Driving Tour Kit Lists

[Bigburd]

Not found one but thought I would start a thread to help the newbies

All Trips

PetrolHead Nirvana Stickers for tagging the locals cars who take interest (Citroen Ami)
Notify your bank to ensure your card has the travel flag put on the account (I recommend Abbey Zero and Nationwide for international trips as they tend to be fee free - check with your provider)


UK

European

Warning Triangle
Hi Vis Vests (£1 each from poundland)
Driving License
Insurance
Green Card
AA/RAC etc contact info
Permission from owner :) if using company car etc
Replacement Bulb Set
Headlamp Converters
Cash (typically a minimum of 90euros just in case you end up on the wrong side of the law
Tyre Weld?



Optional

In-Car Video
Multi-Way Cigarette Lighter Adapters for charging phone/satnav/cameras etc
AC Invertor to power the laptop for dumping photos for the evening/breakfast entertainment (and charging the less common car charger stuff)
Battery Booster/Compressor


What not to do!

Assume the spelling of the destination in your Satellite "Guidance" Navigation system is correct you may end up doing hundreds of KM or Miles out of your way and then try an make up time by exceeding the speed limit


Feel free to edit/update with your experiences

[scrubberamit]

Spare Copy (copies) Of Driving License... Cough Cough

[Harsh]

make sure your mobile phone provider knows you're going so they can enable roaming.

carry enough local currency to ensure you're not caught short.

[jumplead]

bog roll....

[chevy-stu]

Meat....

[john lloyd]

foreign lingo dictionary. I got suck in Spain with a Policeman for an hour because we couldn't talk to each other.

[Ziggy Parker]

Portable travel iron, a lot of the european hotels dont have them in rooms. Was in st Moritz last year, looking good pulling up in 911 for dinner only to get out looking like i had slept in my clothes! lol

wear Sunglasses
half a packet of cigarettes
and a full tank of gas....................Hit it.

[Harsh]

Portable travel iron, a lot of the european hotels dont have them in rooms. Was in st Moritz last year, looking good pulling up in 911 for dinner only to get out looking like i had slept in my clothes! lol

wear Sunglasses
half a packet of cigarettes
and a full tank of gas....................Hit it.


:D

oh yeah Elwood

[Fiona]

a FIRST AID KIT, if your car isn't equipped with one already, is an essential!

I'm pretty sure the tour leaders will have kits with them but it's worth keeping one in your car at all times anyway. Most only need to be basic but think about adding to the contents if you are driving to remote regions where professional medical help could be some distance away. Ok, so I drive to extreme places like Outer Mongolia where help is days away so my rally first aid kit in Pedro is pretty excessive. A basic, off the shelf in Boots will be fine for most places.

[Redex R]

also worth being aware of minor motoring laws that differ in France etc , I've heard of motorcycle gendarmes waiting for unaware Rosbifs on the other side of tunnels where you MUST turn your sidelights on , common sense to me but not for some , also don't pull up in any laybys near the ports as there are some desperate characters (trying to hop the channel) that carry knives and worse who will relieve you of your passports and other belongings , it's not common place but just as well to be aware.

[MaserMartin]

Possibly because I drive a late biturbo-era Maser and am consequently paranoid about electrics, I also carry a fire extinguisher.

On tours that is, I don't just wander around the town centre pretending to be a fireman.

Well, only on a Wednesday ...

[alfamale]

In some contries you must carry the high viz vest in the car not the boot, if its remote a tin of radweld is no bad thing to have and i usually carry a minimal tool kit, multi head screwdriver, 6" adjustable spanner 10, 13 & 17 mm ratchet spanners, a small set of 3/8 drive sockets and the adapter to use the sockets with the 17mm ratchet spanner, a rag and several pair of latex work gloves, that lot fits in one of the bags you get for carying 1 ltr oil bottles
i managed to remove a supercharger and fit the air filter direct to the throttle body with that kit, all done at a motorway cafe en route to Nurberg

[Fiona]

WD40 - if something doesn't move that should use this
Gaffer tape - if something does move that shouldn't use this

Baby wipes - to clean up after your roadside mechanics

[alfamale]

slacken off the wheel nuts and re do them, i have just spent £500 on a new wheel, set of nuts and new wheel studs after the wheel nut snapped off
this would have been very expensive and inconvenient if it happened mid trip

[THUNDER STORM]

Regarding the headlight convertors, how do you guys go about this when the headlight is behind a clear perspex cover?

Look forward to your replies.

Ade:wavey:

[Sparky]

WD40 - if something doesn't move that should use this
Gaffer tape - if something does move that shouldn't use this

Baby wipes - to clean up after your roadside mechanics

Alternatives to WD40, duck oil or plus gas

Alternative to baby wipes is leak detector spray (soapy water in a can)

Also because I have had grief with the battery on my car I carry a set of jump leads in the car.

