Where do you guys place the essentials and how?
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Where do you guys place the essentials and how?
For me, I think the essentials would be jumper cables, tools, extra bulbs, work gloves, wheel lock key, napkins / towel, flashlight, and so on. In my Civic, I had this plastic bin with a lid that perfectly covered the entire hatchback area and that was only 4 / 5 inches tall. Now that I have a TL, I want to equip myself with the same items, but I can't figure out the best solution. Some of my friends threw all that stuff in a box and just placed it in the trunk. Unfortunately, you can hear the box moving and crashing into the sides of the trunk when taking turns or during a hard brake. I then thought that using several pieces of velcro to attach the box to a side of the trunk would be a good idea. I can't reuse that bin, because it has cracked from several years of abuse and me throwing heavy objects on top of it. Any thoughts or comments on what you guys have done? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by GreeneggsandHam
under the bottom lid in the trunk next and around the spare tire.
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But how about the real essential? About a half a baggie's worth. I can't find anywhere good to place mine...anybody find a secret spot?!?!?
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Originally Posted by Black-Balled
But how about the real essential? About a half a baggie's worth. I can't find anywhere good to place mine...anybody find a secret spot?!?!?
Lift up the cupholders in the center console. they actually come out and you can put someting you want to hide under there. you can also take out a little clip under the ash tray where you plug in the diagnostic thing.
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Originally Posted by KSuchdeve
Lift up the cupholders in the center console. they actually come out and you can put someting you want to hide under there. you can also take out a little clip under the ash tray where you plug in the diagnostic thing.
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Originally Posted by Black-Balled
But how about the real essential? About a half a baggie's worth. I can't find anywhere good to place mine...anybody find a secret spot?!?!?
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Originally Posted by Black-Balled
But how about the real essential? About a half a baggie's worth. I can't find anywhere good to place mine...anybody find a secret spot?!?!?
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Originally Posted by 03typeStl
The "ashtray", the little tray above the cd player, and arm rest compartment ... dude there are soo many places.
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I was looking for something a tad less obvious...Thanks to alll and party on, Wayne.
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I was looking for something a tad less obvious...Thanks to alll and party on, Wayne.
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before school. i kept nothing in my trunk, i liked it clean.
now i have about 15 huge books and a 50 pound box of craftsman
if you really want a place to hide shit. disable your air bags and remove steering cover and hide it there.
also i place i never knew about until the cops pulled it out is under the rear seats. you can remove those seats easily by hand and alot are under there.
now i have about 15 huge books and a 50 pound box of craftsman
if you really want a place to hide shit. disable your air bags and remove steering cover and hide it there.
also i place i never knew about until the cops pulled it out is under the rear seats. you can remove those seats easily by hand and alot are under there.
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Originally Posted by Black-Balled
But how about the real essential? About a half a baggie's worth. I can't find anywhere good to place mine...anybody find a secret spot?!?!?
I thought this was so funny that I decided to go out to my car and try to find some hiding spots and this is what I came up with:
ok, behind the fuel door(not behind the cap). this may seem stupid, but how many cops actually look here and it's not hard to get to......... unless youre driving of course
How about in the fuse panel in the engine bay. Not sure if it would start a fire, but if it did turn the vent on and enjoy....... then fix car.
And last but not least, the fuse panel in the car...... not sure how to make it work...... maybe a little more obvious...... ok maybe not such a good idea.
whoah...... didn't realize how small the pics would be, sorry for that ..... but we all have the same kinda car so you know what these look lke and where their located...... ok that's enough.
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Originally Posted by BillySacco
So the cops were pokin around under your rear seats WTF.
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You started a thread about this, which was closed, telling you to take it to Car Talk. Now you're trying to hijack this thread. What part of take it to Car Talk don't you understand?
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Originally Posted by vzuptnguyen
yea, which brings me to a question. are cops allowed to search and seize without warrant?
If you dont think I am correct or want to talk further about it, please take it to car talk or watch cops on tv.
And like the other guy said... why were cops looking under your back seats?
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Originally Posted by vzuptnguyen
yea, which brings me to a question. are cops allowed to search and seize without warrant?
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