What's the stuff in your car say about you?

[PaulaSue]

Besides the usual of 4 sets of sunglasses, 3 kinds of sun lotion, anti-bac soap, baby wipes, gum, first aid kit and air freshner. I have a bag full of ressie/grocery/store coupons, re-usable bags and weekly ads so when I run out I always have them.

In the back is a blanket, and car items everyone has. Plus I have a tote in the back full of workbooks/coloring books/markers/pencils and also snacks and drinks for the girls. We go home a lot and sometimes on short notice so they always have something to do for the long ride.

 

[MoniqueU]

Well I am technically a passenger in my own car now but it says that my mom and kids are hopeless pigs!!! This is the first car in years we have had with none leather seats and it is nasty!!! I don't see how they will ever come clean. My youngest is 11 so I don't know where the mess is coming from. We downsized the car from one I loved when gas got so high and so I am still a bit bitter over the car, it was not my choice so I call it my moms car because she likes it, I don't.

 

[stitch1986]

I cleaned out my car last week but right now I got 2 stethoscopes, ipod connecter, on my rearview window i got beads tassel and NBC dice, i have my garagedoor opener, inside my armrest compartment i have a old popcorn bag from one of our office open house, and reciept and in the back seat I have a sunvisor

 

[shellybaxter]

The stuff in my car basically says I have a convertable and can't keep much in my car - LOL
CDs in the console
Sunglasses
Hair Clip

Thats about it

 

[Swimnoid]

I just cleaned it out yesterday or I could have said lots of fast food trash from driving back and forth to a swim meet last weekend and a bunch of water bottles.

now.....
a box of stuff for the car like ice scraper, gloves, trash bags, maps, bungee cords, paper towels, mini umbrella

a m & m tube of quarters but I think its empty

a neck pillow

some cds

my swim meet bag, swim caps

my daughters birkenstocks

a bag of her laundry

a sweatshirt

a pen and a sticky note pad

sunglasses

a box of raffle tickets....anybody want one?

 

[resol37]

Front
3 empty Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper cans
Gym bag
Book lent to me by my not-a-boyfriend

Back
Cardboard box full of random junk
Plastic crate full of empty cd cases
Pair of shoes that don't fit that need to be returned to Old Navy
Dress that needs to be returned to Target

The back pretty much says that I still haven't unpacked all of my stuff from my last move. Which was the beginning of March. I won't go into all the stuff that's in my trunk.

 

[quasar4legs]

My car is filled with junk, all of it useful.

1) Cd's of symphonic metal music ( my son's)
2) A very comprehensive first aid kit.
3) A selection of umbrellas
4) My Pilates gear
5) At least 6 books so I have a good selection at any time.
6) Numerous copies of Scientific American and New Scientist.
7) Tissues
8) Spare coin for parking, tolls etc
9) A street directory
10) A lara bar in case of a snack attack.
11) Sunblock
12) Picnic blanket
13) Small esky in case I buy fish
14) Spare socks for my son
15) Hand sanitizer
16) A letter I forgot to post (thanks for reminding me OP)
17) A good supply of dirt, leaves etc.

Cheers
Trish

 

[pezheadmeg]

This is fun.

Trunk:

• Package of oversized bubble mailers, I sold a larger text book and couldn't buy a single one at Office Max on my way to the post office
• A pink cowboy hat (it needs to go into my office--don't ask)
• The sunscreen that I never really use
• The emergency pack bag
• A rubbermaid canister--empty.

Back-seat--I drive a 2 door hatchback. Getting into the backseat can be an adventure.

• Two reusable shopping bags which I never take into the stores
• The garbage can (it's tied to the center console)

Glove-compartment

• pair of work gloves
• regristration, manual, et. al
• local atlas
• 2 sharpies
• Package of post-its

Center Console

• Baby wipes
• First Aide Kit
• Dunkin Donuts gift card set on auto-refill.
• 3 straws.

