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The idea for this thread occured when in the car park this morning with a work collegue who asked why I have;
A chainsaw
98 wine glasses
The Guiness book of records
20 rugby balls
All in the boot of my car
What is in you car "just hanging around" that might prowoke a need for an explanation?
[i]A chainsaw
98 wine glasses
The Guiness book of records
20 rugby balls[/i]
I hope your explanation was a good one that's classic serial killer material there!
A sheep.
That's some niche juggling act that you've got going on there.
deer skull
polystyrene freezer box
aldi garden saw
cammo netting
painkillers
A packet of Tangfastics which to my certain knowledge, have been through the washing machine at least twice and the contents of which is now just one big fizzy glutinous lump.
A sort of megatangsoapfastic.
I actually ate a lump of it the other night.
Fifteen hundred profiteroles and a 2 gallons of chocolate sauce.
Dinosaurs
*searches nealglovers posting history for vehicle details and location
A wheel jig.
broken bluray player. dog hair. ball thrower and ball. dog lead.
Dinosaurs
not as out of place as the things under your bonnet though Molgrips!
I was going to post 'waterlogged trailer control module' but I pulled that out ages ago.
A shopping bag / trolley thing and 2 ikea bags full of toy babies
last week i had most of the interior decor of rustymacs house in mine 😀
this week i have a 2 tonne sling , a shovel , some shackles and a tarp - and an old steering rack rod end.
Eight blank magazines (5.56mm), a portable dog water bowl and a sleeping bag.
The contents of the front passenger footwell can best be described as "Litter bin".
2 kites...
Many dried leaves [Applewood, usually, before you ask 😉 ]
Lots of dog hair
Dog water bowl
Debris from bushes that went to the tip last weekend
and under the boot floor.. high vis, tools, first aid kit etc.
J
Eight blank magazines
You want to get a refund on those.
All mine have got words and pictures and stuff in. 🙂
I've had a set of road mudguards in the void under the boot floor for about six months, and a fold up dog bowl (which leaks)
A body
£100'ish in coins
Two curtains
Safety kit, full face respirator, huuuuge bolt croppers, demolition saw, kevlar gloves, exiting microbiological solutions, pots of bits of person, a fat bike, riding kit and some firewood. Oh and large grey chest with secret testing stuff in that weighs about as much as average adult male chimpanzee
I have a wedding dress in my boot!
2 off - Sheet of cardboard to protect the boot liner from the bikes.
1 off - Old footwell mat to protect the bikes from each other and to stand on whilst changing out of muddy kit.
1 off - Haribo (open and covered in grit and fluff).
10 off - Tesco "Bags for Life".
1 off - Pair of baggies.
1 off - Long sleeve cycling top.
87 off - Toes of my victims.
A kite, a beach cricket set and and an Avid bleed kit
A yoga mat and a poncho.
a victim
It's not exactly [i]unusual[/i], the stuff in my boot... it's just that occasionally it puts people off taking a lift when they see the rope, the shovel, the tarp, and the roll of old carpet.
Harry, can I have the toes please..I may have a use for them. Would you swap them for some fruit salad and black jack chews?
Harry, can I have the toes please..I may have a use for them. Would you swap them for some fruit salad and black jack chews?
No. I'm making soup with them.
I drove round with a brand new huge Axe in the boot for a month that I'd forgotten about (thanks STW'er Skiprat).
Then I realised what IF I'm pulled 'so anything offensive in your car sir'.
Erm.
A net bag containing some rugby balls, some sports bibs and some cones.
A track pump.
Several plastic containers smeared with blackberry juice.
A dozen or more nitryl gloves.
Alcohol hand cleanser.
A small, very sharp knife.
Tufts of what appears to be rabbit fur.
A large pack of grime wipes.
Various cable ties.
Some partridge feathers.
Several empty .22 cases and a couple of spent 20 bore cartridges.
A copy of Benj Howarths West Yorks MTB route guide.
