Do you carry "protection" in your car?

fRostiE · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:02

ive got one of those fireman knife things for cutting seatbelts, not got a pointy end but i guess i could slash someone if i connected and dragged it down on them.

never really thought of using it as a defensive weapon though...

other than that no.

Sirrel Squirrel · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:43

Steering wheel lock shaped like a baseball bat does the trick for me.

Howard · 29 Oct 2007 at 19:50

Gaijin said:
Do you get a lot of sea rage? You know, people cutting you up and raising nasty flags at you?

What do you do? Throw fish fingers at them?

LOL

I don't really have anything readily accessible... I suppose I could dive into my boot and retrieve the wheel-changing utensils and beat someone upside their head should it become necessary :rolleyes:

Locky · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:00

a nice bat with a ball is legal to have in your car, but a bat on its own isnt

so a local bobby told me anyway

BigglesPiP · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:39

GOLF BATS!

agw_01 · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:57

I keep my breaker bar in my car with a 19mm socket on it... handy for undoing those stubborn wheel nuts.

It happens to live down the side of the drivers seat instead of in the boot though.

Locky · 29 Oct 2007 at 20:59

agw_01 said:
I keep my breaker bar in my car with a 19mm socket on it... handy for undoing those stubborn wheel nuts.

It happens to live down the side of the drivers seat instead of in the boot though.

in its propper place then

, funny how they fit in sung there

bobert50 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:03

I've actually got 2 very hefty metal poles in my boot that get used reasonably often (weekly with mates) as goal posts (still have mud/grass stuck in them at the ends) so it'd be easy enough to explain. However, i keep them in for that very reason .."you never know what might happen"..Can't say i'd ever have any intention of using them but its handy to know they're in the back and i'd prefer to have one and not need it than need one and not have one.

sanaxe1 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:10

I have a AXE in the drivers door at all times ..... you never know when you might need it.

Matt82 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:12

an axe? lol i thought i went over kill with the wheel brace

sanaxe1 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:15

Matt82 said:
an axe? lol i thought i went over kill with the wheel brace

This kind of AXE of course, you never know when i might pick up a ladie in my fly 1.5D saxo..: p But this + lighter = weapon.

BigglesPiP · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:16

Why do you all keep a rudimentary weapon inside what is essentially, a really big heavy weapon on wheels.

Matt82 · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:20

:S wouldnt want to damage the car lol

ste_bla · 29 Oct 2007 at 21:32

I have a few hefty shelf brackets in the works van, also de-icer for the eyes!

Jonny ///M · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:03

sormicoft said:
2 guys tried to rob one of our boys a couple of months back. middle of a dodgy estate nobody about type situation, driver hit his panic button and less than a minute later he had half a dozen ned hating taxi drivers at his back but personally in a situation where its money/taxo/wahtever or getting stuck with a knife or needle they can take what they like

Good on them,hope they gave them a good kickin!

Glasgow taxis are fun and very varied....£40 or £25 to go to Hamilton...i know what i chose.

Dont have a car but on my bike(pedally one) i have several tools i my back which was fun trying to explain when i got searched outside my work in regard to a gang of youths stealing satnavs from cars! My mate has a steering lock which he never ever uses but could be used to hurt!

Muffin` · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:04

sormicoft said:
2 guys tried to rob one of our boys a couple of months back. middle of a dodgy estate nobody about type situation, driver hit his panic button and less than a minute later he had half a dozen ned hating taxi drivers at his back but personally in a situation where its money/taxo/wahtever or getting stuck with a knife or needle they can take what they like

Thats better response time then the popo

No one will bother with me, I'm in a car slower then a push bike and worth less then my shirt. So I carry my Monkeh' stuck on the window.

DB_SamX · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:05

De-icer, football/bike wheel pump (foot long), hard plastic goalposts x 4 - 1.7m long each with metal spikes at the end, badminton racket!!

pitchfork · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:10

Morba said:
to think an M5 owner grew from a child like that :/

I know, brilliant aint it.
But what are you trying to say? M5's are limited only to old men with boring lives, people with rich parents and pillar upbringings or drug dealers?

If I hadn't of done some of the stuff I did when I was younger, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Tetsujin · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:17

I used to have a fantastically proportioned and weighted two piece pool cue in my boot, that was warped as hell, and useless as a pool cue. then my car got broken into a year ago and it vanished

Griffo · 29 Oct 2007 at 22:22

Whenever I leave my car in London I first fly to Peru and pick up a rabid monkey, then I come back and stop at a pet shop and buy a great dane. I then get the monkey to bite the dane, thus giving him rabis. I then leave the rabid dog in the front and the rabid monkey in the boot in case they try getting in that way.

One time I opened the boot in Waitrose car park and the rabid monkey jumped out, bit a child and I haven't seen the thing since! Anyway if you see a rabid monkey in west london let me know please.