Which MT do you keep in the car for emergency use only?

ultimaonliner · **on:** July 28, 2008, 07:24:56 AM

Which MT do you guys actually leave in the car for emergency use only?

silentio · **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:01:26 AM

I don't have a multitool left in the car for emergencies, but I do have the ResQme hanging from my rear view mirror. That'll cover having to break the side window and cutting seatbelt.

jzmtl · **Reply #2 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:02:55 AM

No MT, but a small toolbox with basic handtools, figure they are probably more useful than a multi if I ever need to use them.

nezza33 · **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:05:49 AM

I also have a Resqme on my rear view.

ultimaonliner · **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:11:42 AM

I'm stunned! I thought for sure all of you would say THE SURGE!!!! or THE CORE!!!! or SWISSTOOL RS!!!!!. It just occurred to me today that I should probably leave a MT in my glove compartment. I wasn't sure if I should just leave something cheap like the Kick or put in a nice hefty tool, like Surge or SwissTool RS.

FWIW, I carry my Res-Q-Me on my keychain. I do this just in case I'm a passenger in somebody else's car.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:19:43 AM

I don't drive but I've got a Gerber Cool Tool in one bicycle and a Draper Tool Kit in the other, so does that count

Sea Monster · **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2008, 10:49:02 AM

I have (and I didn't know this until I cleaned it last weekend) a knock-off PST & a bottle of whiskey.

ringzero · **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2008, 01:37:38 PM

Quote from: ultimaonliner on July 28, 2008, 07:24:56 AM

Which MT do you guys actually leave in the car for emergency use only?

SOG Powerlock.

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AndyTiedye · **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2008, 07:25:53 PM

Vic Rescue Tool or Fireman.

Mike · **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2008, 07:30:07 PM

I too have a small toolbox, but I usually have either a Swisstool RS or Spirit S. But where the sickness comes in is, that along with the two SAK's in my pockets, I have a SAK in every vehicle and a SAK in my soft briefcase. SAK's every darn place!

Mike

Neil · **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2008, 08:54:17 PM

I have a SwissChamp in the glovebox. I'll probably add to that the the PT-510 I'll have on the way soon, or a UK legal Swisstool RS if I can work it out.

Neil

Benner · **Reply #11 on:** July 28, 2008, 09:34:26 PM

ResQMe for me.

ducktapehero · **Reply #12 on:** July 28, 2008, 10:05:56 PM

In my wife's car I have an SOG Powerlock and in my car I have a LM Supertool 200

cgjones · **Reply #13 on:** July 28, 2008, 11:42:23 PM

I keep a SwissTool, a Spyderco or two and a Res-Q-Me in my car.

Hoghead · **Reply #14 on:** July 28, 2008, 11:49:12 PM

My car only has real tools.

Unless I'm in it. Multitools are a personal item for me.

Anthony · **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2008, 01:17:38 AM

No multi in the car, seeing as I have a near complete tool set in my trunk (including hammers, an axe, etc...)

bigfoot · **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2008, 06:45:00 PM

LM PST in one of the vehicle survival kits, and a SAK Ranger in the another.

NutSAK · **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2008, 09:57:46 PM

I leave my Wenger Minigrip in the car. I don't like to use it very much, so it's been relegated to "emergency" use.

I keep a toolbox in my truck, so I don't really need an MT there.

Poncho65 · **Reply #18 on:** July 30, 2008, 03:50:37 AM

Quote from: Nomad on July 28, 2008, 10:49:02 AM

I have (and I didn't know this until I cleaned it last weekend) a knock-off PST & a bottle of whiskey.

what's the knockoff PST for

I have a full set of tools in my truck and in my wives truck I have a smaller set for emergency use

But I may get a MT in 1 or both if I keep getting more

A SAK is also a good idea if it had a decent array of tools?

Spoonrobot · **Reply #19 on:** July 30, 2008, 04:29:41 AM

I've got two toolboxes full of tools in the van so generally no back-up multi-tool for me.

Hoghead · **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2008, 04:37:46 AM

I don't keep a multitool in my car, but maybe I should. That way I would have a can opener and bottle opener in addition to the tools I keep in my car. You never know I might want to open a can of beans.

woofer · **Reply #21 on:** August 01, 2008, 10:53:17 PM

Retired LM PST alongside flashlight, tire gauge, pen and paper, and a retired cell phone for 911 use only.

HaChayalBoded · **Reply #22 on:** August 04, 2008, 08:17:53 AM

a multi is to be carried for use "in a pinch" not designed to be kept in place of a toolkit. I have a full set of tools on my bike. short of pulling the engine from the frame I can pretty much take the bike 98% apart and put it all back together with the toolkit I carry. I'm able to dismount both wheels and change both tires as well. The multi that sits in the glovebox of my bike is a leatherman crunch. (vice grips are more useful on a bike than standard pliers.)

Styerman · **Reply #23 on:** August 05, 2008, 03:41:26 AM

The Surge , muff said !

Chris

Poncho65 · **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2008, 04:55:42 AM

Quote from: HaChayalBoded on August 04, 2008, 08:17:53 AM

a multi is to be carried for use "in a pinch" not designed to be kept in place of a toolkit. I have a full set of tools on my bike. short of pulling the engine from the frame I can pretty much take the bike 98% apart and put it all back together with the toolkit I carry. I'm able to dismount both wheels and change both tires as well. The multi that sits in the glovebox of my bike is a leatherman crunch. (vice grips are more useful on a bike than standard pliers.)

That is a very good point about the "in a pinch" thing If I has a MT in there vehicle it should be backing a more complete set of reg tools

I also need to get a LM Crunch

Smitty44 · **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2008, 06:46:29 AM

In the car,LM Super tool with LM Attachment ,in the trunk,full bag of tools,in the fishing box is my PSTII,and a Vic Spirit,or LM Blast on myself EDC.

ringzero · **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:35:00 AM

Quote from: HaChayalBoded on August 04, 2008, 08:17:53 AM

a multi is to be carried for use "in a pinch" not designed to be kept in place of a toolkit.

Agree with this philosophy, but as some MTO member once pointed out: that multi in the glovebox or center console can handle many simple repairs.

That multi may save you the aggravation of opening the trunk and lugging out the toolbox, then digging around to find the right tools, then doing it all in reverse when you've finished.

.

AndyTiedye · **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2008, 06:28:44 PM

The multi is pretty much it.

I don't think I'd be able to repair one of our hybrids at the side of the road anyway.

HaChayalBoded · **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2008, 07:55:01 PM

Quote from: ringzero on August 05, 2008, 09:35:00 AM

Quote from: HaChayalBoded on August 04, 2008, 08:17:53 AM
a multi is to be carried for use "in a pinch" not designed to be kept in place of a toolkit.

Agree with this philosophy, but as some MTO member once pointed out: that multi in the glovebox or center console can handle many simple repairs.

That multi may save you the aggravation of opening the trunk and lugging out the toolbox, then digging around to find the right tools, then doing it all in reverse when you've finished.

Thats why I said in a pinch. i keep a crunch in the glovebox of my motorcycle, and a full toolkit in the bike. If its just a minor adjustment I use the crunch, if i need to started pulling bolts I go for the required socket and ratchet. Pliers and vise grips pretty much destroy the cheap made of cheese bolts on most bikes.

jzmtl · **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2008, 08:01:16 PM

Another thing to consider is, a quality set of hand tools with lifetime warrenty will cost less than a quality multi, cover more functions and stronger. In case of theft you would loss less. It wasn't a big concern till my buddy's car got broken into last week and lost several hundred dollar worth of stuff, include the gerber flik I gave him.

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