A bottle of Skin So Soft and some Autan with Deet.
Some blood stained matting.
A single cycling mitt. (Left)
Jump leads.
A Nite Force lamp.
A pair of Raybans (refugees from the 90s.... Square Metals)
trolley jack, 3 ft 1/2" breaker bar and 17mm socket, jump leads, triangle, tow rope, oil, water, radweld, bulbs, wd40, blocks of wood for jack, ratchet straps, sprodgers (the elasticated things with hooks both ends for stopping bikes flapping about), plank (for motorbike) waterproof jacket, spare brake pads, spare glow plugs, a set of britool ratcheting spanners, some plastigauge, track pump, hi vis jacket.
@Jamie, was your car made by communist midlanders in the late 1970s?
Currently there's 4 audi 16"x7 alloys rattling around the 500's boot.
Mate of mine has his step dads ashes.... Been there for about 12 month.
Not really interesting but definitely rank.
A big lump of cheese from a bike trip 4 weeks ago (must remove that soon)
A packet of ham from same bike trip (daren't open it)
2 Part baked baguettes
A bed sheet
A bivvy bag
An archive box lid (useful to stop annoying rattles against the windows from handlebars)
The missus got in the car last night and suggested that a valet deal on groupon might be a good idea, she hasn't seen my desk...
Good friend of mine (female) uses the "what's in your boot" question at speed dating events (she's into that kind of thing). Replies will quickly sort the wheat from the chaff. Set of golf clubs - get lost. Muddy wellies/bike/dog/boots and you're in there!
In the Beetle there is:
A sewing machine
A hockey stick
A book - The Cobra in the Barn
A CD - The Joshua Tree
A tin of shortbread
I am not even going to look in the Syncro!
In actual fact, there was a toy dinosaur in there for a while, now there is just a shitload of bags for life of all kinds. Enough to carry about ten trolleys worth of shopping, and way more than the car could carry if they were full.
Other than that it's just oil, screenwash, spare bulbs, that kind of thing.
Some French sweets that were so vile even the kids wouldn't eat them
A pair of nearly new hiking boots that don't fit anyone in my family (size 3)
A 'Count Arthur Strong' CD
A Nokia phone charger (I don't know anyone with a Nokia)
A BMW 325i M50 inlet manifold and throttle body (I drive a SEAT)
I've been pulled over for an emissions test and the police have asked if they can have a quick look in the back of the van - I had a burnt corpse and severed head in a box.
I have 3 absolutely massive marrows.
..and a shovel.
True!
Mrstomhoward.
I'm joking of course! She isn't my wife yet. Or concious.
Maccruiskeen - please elaborate 😯
I have a valentine card that I bought for my wife last year and promptly lost. She didn't believe me and I just found it a few weeks ago.
2 rugs.
A barbeque.
Pair of hiking boots.
A towel.
2 sets of crown green bowls.
Some lego.
About 500 unoped letters, all addressed to me.
A Nintendo DS complete with half a dozen games.
A toffee hammer.
In the boot of my car? Errr, no idea, not been in it for ages. Now if you'd asked what's in my panniers...
Maccruiskeen - please elaborate
Thats what the copper said 🙂
The burnt corpse was being used as part of a theatre performance and had to be set alight during each show so had a fabricated steel skeleton and was and wrapped in glass fibre cloth so that it could be burned without being burnt up if that makes sense. The orginal prop maker had copied a medical skelton but the one he copied was standing so it looked funny lying down. My job was to break all its limbs and re-weld so it lay on the floor more naturally. The box was something I'd been asked to pick up on the way so I was as surprised as the police were when I opened it 🙂
A human turd that my dog has just vomited up.
A human turd that my dog has just vomited up
Winner.
A rolled up carpet containing a .... Err ... Actually...
Nevermind
One clean walking sock- inside out. Nothing else.
A kitbag full of ice hockey kit.
A gym bag with 25 hockey pucks.
