Our car has a lot of stuff in it but very little useful equipment. The perils of being married to 'Gadget Man'. There are little rubbery mats to hold stuff on the dash but they turn to a moist jelly in the sun. There are so many chargers that we could use 3 phones, 4 MP3 players and a vacuum cleaner, if only we had 8 cigarette lighters. Thank heavens the flask and cool bin have lost their chargers.

Oh, a torch is a rubber, plastic or aluminium tube for storing dead batteries in. Thank the deities the car has its own recharging battery torch in the guise of the boot light (it pops right out and you can use it as a torch, but getting the sucker back in is a bitch).

Given the amount of idiots that are found on the road in my area, can I borrow the anti tank gun one day please?

And what is it about vehicles that automatically sucks all the moisture out of a packet of 'wet wipes'? No matter how securely or tightly the packet is sealed, when a damp cloth is required, they are all dried and crunchy.

I try to keep a bottle of drinking water in the car at all times, but my associated family are not that good at replacing it when they use it.

LTS