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10 Essential Items for Every Car's Glovebox

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  1. mseals

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  2. Schatten

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    Interesting, but the CRKT Zilla tool is a piece of junk. Bought one years ago for ~15 bucks. Someone's just trying to get a few bucks from amazon referral codes.
     
  3. mseals

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    I'm not sure those 'exact' items would be best, but quality items that do the same thing, I think, would be a great idea.

    Mike
     
  4. GuyIncognito

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    I agree.

    still, I have something similar to 8 of those items in my car. so not a bad list :)
     
  5. DGS

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    Every time I've tried to use a flashlight from my glove box, the batteries were dead.
    So now I carry a LED flashlight with a built-in hand crank to charge it.

    I'm glad to see that someone thought of putting ... gloves ... in a glovebox. ;)
     
  6. bushwhacker

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    Pretty good, how about #11, the addition of a little pepper spray?
     
  7. Schatten

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    Latex gloves. You know... just in case.
     
  8. DesertDawg

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    Uro? Is that you?
     
  9. mseals

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    Never know when you'll need to do an unexpected proctological exam...

    Just sayin'

    :D

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    No condoms?
    No panties?
     
  11. mseals

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    Obviously either a gross oversight, or the list is actually for either a station wagon or Subaru glovebox.

    Mike
     
  12. Highlow

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    My car didn't come with a glovebox. :(
     
  13. GuyIncognito

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    is your boxster a 986? my 996 has no glovebox, I always found that an odd design choice by Porsche.
     
  14. Ski Bum

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    The glovebox in my 458 is so small that it won't even hold the manual. This stuff just isn't going to fit.
     
  15. 2000 456M

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    I'm not sure it would all fit in the glovebox of most 1/2-ton pickups.
     
  16. Highlow

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    Yup.
     
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    Once I got to belkin car charger I realized its for sponsors of some kind. If it weren't then it would just say car charger.
     
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    First time I got a 986, I tried to open airbag lol.
     
  19. DesertDawg

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    Were you successful? :D
     
  20. The Kook Abides

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    Viagra? For the vintage cars.
     
  21. valter

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    No :) Fortunately it was secured pretty well. But once, driven by gut feeling, I ripped off a plate on the back of Mercedes seat thinking that it is a drawer lol
     
  22. toggie

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    Another option to consider is a "flashlight app" for your iPhone or Android phone.
    Most a free apps and use the camera flash feature on the phone as a flashlight.
    Eats up the battery charge on the phone but it does make a nice flashlight when you only need on for a few minutes.

    Here's some info on one for the iPhone:
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight-o/id381471023?mt=8

    Also, I used to carry a small point-and-shoot digital camera in the glovebox before I started using my iPhone camera instead.
    A camera of some type is very helpful if you get into an accident or need to capture some evidence for any other purpose.
    .
     
  23. No Doubt

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    You need a dash cam if you are worried about documenting a potential accident. The article for this thread had one good tip for a smartphone, though: take photos of the insurance/registration documents on your phone and keep them there, just in case.
     
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  25. RacerX_GTO

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    + Definitely

    Anything could happen at anytime. Take a pic. I believe the USA adopt the Russian culture of on-board DVR cameras.
     

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