A set of Us woodland goretex jacket/trousers
Assorted bungees
An MRE (cant remember what menu now)
An old pair of skates
A Pair of merrell sawtooth boots
A folding Siskars pruning saw
A cheapish orange handled spade.
Yep my wife likes nothing more than taking my car to do the shopping only to find there's no room in the boot.
A massive muddy dust sheet. Some spare bulbs in a broken plastic box with most of the bulbs missing. Half a 2l bottle of water. Not much really.
Just off the top of my head, a big Ikea carry bag with a waterproof dayglo and reflective jacket just in case, a 5ltr plastic chemical bottle full of screen wash, (the Octy takes 5 litres at a time), a blanket, and a couple of those big blanket things that removals people use to protect stuff, to cover the boot area when carrying a bike, a new Aldi sleeping bag in its bag, a couple of walking sticks I've made, for when I'm out walking on slippy ground, my Muckboots, an electric air pump for air mattresses, and a little case thing with spare bulbs, fuses, a few tools, and a nine-ton orange webbing tow-rope. Just in case, had it for years, not needed it yet.
6 house bricks, a mattock , a trench spade and my laptop..... (best go and get it!!!)
Roll of bin bags, gaffa tape, bunjee straps and an ice scraper
24 tonnes of frozen chicken?
Tool bag.
Bucket with 5 tonne bottle jack, 2 large Stilson Pipe Wrenches, hammer and Stanley Knife.
Box with coats, gloves, jump leads, bottle of windscreen wash fluid, radiator coolant, Renault Kangoo jack, (from van now sold) etc.
Lots of Bungie straps
Bike rack
Genesis Day One
16" Petrol powered Whacker Plate.
A dead badger with a cub scout cap on it's head. Someone on here that witnessed it might be along shortly.
Approx 15 wooden coat hangers
Tartan blanket
Broken child's cup
Brand new Osprey pack that has been there about 3 months
Various coats
A brolly
A spare wheel
A polystyrene thing with all the holes in for the tools but no tools
Dust
'One clean walking sock - inside out'
Typo!
Cleaning Agent
Rope
Bin Liners
Half Shovel
Torch
Zip ties
Plus a compressor, screwdriver, spanner.
Bag of PPE, a fleece and a track pump - I win most boring 🙂 but it is a BMW !!
^^ Nice and tidy though..
Plenty of quick release straps, some plastic sheeting and a knife. Really.
I also have some eye protection goggles, rubber gloves and a couple of throw away overalls.
All the modern day serial killer needs. Or industrial site visitor.
Yep, bag of PPE also. Hard hat, toecapped boots, waterproofs
Not as strange as some, but I'm probably the only one here with 2 unicycles in my boot. If inside the front counts for stuff which doesn't fit in the boot, then a wing kayak paddle too.
Track Pump, Bike Rack, Hiking Boots, SportsDirect bag with FF helmet, SportsDirect Bag with 2 pairs of trainers for riding plus knee pads.
Small rucksack, shopping bag, 4 inner tubes various sizes, lightboard for bike rack. Sleeping bag, Thermarest mat Oh and a Bag Hide. 😀
Tow rope,
Shovel,
Duct tape,
Tarpaulin,
Spare gloves,
Carrier bags,
Old inner tubes,
Five ten,
Over the years we have found various things in customers boots while checking spare tyres etc
Complete embalming kit
Bee keeping equipment, hood/smoke pump etc
Gay porn mags, customer was a family man.
24 inch double ender
Boot full to top with empty red bull cans, it was a golf the guy had taken out luggage shelf and just threw the empty cans over his shoulder when finished
It is amazing the amount of general junk people carry in their boot year round
sometimes I find a can of baked beans or something else left from the food shop which is handy.
Used to have an old Landy with corn growing in the back.
.
Leaked a bit so carpet was damp, spilt a bag of chicken feed, noticed some sprouting and left it to see how big it would get. About 3".
.
I have moss growing on the sliding door runner of my current van.