Miata Mailing List: January 1995, Message #26
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   From: HOBBS_JEANNIE/HP4200_42@opnmail3.corp.hp.com
Subject: What do you carry in your glove compartment?
   Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 02:49:10 -0500

Jaime,

Depending on where and how you drive, I'd suggest a few things.
I drive in the Santa Cruz Mountains on a two-lane 60+ mph road
(Highway 9), so I carry an emergency kit in a gym bag in the
trunk which contains:

Ground sheet for changing tires or wrapping around a shock victim
Flares (I try to keep 3 in there)
Emergency first-aid kit
Crackers-and-cheese and jerky
Pint container of water
Scary spotlight (200W, I think) that plugs into the cig lighter
Roll of paper towels

Believe it or not, the gym bag squashes down by the spare tire so
it nicely fills the "well" and evens out the floor of the trunk.
I've put a layer of newspaper and then plastic under the bag so
if my trunk gets wet (still does, mysteriously, after heavy rains
but not after washings) the bag stays dry.

Otherwise I've got about the same collection of stuff throughout
the car that you do, plus some stuff for my 4-yr-old daughter (books,
coloring book + crayons, hat, light blanket, snack container).
Also a tiny flashlight that fits into the finger-hold on the arm rest
so I can peer into the mailbox to see if I've got all my mail (and no
spiders).

Whew, got more involved than I intended!  Sorry for the novel....

Jeannie Hobbs
Boulder Creek, California, USA, planet Earth

P.S.  Yes, Mike, the 5th anniversary book is TERRIFIC!!