[Yogesh Sarkar]

For the comprehensive touring guide to ladakh I am trying to compile a list of essentials for the car tourers and since I am not a car buff, I need the help of all the car tourers here. Manik already has gone ahead and helped me in compiling the following list, would like to the know your feedback and suggestion regarding the same

1. Engine Oil
2. Coolant
3. Headlight and Taillight bulbs
4. Complete tool kit
5. Spare tyre and a spare tube as well along with a spare valve
6. Electric/foot pump
7. Electric wire and spare fuse
8. Rope for towing the car
9. Scotch tape
10. Plastic sheet couple meters long
11. Newspapers

[sachinontop]

- battery water
- windscreen washer refill
- snow-chains (if reqd.)
- storage cans for extra petrol
- fire extinguisher
- puncture sealant in all tyres
- 2 torches; runs on normal batteries
- some reflective tapes around the vehicle
- car's battery-operated ciggy-socket... comes handy in providing charging source to many a equipments/gadgets
- tyres with lots of treads!
- lots of guts... physical and financial!!

[bhuwan singh]

Yogesh Bhai - why Newspaper ?

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Sachin nice list, thanks buddy.

Bhuwan news paper can serve multiple usages; one can use them for putting tools/spares when fixing some thing to using them as protection in case any of the glass of the windows break. Not to mention they can be put above the floor mat if you will be getting down on the muddy places.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Ok here is the final checklist I came up with, any thing missing here?

1. Engine Oil
2. Coolant
3. Battery Water
4. Windscreen washer refill
5. Windscreen cleaning liquid
6. Headlight and Taillight bulbs
7. Spare tire along with a spare tube and a valve
8. Electric/foot pump
9. Complete tool kit
10. Electric wire (1 meter)
11. Spare fuse
12. Rope for towing car
13. Fire extinguisher
14. Scotch Tape
15. Plastic sheet couple of meter long
16. Petrol pipe 1-2 meter
17. Spare can for petrol
18. Torch

[sachinontop]

emergency-hammer... the one which can break laminated-windscreens easily! and also cut the seat belts, easily again!

its a great life-saver!

wrap it up in white reflective tapes & some glow-in-dark stickers... and it'll be an easier thing to locate in real emergencies in dark!

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Sachin thats an interesting point you have mentioned and this could come in handy in case of an accident and the doors getting pinned.

[Scorpion King]

If someone takes extra fuel in a can he should take a funnel along so that he can pour the fuel into the tank as it can be tricky in some cars.
SUV owners (or cars without a separate boot) sholud take garbage bags so that they can place the petrol cans in them and tie them up (airtight) to avoid feeling nauseated by the fumes.
also try and get a robust/reliable electric pump instead of a foot pump. u dont want to pump manually up there.
First aid kit

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Rohan good points regarding funnel and plastic bags, will surely add it to the guide. First kit etc. will be dealt in another section dedicated to it.