I couldn't sit in the seat with the extinguisher in the way like that. Especially one that BIG.

-- Craig

May I suggest that you add a bag of 6" nails to your kit. Very useful for rigging emergency shelters, Stopping doors from closing. A few large cable tidies might come in useful as well. I personally think the biggest limitation on your kit is weight. It needs to be easily portable after all.

I forgot that i have a pair of gloves, and i didn't mention the auto specific stuff like the bottles of fluids, jumper cables and road flares etc.
Well, the extinguisher issue is a bit of a problem, it's difficult to keep anywhere else than the trunk since it is about 2 feet long. I agree that having it in the passenger compartment is better, but there's no good place to bolt it, it's not a race car with roll cage.
Good point with the nails. I should toss in some 10d and a selection of drywall screws. Also ty-wraps. This would live in the kit bag with the rest of the small stuff though the big stuff is just pinned behind a milk crate. Portability was not really considered since, in southern california, you are probably near your car (both at work and at home) and is more likely to be accessible than a box buried in your house.

Also, i suppose that depending on your area, other tools would be useful, say snowshoes in the north.

Yeah, that's a huge extinguisher. That can't possibly be the minimum required size in Europe. I tried Googling for some photos and this is the only one I could find (photos loaded a bit slowly for me). The small (600g of dry chem, I think) extinguisher is in a compartment at the front base of the passenger seat. Very unobtrusive, especially if the seat isn't pushed all the way back.

While Googling for this photo, I read that in Spain, you're required to carry (among other things) a spare fan belt, a full set of replacement bulbs, plus all the tools necessary to do the job. I read on another webpage that Spain also requires that you carry a spare set of glasses if you normally wear them. (???) Anyone familiar with Spanish driving laws to corroborate? Wow, what else do they require in each car? Four full-size spare tires? Just kidding. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Spain's laws seem just a wee bit overprotective, do they not?

-- Craig