One empty chocolate malt cup, 4 dimes and 3 pennies lodged between the driver’s seat and the console, today’s paper, a molded over coke in the back cup holder, my 12 year old’s baseball mitt in the back seat, some sort of squashed bug under the steering wheel, my hemmoroid pillow in the drivers seat ( I used it once and got use to it so I keep in there,) several car sents in the shape of pine trees that have lost their odor scattered around under the passenger’s seat, some bubble gum and suckers given to my son at the bank yesterday and an empty fed-ex box.
There you go. I hope this provides a small insight into my disorderly life therefore allowing you to get to know me better. ::rolleyes::
If you have time please tell me what’s loose in your car which might provide a small insight into your life…or not.
IN the back seat is my son’s h/s graduation gown, and several momentos from that, some empty pop bottles (about 4), lots of papers, a book, some bills. But the trunk’s more interesting.
In there is a bag of jars for my mustard season, an empty box, a bag or two of odd little plastic toys like finger puppets and about 10 whoopee cushions.
In my back seat are several of my husband’s hats that our grandson considers his own, even though they are about a bzillion times too big for his little 3 1/2 year old head, an Avon backseat car tray, a car seat with Juicy Fruit gum wrappers in the cup holder, lots of pennies on the floor, several Matchbox cars, 2 replica Chevy trucks, a lightweight baby blanket, 2 umbrellas and various and sundry “Bad Guys” (as my grandson calls all male action figures).
And I thought this would improve once the kids were grown and gone… riiiiight!
err… a generally even covering of junk mail over all surfaces (protects the carpet and upholstery, don’tcha know) along with far too many fast food napkins (clean) and juice boxes (empty) and assorted laundry items whose presense in the car is a mystery. Two bags of kitty litter that we keep forgetting to bring in, some parts to a desktop fountain that have been in there since we moved last summer, assorted toys, miscellaneous “parts” to things that have long since been forgotten… cans and cups from beverages possibly consumed last century… cassettes and cassette cases (never actually together, mind you. That would be too organized)… about $80 worth of change, as a rough estimate. Sticky straws, a plastic American flag, part of a keychain, a plastic cup full of Chuck E Cheese tokens, a glove compartment full of Chuck E Cheese tickets, assorted flyers and handouts brought home from Dominic’s school last year… and a lot of other stuff that I can’t remember.
There is a guy sleeping in the trunk of my car next to the empty land’s end box, an empty popcorn container from the theater (that says 25 cent refills on it – I keep promising to take it back to the theater and demand my refill), a fishing rod.
Inside the car is a junk mail and catalogs from April, but not May, June, or July… in the back seat. The container for the handsfree headset (in case I want to return it to Target) is under the passenger seat. It’s dark out right now too, so there are probably some trolls and gremlims lingering around the tires and in the glove box.
I got cool stuff in the console – two packets of peanuts from my last flight, a little airline sized bottle of single malt scotch, a radar detector, a name tag from my last conference, a sharpee marker, and a thing of Starbuck’s peppermint gum.
OK, that was back in high school.
and in my dreams.
In the Triumph, everything is loose. The bushing around the steering column at the firewall is gone so the steering wheel is loose. The muffler bangs around the bottom of the car when I accelerate…
Trash? Where to begin… let’s just say that I have two children under two. I often have to clear away crap just to find their car seats. (and sometimes that literally!)
Off the top of my head (since I’m at work and not able to do a physical inventory):
Behind the seat
Large dresser and mirror, bookcase, two VCRs and my wife’s wheelchair; all sitting on top of a stack of eight 2’x3’ pieces of plywood and about 20 3’ lengths of 2x4.
Between the front & back seats
A plastic crate of assorted tools, motor oil etc, my wife’s spare quad cane and a blanket.
Front seat, visor & glove compartment
Insurance & registration papers, assorted receipts, spray bottle of (IIRC) window cleaner & roll of paper towels, used plastic cups and probably some other trash.
On the car: front bumper (fender), seal on the boot (trunk), pretty much the entire dashboard (dashboard) which is especially noticable when exceeding 60 mph, driver’s seat adjuster and the holder for the spare wheel.
In the car: surprisingly not much apart from assorted maps, a portable radio (did I say the car radio doesn’t work), a cut off Coke bottle to act as a funnel if emergency oil is required, a torch (flashlight) and various oily rags.
And hallelujah, I’m getting a new(er) car next week. Anyone want to buy my 11 year old death trap? Didn’t think so.
Nothing. I’m anal about the interiors of my cars. If trash of any kind is generated it is either taken with you when you get out at the destination, or thrown out the next time I stop.
The Fiat’s driver seat is angled just so, and everytime you get in with change in your left pocket, it dumps on the floor between the door sill and the seat. There is probably $35 in change under that driver’s seat! Other than that, only a few cd cases and maybe a newpaper.
I am very anal about the cars being clean. When the kids get out, they know to take all trash with them. There are no napkins, juice boxes, straw wrappers, bags, books, gum wrappers, blister packs, etc. left in the car.
I walk to work but I have to go through the garage where the cars are parked. Sometime I check the cars just to make sure there’s no junk in there.
I’m the same way with the trunk/back of the cars. There should be nothing but the emergency kit and maybe the bag of clothes I’m taking to the cleaners that week.
Just reading about some of your cars gives me the willies!
assorted screws, nuts and bolts. It’s a bit of a fun game we play, trying to figure out where they all came from. The extras are placed in one of the side door pockets. Other than that, there’s the rubber pad off the clutch pedal. I’ve just never gotten around to slipping it back on.
In the front, some spare change. In the back, two comptuers, a bigass box full of network cables, computer software, screwdrivers, and other stuff for fixing/cleaning computers, a bookbag full of books, and an umbrella.
Oddly enough, I have kept my car clean since a major clean out a couple of months back.
Computer tools in their case, a flyer about the Iron Springs Chateau, windshield scraper/brush and one other thing but I forget what that other thing it.
Shoulda seen it before. It was horrible, took me about 3 hours to clean and really detail the inside. It’s just a Honda, not a large vehicle.
