car as you use it.

My Mercedes all have the same stuff in them, but the larger cars which we use for family journeys and long trips have some extra kit on board too.

In the cabin:

1. Dazzler-spec Rayban Aviator sunglasses

View attachment 152397

2. Megamount mobile phone mount

3. Anker 12v USB for all 12v sockets

View attachment 152398

4. Anker Lignting cables (various lengths)

View attachment 152399

5. Life hammer

View attachment 152405

6. Multimedia lightning cable (if applicable)

7. Pen

8. Hand sanitiser

9. Spare Starbucks cardboard sheaths

10. Spare Starbucks straws

11. Spare Starbucks napkins

12. Microfibre cloth


Items in the boot:

1. Michelin bag

2. Michelin air pump

View attachment 152401

3. Head torch

View attachment 152393

4. 1 litre Mercedes oil

View attachment 152403

5. Mercedes hi-viz vest

View attachment 152394

6. BlackVue cameras (various)

View attachment 152406

7. 5x pairs of gloves

8. 3x sheets heavy duty kitchen towel

9. 500 ml still water in each cup holder

10. Sanef tags and M6 Toll tags

11. 3x hanging signs saying “Please do NOT wash!, thank you!”

12. At least one insulated bag

13. Fancy tote bag

14. 5x 300mm cable ties


Extra items in the boot of large cars

1. Halfords Advanced 1/4 inch socket set

View attachment 152389

2. Bosch Easypump cordless air compressor

View attachment 152390

3. CTEK CS FREE Cordless Battery Charger

View attachment 152391

4. Michelin double piston foot pump

View attachment 152402

5. RING spare bulb kit

View attachment 152392

6. 4x extra Mercedes hi-viz vests

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7. Extra 1l Mercedes oil

View attachment 152404

8. GB/UK magnetic plates

9. 1500ml bottle of still water

10. 2 Winterfit screnwash

11. 2x Summerfit screenwash

12. AA, AAA and key fob batteries


I had no idea we had so much stuff! Weirdly the cars look tidy/empty!

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Masking tape & cable ties is all I need!

(If you know, you know )

 

[SmartAmg]

This evening I’ve been checking and restocking the tool bags in my cars, and it got me thinking, what do you keep in your cars deliberately?

I’m thinking the stuff that you transfer from one car to the next when you have a new one, rather than stuff that gets left in the car as you use it.

My Mercedes all have the same stuff in them, but the larger cars which we use for family journeys and long trips have some extra kit on board too.

In the cabin:

1. Dazzler-spec Rayban Aviator sunglasses

View attachment 152397

2. Megamount mobile phone mount

3. Anker 12v USB for all 12v sockets

View attachment 152398

4. Anker Lignting cables (various lengths)

View attachment 152399

5. Life hammer

View attachment 152405

6. Multimedia lightning cable (if applicable)

7. Pen

8. Hand sanitiser

9. Spare Starbucks cardboard sheaths

10. Spare Starbucks straws

11. Spare Starbucks napkins

12. Microfibre cloth


Items in the boot:

1. Michelin bag

2. Michelin air pump

View attachment 152401

3. Head torch

View attachment 152393

4. 1 litre Mercedes oil

View attachment 152403

5. Mercedes hi-viz vest

View attachment 152394

6. BlackVue cameras (various)

View attachment 152406

7. 5x pairs of gloves

8. 3x sheets heavy duty kitchen towel

9. 500 ml still water in each cup holder

10. Sanef tags and M6 Toll tags

11. 3x hanging signs saying “Please do NOT wash!, thank you!”

12. At least one insulated bag

13. Fancy tote bag

14. 5x 300mm cable ties


Extra items in the boot of large cars

1. Halfords Advanced 1/4 inch socket set

View attachment 152389

2. Bosch Easypump cordless air compressor

View attachment 152390

3. CTEK CS FREE Cordless Battery Charger

View attachment 152391

4. Michelin double piston foot pump

View attachment 152402

5. RING spare bulb kit

View attachment 152392

6. 4x extra Mercedes hi-viz vests

View attachment 152395

7. Extra 1l Mercedes oil

View attachment 152404

8. GB/UK magnetic plates

9. 1500ml bottle of still water

10. 2 Winterfit screnwash

11. 2x Summerfit screenwash

12. AA, AAA and key fob batteries


I had no idea we had so much stuff! Weirdly the cars look tidy/empty!

