Road trip go bag

[Henn28]

What’s on everyone’s list of pieces, parts and other crap to pack when taking the mighty e53 on a road trip these days? So much on my X5 is new, or has been removed, inspected and put back on. In truth, any reliability issues she’s given me have been generally due to shoddy workmanship (yours truly), but it is still an older car so a trip kit seems smart. She’s been running strong thankfully.

Impossible to prepare for every eventuality I know, but I’ve got some room in my newly opened up spare tire well and beyond my Bentley manual and a set of standard tools, I’ve got a main belt, a new injector, and a new coil I will toss in. I also keep a kobalt electric compressor in the back and of course my precisely manufactured tools to support the eventual front and rear window collapse due to clip/regulator failure…also known as cut wooden sticks. I’ll also throw in my fan/clutch holder and wrench, some Loctite and some spare fluids and I have AN line plugs in case of damage to the oil cooler, which I haven’t gotten around to protecting better or remounting behind the front bumper cover.

Any other must haves for guys about to put 2000 highway and mild off-road miles on their 20 year old x5s?