[Dan H]

Regarding the headlight convertors, how do you guys go about this when the headlight is behind a clear perspex cover?

Look forward to your replies.

Ade:wavey:

They should just stick on to the perspex :)

[jumplead]

Also because I have had grief with the battery on my car I carry a jumplead in the car.

Only if you pay my expenses you do :D

[THUNDER STORM]

They should just stick on to the perspex

So its by trail and error to find the correct position to deflect the light beam.

Cheers

Ade:wavey:

[Harsh]

If you have HID's there's normally a switch behind the lights, other headlights should still have the pattern on the glass cover. if not - then it is indeed trial and error

[chevy-stu]

If you have HID's there's normally a switch behind the lights, other headlights should still have the pattern on the glass cover. if not - then it is indeed trial and error

Trial and error as in ;


"Monsieur, your 'eadlightz are poitin' ze wrong wayz... that will be 200 Euros fine pleez.. "





(this hasn't actually happened to me, but I did get warned at the Swiss/Austrian border last week that I didn't have a GB sticker.. ! :))

[RogerRS200]

I bought them from the ferry and they came with an instruction thing with a HUGE list of cars and then a diagram of where to place them. However, when i took them off it also took the top layer of plastic off as well :/

[THUNDER STORM]

When on the Alpine tour, will we need a Swiss motorway permit sticker?

If so are these been obtained as a group buy or solo'

Cheers

Ade:wavey:

[Olidb7]

a good sense of humour & continental look at things. Remember that we have to share all kind of things here on our eurocontinental island.
Regards to all.
Olivier

[Olidb7]

You better wear that swiss stick.
While driving a 244D Volvo in the late 80's a rear tyre came to explode. I had time to park on the side of the motorway and saw my electric and frozen anten not retrieving, causing an irreversible damage to its engine. But not to me since I was wearing one of those yellow striped shirts
Swiss Police came up in less than 10 minutes (in an awsome BMW) and called the local automotive club (to rescue) after the compulsory alcool test I went thrue after some nego (this was a few dozens of minutes after a good meal in Bern).
Back to the point...
Never think limits are mile based. Neither the speedo info. Pay the motorway sticker if you feel so but as we all know Swiss roads are worth an of-track:)

Best regards




When on the Alpine tour, will we need a Swiss motorway permit sticker?

If so are these been obtained as a group buy or solo'

Cheers

Ade:wavey:

[dreamshack]

might be worth developing a "tour kit" to be shared among cars? Tools, tyre weld,lightweight ally jack, jumpleads other runnning repair stuff.
If everyone carried a bit then the load weight would be mitigated.

[verysideways]

We tend to carry that stuff in the chase car anyway on the European tours :)

[voicey]

Off the top of my head I usually carry the following items in Europe...

Metric 3/8" Sockets plus locking extension and ratchet
Ratchet Spanners
Screwdrivers
Zip Ties
Pliers
Assorted driver bits (Hex, Star, etc)
Gaffer Tape
Tyre Weld (2 Cans)
Puncture Repair Kit (Could have done with this in Norway)
Spare Coil Pack (a known weakness on 360’s)
Compressor
Calibrated Tyre Pressure Gauge
Small amount of wire
Multimeter
1 Litre Oil (plus an oven glove for when I need to remove the oil cap)
Spare Fuses & Bulbs
Spare Drive Belts (only as the factory tool kit has them)
Warning Triangle
Hi-Viz Vests
Inverter
Hip Flask (filled with JD)
Baby wipes

I would also expect the support car to have the following items...

Jack
Tow Rope
Fuel
Jump Leads/Starter Pack


I've always found other people have tools as well and we've always been OK to try and fix problems on the fly (as Pete will testify after he, Mick and myself stripped Bachi's 360 down in Norway to the amazement of the locals).

[jumplead]

might be worth developing a "tour kit" to be shared among cars? Tools, tyre weld,lightweight ally jack, jumpleads other runnning repair stuff.
If everyone carried a bit then the load weight would be mitigated.

Does that mean I get to go for free :p, I'm sure someone would notice an extra 100kg though

[MaserMartin]

Also, I think it wouldn't be the same Ollie, experiencing the Stelvio from the S4's boot ...

[Robert Burns]

For me, its

24 can pack of irn bru
hi vis jacket
money
and another 24 can pack of irn bru just incase

[Sparky]

Also, I think it wouldn't be the same Ollie, experiencing the Stelvio from the S4's boot ...

Would be an interesting experience. Could be rather anmusing watching the chase vehicle if pulled over.


Excuse me sir why do you have someone in your boot?

[chevy-stu]

For me, its

24 can pack of irn bru
hi vis jacket
money
and another 24 can pack of irn bru just incase

What about Bugs.. ??

[Robert Burns]

What about Bugs.. ??

hes always in the car, but i do plan on installing a irn bru pumo. To pump cooooool irn bru straight from the boot to the driver. MMMM irn bru