When I lived in a state that required annual inspections all we got was a window sticker. I didn’t realize actual inspection certificates that one could put in a glove box were a thing.
We get the window stickers, too; they’re really all anyone cares about. I’m not aware of any requirement to keep the certificate on hand (it might say something like “keep in vehicle,” but I’ve never heard of anyone being asked for it), but whoever does the inspection always gives me one – unrequested – and I figure it can’t hurt to just keep it in the glove box.
It’s better than “complartment”…
I think it’s been a while since I’ve had a vehicle owners manual that would fit inside a glove box. Mine is under my seat.
I’m one of the few, maybe the only, that clicked on food/drinks. I’m assuming gum and mints count as food.
My glove box also contains a tire pressure gauge (oops, maybe that’s a tool) and a small pack of wet wipes.
mmm
Mine is on the internet. It’s got to be at least a decade since I opened up an owners manual
Sure, you can count that as food.
Yeah, I’d count that as a tool. (My tire pressure gauge is in the arm rest storage compartment.)
My 2019 car did come with a paper owner’s manual. I’ve never touched it, but it is still there, in the glove box. It’s also in the Mazda app on my phone, which is where I go if I need to consult the manual for something.
Come to think of it, my old '09 Corolla didn’t come with one, but I bought it used, so I assumed it was just lost but did have one originally. The dealer said I could order one for $50 if I really wanted one. I didn’t, and I never really missed it.
On the Tesla Model X, it’s on the screen.
It’s like a disease, son.
I downloaded mine as a pdf, but the vehicle herself actually came with a dead tree version. And it tells me that I need to read the whole section on “ProPilot” before I activate the smart cruise control. Inga (my vehicle) has a shitload of features, and I, being a luddite, have disabled a large fraction of them (the two I hated the most are the courtesy seat, which slides back to facilitate entry, and HUD, which puts useless information right in my field of view) – I wanted to try owning a brand new car for once in my life, and while it is not exactly the suck, it has kind of been a struggle.
Not if you have to change a tire or something.
Actually, it’s easier to call AAA without gloves on than with.
Very good. 
I keep a pair of light gloves in my jacket’s inner pocket, and another in my coat’s.
And I drive an old enough (2007) car that it has a full printed owner’s manual (in said glove box), although so does the brand new 2024 Toyota PHEV, so… 
My glove box has license and registration, 2-3 pencils/pens (which I was surprised to not see listed), a spare set of cheaaaaap sunglasses, a microfiber micro towel to clean sunglasses, and a small rechargeable flashlight.
My car did not come with a spare tire. It came with slime and a pump, which might be enough to get me to a tire repair shop. There is a large space under the rear deck that I could probably put a full-size spare into (and I expect to do so, along with a wrench and jack), but my vehicle was not made for DIY types.
Yeah, the full sized spare is going the way of the dodo, sadly, except on off road vehicles. But one of those “donut” temp spares weighs less and takes less room.
I don’t keep anything in the pickup truck bed, and there’s no other cargo area. I clicked “other” because, technically, there’s some snow and dead leaves there, but I’m not really planning on using either.
Even donuts are going the way of the dodo. Stupid decision but it both saves them money & weight which brings up Cafe about .01 MPG
Even the car that has more storage has some storage
I linked this a while back in a different thread:
How Many Cars Still Have a Spare Tire?
Since 2020, about 10 percent of the cars tested by Consumer Reports have come with a full-sized spare. Just under 50 percent have come with a temporary (aka space-saver) spare tire, and the rest have been equipped with a sealant kit or a run-flat tire, or nothing at all.
Simply put, based on our test fleet, about 40 percent of new cars today don’t come with a spare tire, though they might also be equipped with a compressor and sealant kit to temporarily fix a flat tire. Some cars without a spare come with a run-flat tire, which is designed to operate for a limited distance after losing air from a typical puncture.
my vehicle does not get any mpg
My Jaguar came with a full-size spare, but there’s literally nowhere to put it. It could sit in the cargo area, taking up all the room I guess. (it’s in my garage, wasting space there). On the other hand, I got great roadside assistance included so I can call for help if I ever get a flat.
I’m not stockpiling anything. Should I?