How to Build Your Own Car Kit

!±8± How to Build Your Own Car Kit

There are a lot of assembled car kits on the market. You will find one in any Wal-Mart, Target, or auto supply store, but this is a kit that you can assemble for yourself. Costs will vary because of the price of each item. Here are a few things to consider for your kit:

Car jack - look yours over, is it sturdy enough to safely do the job it's needed for?

Fuses - pick up a box of assorted fuses with varied amps.

Bungee cords - three or four about of various lengths.

Roadside flares - every car owner needs these, a few triangles that are very visible.

Paper towels, A first aid kit, clear painter's tarp, a few thermal blankets.

Mosquito spray, sealed snacks (protein bars, crackers/peanut butter, tuna packs.

Tire puncture kit for emergency flats, a portable air compressor, tire gauge.

Bottled water, a book, put a little money (bills and coins) inside a plastic bag, put a few match books in too.

Flashlight with spare batteries,

Jumper cables - to use on your car or help out a stranded motorist.

Tools - pliers, screwdriver set, small socket set.

Small shovel, campers have folding shovels, cat litter for traction, tire chains (know how to put them on if you ever need to).

Spare tire! Do you have one?

Of course, you can over do anything - but there is nothing worse than getting into a situation that calls for just the basics, and most of us don't even have them. Most of us don't have a spare key hidden on the outside of our car.

One item that makes a whole lot of sense and most of us just blow it off, is a portable battery charger - if it's late at night and the car won't start, you would have to stop a stranger and that's usually a real bad decision - if you have your own charger, you don't anybody's help.

And the most important thing would be your cell phone AND a written list of emergency numbers and family or close friend numbers. How many times has your cell phone died, you have to call someone for help or information, but the numbers are in the dead phone. That's probably the most helpless feeling in the world. Because we depend on our cells, we just don't remember phone numbers like we used to.