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Your Austin Car Repair Service Urges You to Pack an Emergency Kit

posted on 10/18/2017 11:09:53 AM
As anyone who has ever broken down on the highway or a lonely country road knows, there are fewer situations in which you feel as frustrated and helpless. If you happen to find yourself broken down on the side of the road, you will likely wish you had more in your trunk than a car jack and spare tire. 
 
Most vehicles come equipped with a spare and a jack, but there are so many situations in which you need more. It is in your best interest to pack an emergency kit in the trunk of your car in case of an emergency where a spare tire will be useless. 
 
But just what should you pack in an emergency kit? Groovy Automotive, your car repair service in Austin, offers you a list of items you should pack in your emergency kit.
 

First Aid Kit

 
If you are involved in a minor collision or suffer an injury changing a tire, you will be glad you have a first aid kit packed. Pain reliever, bandages, gauze and antiseptics are all handy items to have in your vehicle when you are traveling.
 
 

Fire Extinguisher

 
Dealing with combustibles , including the likes of gasoline, it is probably in your best interest that you have a fire extinguisher handy. Even a small collision is enough to cause a fire, and it can turn into a big problem in very little time if you have no way of putting it out. 
 

Jumper Cables

 
Out of all of the items you will pack in your emergency kit, your flashlight and jumper cables will be the ones you use most often. This is because we tend to get a little scatterbrained from time to time and inevitably leave a dome light on or park our vehicles and walk away with the door still slightly ajar.
 
And it is when we do these silly things and come back to a car with a dead battery that we are glad we have a set of jumper cables. 
 

Phone Charger Bank

 
There are any number of situations you could find yourself in when a cell phone will be very handy. However, if you used up all of your iPhone juice listening to Pandora or chatting with your mom, a dead cell phone is pretty useless. 
 
You could just plug it in and charge it up, but what if your car battery is dead? The safe bet is to have a phone charger bank handy. 
 

Tools

 
It isn’t enough to have a screwdriver and vice grips, you should have a few wrenches, pliers and maybe even a multi-tool.  
 

Flashlight

 
It is always a good idea to have a flashlight in your emergency kit as well as spare batteries. 
 

Duct Tape

 
Duct tape is the universal fix-it solution to a million and one problems. We cannot tell you how many wrongs can be righted with a few strips of duct tape. Make sure you pack a roll in your emergency kit.
 
After you pack your emergency kit, call Groovy Automotive to schedule an appointment to look over your car before your road trip.
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Austin, TX 78705
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