Hidden Compartments

• 6 Cd's
• Spare pair of sunglassess--with my old prescription, so I can't see quite well when I wear them
• Emergency $20 (I'm not supposed to know about that)

I had no clue how much all that interior storage could actually hold when I bought the car. The driver's side door becomes the garbage collection point despite the garbage can. But I'm good at bagging it up at least twice a week and trashing it. Granted it helps that I can only get into the building at certain time frames, so if I'm early, I can clean out the car.

 

[luvdzne]

My front seat has a magazine, water bottle, wipes, tissues, and lots of dog hair. The back seat I won't even look at because it is full of empty wrappers and crap my kids can't seem to take out and throw away. That reminds me, they will be cleaning out the car later today!

 

[java]

In the trunk right now

A bag of clothes that I am passing down to a neighbor.

my "green" shopping bags

my daughter's boards for TaeKwondo(about 20 of them)

Pail and shovel - you never know when you're going to find sand!

plastic picnic table cloth. Again never know when the urge for a picnic will strike it's my boyscout item *Be Prepared!

A target bag full of "surprises" for our drive down to Florida next week.

A floatation vest and some goggles.

a case of bottled water

What's funny is this is my "summer trunk"
Winter trunk is very different

 

[dizluvah]

Front seat/Glove box
Assorted McDonald's bags/straw wrappers
Diet Coke Cans
Sam's Club soda cup
Cel phone charger
loose change/gas receipts
Stacks & Stacks of napkins (ever notice you either get no napkins or a huge pile of napkins at the drive-thru)
Pens, post-its - old insurance cards, owners manual, registration
Damaged X & O bracelet (has been there for years) that I expected to get repaired at the jewelry store
Junk mail from a few days ago on passenger seat

pocket behind front seats-
rope (I think for tying Christmas tree to roof rack)
Bag of assorted Disney patches (I bought at Walmart 1 day and have never touched again)
Open quart of oil in a plastic bag (EEEWWW)
Assorted tools/fuses

Backseat
More soda cans
Coupon for Bed Bath/Beyond
Glucose Tabs (in backseat cup holder)
Tissue Box

What is says about me: I eat way too much McDonald's, I am addicted to Diet Coke, I procrastinate (see bracelet description), I'm diabetic, and I'm not very good about cleaning out the 4 Runner.

This thread has been fun to read!

 

[SplashMtnCrew]

Let's see, I just cleaned out the inside and vacuumed it yesterday...

all the proper paperwork of course
sunglasses
2 cell phone chargers
1 DS charger
hairbrush
notepad and pen
cd case
3 flashlights
map of U.S
umbrella
blanket
reusable shopping bags
antibacterial hand washcloths
sirius station guide, actually 2 of those
PofC notebook
a Disney flag
a stuffed black bear in honor of the WL and Brother Bear, his name is Beaver because DH loves both and everytime he gets in the elevator at WL DH says to those beavers carved into the railing at the back of the elevator "Your an awfully big beaver, eh!

 

[airhead]

Dog. Everything in my van says dog,dog shows and dog activities.Crates,leashes,soft crates.folding chair,utility bag,backpack(filled with MORE dog stuff!),tracking equipment,and let's not forget those
ribbons we win!!!!!

 

[lecach]

My car says that I am a Mom and that I don't care about my car. Because I dont - I hate it.

Besides the inch of dust all over the dashboard I have four different bags of things to return to stores (Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, Childrens Place), coupons for restaurants, etc.

I have sucker sticks, toys, books, etc all over the backseat (along with the car seat).

In the trunk I have 3 chairs left there from the outdoor movie we went to see last week, an umbrella stroller that my DS hasnt used or needed in a year, a dozen reusable shopping bags, paper towels, diapers (son hasnt used those in YEARS).

 

[SC Minnie]

I am not sure what mine says about me.

In the front seat I have a plastic cup from a local pub from St Patricks day in the cup holder. In the cup I have a pair of sunglasses. In another little compartment I have 2 more pair fo sunglasses and DD has 1 pair.

In the back seat I have 2 small towels folded up on the floorboard (I have a convertible and sit on the towels in the summer if the top has been down in the sun and I have shorts on). I also have a hard hat and safety glasses and a Target bag with some things I need to return.

 

[Sorsha]

My car says two things about me: KIDS and SLOB!

