Agree on declutter = pretty. But have been in cars before w/o that *one thing I took out* and needed it. Tiny curse raincloud following just me around, I guess... My old-school 5 x D-cell Maglite / bat from what, 1997? Still with me... and battery cap's a chamfered flat -- guess with all the 'tacticool' crap selling these days, Maglite decided on a small-investment mod for way more appeal commuting -- esp if your commute involves black ice and crossing water Re: some of Hammer's reccies -- totally forgot about my digital 100-psi JACO gauge (#1 on ProjectFarm) and OBD2 reader / app. Haven't had to use the reader for the XW60 but tbh don't see a lot of utility unless something's malfing enough to be noticed. Nice to know it's there when that happens, tho... but imo it's more for deeper modders who'll need the data. The JACO's been pretty much flawless, except for one thing: on at least my Toyota's valve stem threads, a riser of some kind on the inside of the JACO's chuck catches the brass threads, preventing you from pulling it off the stem immediately. Pressure leaks out for a split second too long, so the pressure when you finally get it off, isn't the same as you measured. With the digital JACO and its hose and relief valve, all you should need to do is overinflate, then bleed the pressure on each tire down to your spec with the JACO -- this lessens time inflating by a lot, especially if your pressure comes from a vending station that charges $2 for 5 mins of pump. Old tech trick... Besides the spare tire mod, am really interested in this one, as like to park very close to my passenger-side wall, and a motorised mirror would make this easier. Will do some reading Oddly enough, no one will ship the super-cap power pack I want (Autowit 800A) to even though it's not a Li battery, it's a cap. Despite, still falls under Li-ion air freight restrictions, apparently. Not enough we have the Matson Tax of 30% on everything, plus 30% COVID Tax -- we can't even get decent jump packs if our 90F summers kill 12V batteries like flies You know, have had nothing but good exps with those simple push-thru-w/-glue-then-trim cylindrical white rubber plugs, on both my Paseo (had one tire with two in the tread I ran for years to the wear bars) and in moto treads -- which if you don't know what you're doing is far more likely to kill / maim you vs. just strand. So if I run out of Dynaplugs on the road (if/when I move back to the mainland, and roadtrip again)... good to know every hardware store in BF, Egypt'll stock something like that, which I can vouch for. Tbh, know for a fact those chintzy sticky rope plugs kits work astonishingly well at least on moto tires, and to boot the kits are easily stowable under the seat of a sportbike... real-estate which is shrinking with every human generation, apparently (thus the rise of tank and tail bags). But on a car -- esp one that's 3200 lbs vs. 500 on very similar 190-195/60R17 tires... I wanted something w/ a bit more redundancy (the barbed tip)... and Dynaplugs seem a bit less faff than the white glued push plugs to install, by enough for me (plus don't seem to need as much enlarging of the hole w/ a rasp, to work). Am aware patch-plugs installed with the tire off the wheel, are the only sane repair if you want to retain the most of your speed rating... but for limping to a tire shop or dealership, fits the bill and takes up minimal space. Thanks for the reccie -- The one non-intuitive, non-routine addon or car stuff I've used most historically tho, is the Gerber multitool (MP600). Doesn't pinch like early military models anymore, and have used to do everything from cutting a seatbelt in a flipped car to a cooking utensil to digging out a whoor of a 20mm metal shard from my hand. Used to be a Victorinox Swiss Champ but those of course have toy pliers... the Gerber's full size in comparison being a massive multiplier (I'm here all week) used side-by-side... stuck on the shoulder in the middle of nowhere, or coming up on your buddy and their bike who'd crashed on wet leaves (the bane of backroad mountain twisties in the PNW, effing oak leaves that decompose like they're made by Ziploc). If you have enough room in the console for a Snickers, you can tote an MP600.
