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I was bored at work today so I began to throw together a list of items that I will be taking with me. Most focus on spares, tools and emergency items, but I am interested to see what others are taking besides beer.
Here is my list so far

Parts
Belts - PS/AC/WP
Rad Hoses - Upper and lower
Oil
ATF
Water/Coolant
fuel line
relays
Wire
Duct Tape
Towels
Hand Cleaner
wire
butt connectors

Tools
Sockets
Wrenches
Screwdrivers
Jack
Tire Iron
Spare
Jumper Cables
Mulitmeter
strippers
crimpers
soldering iron
towel
TP

Here's my inventory. I keep everything in a Rubbermaid Roughneck container, which fits perfectly between the trunk floor and the rear deck. The tools are pretty much contained in my yard bag.

Parts
Belts - PS/AC/WP
All coolant hoses
E30 Heater hose (has all sorts of weird bends)
Oil
Coolant
ATF
Redline MTL
Redline LSD fluid
Distilled Water
Cap
Rotor
Plug Wires
ECU with Miller Chip
Reference/Speed Sensor
Coil
Fuses
Bulbs
Relays (1 main and 2 regular)
Voltage Regulator
Wire harnesses harvested from yard cars
Butt Connectors
Spade Connectors (male and female)
Main Fuel Pump


Tools
Fan Clutch Wrench
1/4" and 3/8" socket set
Wrenches
Screwdrivers
Dikes
Crimpers
Leatherman
Various Pliers
Ford Tire Iron (prybar)
All Factory Supplied Tools
Nitrile Gloves
JB Weld
WD-40
Carb Cleaner
Gaffers Tape
Electrical Tape
Teflon Tape
Simple Green
paper towels
Beach Towel
44oz fountain cup

If you have a Super ETA (not sure if it's the same as an ETA in this specific respect) I would check the upper water pump hose where it's closest to the fan blade. If you have a 533i check the lower hose near the (I think) water pump pulley (you'll need a flashlight). In both cases clearances are tight and it's easy to rub holes in the hoses.

As usual, don't ask me how I know...

Eric Q wrote:If you have a Super ETA (not sure if it's the same as an ETA in this specific respect) I would check the upper water pump hose where it's closest to the fan blade. If you have a 533i check the lower hose near the (I think) water pump pulley (you'll need a flashlight). In both cases clearances are tight and it's easy to rub holes in the hoses.

As usual, don't ask me how I know...

Always bring toilet paper for long trips .

As usual, don't ask me how I know...

For those of you running fancy non-stock wheels, make sure you have a set of lugs that fit your spare.

Man, I didn't pack nearly that much for my 4500 to 6K trips back in when it was the vacation car. And it routinely had to put up with 110+ temps.

It's been done before, but I'll expound and just focus on parts.

Voltage regulator
Fuel pump
Headlight bulb if you're running H4's and not sealed beams
Upper radiator hose if you're really worried, but no need for the lower, it lasts much longer as it has cool water going thru it. And I never even bothered with the upper.
A bit of wire, jumpers, connectors, main relay
ECU if you're worried.
Water
oil
hand cleaner
paper towels
shop rags
small bag of tools

That's about all that's going to stop you. Oh, make sure your're spare has air in it too

The way I look at it is that if the container fits in the car, I might as well fill the container with everything I could possibly need.

wkohler wrote:The way I look at it is that if the container fits in the car, I might as well fill the container with everything I could possibly need.

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wkohler wrote:The way I look at it is that if the container fits in the car, I might as well fill the container with everything I could possibly need.

Obviously you don't have a wife that packs like mine does, because that container wouldn't fit in the car! I even use the space under the spare in the trunk for the spare oil and I've been known to take a pic so I know how to repack it at the end of a trip.

Mike W. wrote: Obviously you don't have a wife...

You could have simply stopped there, my friend.

I think Shawn D. put together a handy little list a few years back too. Thanks for sharing & the reminder to travel prepared!

Oh, also, you can't forget your Bentley.

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Nebraska_e28 wrote:I think Shawn D. put together a handy little list a few years back too.

It's floating around somewhere in the interwebs, but the one item I always emphasize is: OLD belts. How many times have you put on a new belt of the "correct" size and have it not fit? Now consider that frustration on top of being stranded. You know old belts fit, and if you're changing belts when you should, your old ones will have more than a few thousand miles of life left.

wkohler wrote: Gaffers Tape

what do you use gaffers tape for?

Anything. It's 330.8945x better than duct tape.

Great thread?

m-racer wrote:For those of you running fancy non-stock wheels, make sure you have a set of lugs that fit your spare.

In addition, a wrench that fits your lugs, mine are 19's and the standard wrench is a 17.

Check to make sure your caliper mounting bolts are tight!

Don't ask me either... (I think most of you remember )

To keep it all in one place, especially for me.
How about the end of road trip supplies?
Stuff to clean your car.

Tarp
Fix-a-flat
Tire plugs
Tire air compressor
Gasket material
Gasket sealer

Big Bronze Rim wrote: Parts
Duct Tape

All you need..

Oh, and WD-40

i like the lists but instead of duct tape id use gorilla tape

johnnye23 wrote:Always bring toilet paper for long trips .

As usual, don't ask me how I know...

That's only if you are leaving from Tedfest after the Chilli cookoff! 4/70 A/C works well also.