I have the normal car stuff: tool kit, jumper cables, lug nut wrench, car jack, insurance and title paperwork, an emergency tire repair kit, a booster seat for the 5 year old, and an old blanket.

Beyond that, I have:

A smallish net bag (the kind you can buy to wash your unmentionables in) filled with an assortment of Happy Meal toys. That way, the crap doesn't come in the house, and the kids have things to play with in the car. Zips up conveniently to keep the toys all in one spot. UH-HUH RIIIIGHT.

Unfortunately, the toys usually don't get put back IN the bag, so there are random Plastic Pieces of Crap strewn about the car.

Kids ate lunch in the car the other day so there are chicken nugget boxes and empty cups on the floor that no one took out.

I have a stash of extra straws and clean napkins.

I have a portable DVD player... the kind with two screens that attach to the back of the seats. Unfortunately, the power cord broke and has not been replaced yet so the darn thing is useless.

I think there are some papers from the end of school (mommy, look how well I made these U's!) stuffed under the seats.

The visors are un-usable due to the fact that I stuff all my paperwork up there. I have bills (note to self: must be paid), paperwork related to our new house, recipes shared by friends, you name it...

The console between the front seats holds an assortment of junk as well: cassettes I haven't listened to in a long time (I think most of them are still from Christmas... A Fresh Aire Christmas in June anyone? Mormon Tabernacle Choir does Handel's Messiah? no?? Party poopers...), a pen, some loose change, a couple of suckers from the bank drive-thru, an ink cartridge that I have to take to the refill place, some old receipts, etc.

Finally, on my floors, playground gravel. A LOT of it. The kids' playground at school is done completely in tiny little pea gravel. Every day after school they would get in the car and say "I have rocks in my shoes" and proceed to dump the gravel all ove the floor. I asked them not to. I begged them not to. I ORDERED them not to. Mysteriously, still, there it is. I really need to take the van to be washed/vacuumed and I am afraid that when I do, all the gravel will kill the vacuum machines.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I want the car to be clean and smell good. (Fruity scented cleaners, paper towels, windex and air fresheners.)

I like Jimmy Buffett a lot. (Lots of CDs.)

I'm prepared for emergencies. (All that crap, flares, a lighter, medical stuff.)

I frequently haul around a toddler. (Baby seat and sometimes the little paper the day care gives her.)

I will never be lost for long. (Garmin and maps galore.)

I like Mickey Mouse. (antenna toppers)

The car is legal. (registration)

I have insurance. (card)

I'm a nurse and work at X place, on Y floor. (I keep my ID in the car.)

I like Diet Pepsi. (Regular, Cherry, Max...I play the Diet Pepsi field.)

I never realized how much you could learn about a person from their car contents, lol.

 

[PatsGirl]

That I am a complete slob Far from the truth and I'm often worried that people will think my home and office look like my car, lol. I have no explanation or excuse, it is what it is, messy and dirty!

 

[paintnolish]

Well, we were at a party the other weekend and were talking to a couple and the subject turned to WDW. The guy looked and me and said, "Oh, is that your car that looks like Disney threw up on it?" Yep. Magnet, family window stickers, all kinds of plush in the back window. It is pretty obnoxious, really, but I love it! As far as the contents, it is relativly neat, but you will always find crumbs or wrappers when you lift up the kids' booster seats!

 

[Jsme]

I keep my car pretty clean.

I have an umbrella and a couple of the reusable bags so when I do any shopping they are handy. I also have a couple pairs of sunglasses. One pair is in the sunglass storage area and the other is in the storage area under my stereo system. In my armrest storage I have gloves, a tampon (lol) I think my daugher put it there, a note pad and pen and tissues.

In my glove compartment I have my car manuel and my regristration.

I have a car coaster in the drink holder.

I forgot to add I have 2 chairs in my trunk. We are invited to a lot of outdoor parties during the spring, summer and fall so I keep them in there during those 3 seasons. Winter they come out.

I guess this might say I am a bit organized since nothing is really out of place. Maybe prepared too??? lol Would that be a bit OCD?