Any room for this?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

7. CD's never played

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Firearms? Is that in case of a bit of Road rage, or Traffic Wardens.

well you can never be too careful on both counts!

 

[Trickythemerc]

I have a 180gb SD card in the head unit with 230 tracks on it

 

[ChrisHGTV]

Any room for this?
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thinking more on this I think BD has it right. All those 10mm sockets readily available!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

anything else I need for a specific trip I add as needed (Sunglasses, driving gloves, firearms, cable ties etc)

I can understand the need to select firearms best suited to the specific job trip you’re planning, but surely you keep a handgun in the car at all times, along with the obsolete European currency, the last Wrigley’s Extra with the whole torn packaging flailing around, sticky car parking tickets upon which the printed text like date, time and location have all faded, what appears to be a melted Opal Fruit with much fluff and hair attached, and the CDs never played?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Any room for this?
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What did you have to go and blooming mention that for? Now I’m going to have to one of those, at least for the extra items for the boot of large cars

 

[ChrisHGTV]

I can understand the need to select firearms best suited to the specific job trip you’re planning, but surely you keep a handgun in the car at all times, along with the obsolete European currency, the last Wrigley’s Extra with the whole torn packaging flailing around, sticky car parking tickets upon which the printed text like date, time and location have all faded, what appears to be a melted Opal Fruit with much fluff and hair attached, and the CDs never played?

The handgun is normally taped under the rear valance with a spare clip. oh I forgot, my Waitrose card and 8% Halfords discount voucher (was 10% last year). Essentials!

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I have a 18gb SD card in the head unit with 230 tracks on it

How to tell someone you’re a man in 15 words.

Why do I say that? Because only a man would buy and use an 18 GB SD card to store less than 1 GB of music, and that’s because you never know when you might need the other 17 GB of storage, and when you do then you’ll wish you had it.

Besides, it was only four times more expensive than the 2 GB SD card for nine times more storage. It’s the sweet spot of SD storage, and before you say it, no way Jose, the 32 GB is far to unnecessary, and there’s no way I’m paying that much for an SD card. 18 GB is where it’s at.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

What did you have to go and blooming mention that for? Now I’m going to have to one of those, at least for the extra items for the boot of large cars

I’m thinking I need to re-evaluate my equipping protocol here based on vehicle size. We only actually have small or large cars, nothing I would consider medium. And ironically the smallest car (my wife’s Abarth 500) probably contains 10x more stuff than the largest (S212). To be honest though the inside of my wife’s car reminds me of the trash compactor scene in Star Wars.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

The handgun is normally taped under the rear valance with a spare clip.

Standard.

My own fault that you didn’t mention it, because I only included categories: items in the cabin, items in the boot, and extra items in the boot of larger cars. A category for Items taped under the valance was an omission on my part

 

[Trickythemerc]

How to tell someone you’re a man in 15 words.

Why do I say that? Because only a man would buy and use an 18 GB SD card to store less than 1 GB of music, and that’s because you never know when you might need the other 17 GB of storage, and when you do then you’ll wish you had it.

Besides, it was only four times more expensive than the 2 GB SD card for nine times more storage. It’s the sweet spot of SD storage, and before you say it, no way Jose, the 32 GB is far to unnecessary, and there’s no way I’m paying that much for an SD card. 18 GB is where it’s at.

Edit it is 180gb and was a freeby from a customer

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I’m thinking I need to re-evaluate my equipping protocol here based on vehicle size. We only actually have small or large cars, nothing I would consider medium.

Us too, It’s definitely worth making the inventory appropriate to the size of the vehicle

We only actually have small or large cars, nothing I would consider medium. And ironically the smallest car (my wife’s Abarth 500) probably contains 10x more stuff than the largest (S212).

I feel for you.

A few years ago we couldn’t find one of our children in my wife’s car for three days. It turned out that they had fallen beneath the 32 bags for life, 8 insulated grocery bags, 6 carrier bags containing stuff she had bought from shops months ago - mostly clothes - and hadn’t got round to returning, a similar quantity of packages containing clothes bought online and “they need to go to the post office”, a dirty school PE kit in a carrier bag, and 6 mismatched umbrellas which came free with perfume. The poor thing couldn’t find their way out.

To be honest though the inside of my wife’s car reminds me of the trash compactor scene in Star Wars.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Edit it is 180gb and was a freeby from a customer

That’s more like it. 179 GB still available!