New here? Like Sandy Lane Service Station Limited on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts and look out for our great special offers.

When you drive a modern car for work or around town errands, you can only become accustomed to their dependability and keep only the legally required documentation in the glove box and common sense tools in the boot, such as a jack and tools to change a tyre, road side emergency kit, owner’s manual. Any other tools would seem a bit useless due to today’s cars being a bit too complicated to diagnose and repair by the side of the road.

But when you drive a car that is 25 years or older, you should include a few more things in the event of a breakdown. Even though you’ve checked all the fluids, made sure belts and running parts operate smoothly, many classics have question marks over reliability even when they were rolling off the production line.

So here’s our list of things you should carry in your older car.

• Hand Tools, This is pretty much a no brainer!  But you should put together a tool box that contains the types of tools you would use on the parts for your car that you know how to fix or replace, wrenches, screwdrivers, a spark plug socket or wire brush.

•  Clean Towels, Confused?  There are many reasons why this should be in you boot. To protect you while you’re on the ground looking under the car, to protect the car while you’re working around the engine, to clean dirty spark plugs, and to wipe off your hands are just a few.

• Spare Parts, Taking into consideration on the mileage or amount of time that has passed since replaced, you may want to consider keeping a box of spare parts that would include a starter, alternator, fuel pump, complete distributor, floats and fan belts.

• Tape, we’re talking electrician tape and duct tape for quick and temporary fixes for anything from wires to detached mufflers.

• Fluids, having a small box with an assortment of fluids like water, oil, brake fluid, WD40 and Oil can prevent a great day from turning bad.

• Fire Extinguisher, The smallest fire can cause a costly disaster! a small fire extinguisher can stop it in an instant stop it in an instant

For more information on classic cars please contact sandy lane service station.