What should be in every Westie owners boot...

[CraigHew]

Having been a member for only 24 hours, I'm still new to having a "boot" the size of my back pocket.  However,  I have invested in one of these for the "boot"

 

 

 

There's also a video of it in action on Youtube (excuse the 2 cheesy guys)...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAox9Yl9a4Y

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

I should have had a clutch cable with me on Monday, spent an hour at the side of the road waiting for the AA.

[Stu Faulkner]

I had my last Wessie for thirteen years and there was only one thing in my boot.

Fresh air,

Maybe I was lucky or the fact that i tinkered a lot but it always came home in the same condition as it left the house.

[John K]

We all seem to have missed wet weather gear and a jumper, especially now we are heading to Autumn.

 

Although I'm not sure what sort of wet weather gear short of a spacesuit can prevent a Westie generated 60mph shower from soaking you to your underpants...

[Meakin]

Hence I carry towels ;-)

I have waterproof over trousers and a cagool doesn't work but at least you like you are deliberately driving with the roof down

[John K]

I have waterproof over trousers and a cagool doesn't work but at least you like you are deliberately driving with the roof down

You mean you only look like half a lunatic..! LOL

[Meakin]

Lol yes but with these kind of cars they can guess that. The looks you get are great from laughing and thumbs up to disgust like your something on the bottom of their shoe.

Either way it's only water although I do need some kind of goggles for rain as it comes off the top if the windscreen straight into my eyes. I thinking of getting some safety glasses from b&q they do some that look like glasses rather than the ones I use for working on the car. I would look like I'm snorkeling with them on. He he ;-)

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

If we're widening it from general tool kit/spares, then i normally carry my old golf water proofs, a small towel, sun cream, wet wipes to get the said sun cream off my hands before touching the suede wheel! Motor bike combination lock/chain, full hood. Roof supports for half hood. Then strapped on to the roll bar my half hood itself.

[CraigHew]

If we're widening it from general tool kit/spares, then i normally carry my old golf water proofs, a small towel, sun cream, wet wipes to get the said sun cream off my hands before touching the suede wheel! Motor bike combination lock/chain, full hood. Roof supports for half hood. Then strapped on to the roll bar my half hood itself.

 

Whats the motorbike lock / chain for?

[Rab (bombero) Reid]

Whats the motorbike lock / chain for?

When parked up (mostly overnighters), you pass the chain through a spoke of your alloys and through the 'gap' in your lower wishbone - stops scumbags letting off the handbrake and nicking your car .. or even just pushing it off somewhere for a laugh!

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Yep, I'll loop it through the spokes of an alloy, through the RAC bar, through the visor of my helmet, in the aeroscreen days, and I'll also loop it through the spokes of my detachable steering wheel so I can leave it in the boot box without anyone running off with it!