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What To Keep In Your Car

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Portland chapter.

When it comes to figuring out what to keep in your car, there’s quite a lot of options! When I first started driving, I’m pretty sure I had a cordless vacuum in my car. Necessary? Nope, not at all. To help you from keeping a vacuum, amongst other unnecessary items, in your car, here are some items you should definitely keep with you when you hit the road. 

1. Jumper Cables 

2. Emergency Money 

3. Pen & Paper 

4. Hair ties

5. Lotion

6. Dry Shampoo 

7. Blanket 

8. Tissues 

9. Gum/Mints

 

10. Granola Bar 

11. Garbage Bags

12. Towel (Of the Paper or Cloth Variety)

13. Insurance & Registration  

14. Car Service Records 

15. Car Charger

16. Reusable Bags 

17. First Aid Kit 

18. Sunscreen 

19. Sunglasses 

20. Car Freshener 

Victoria is a senior marketing major with a sustainability minor at the University of Portland. In her free time, she loves browsing the aisles of Target, exploring Portland and drinking chocolate milk. When in doubt her outfits are almost entirely from Old Navy and you can normally find her in Kenna Hall where she is one of the Resident Assistants.