MinisterofDOOM wrote:My Lincoln has a pretty well-designed trunk, with one significant exception: there are NO anchor points toward the front. I have a big bag of tools (wanna see it?
) that I leave in the trunk. Problem is...I don't drive like the car's badges suggest. The thing goes all over the place. It even has rubber feet...still slides around. I've tried a bunch of harebrained ideas, even running a lanyard from the bag to the seat latches (my rear seats fold down). No luck...the thing either ends up flopping around or just gradually walks free of its position. It might stay for a drive or two, but eventually I'll find it anywhere but where I "secured" it.
Anyway...has anyone found any clever solutions for keeping their tools or other crap from going all over the trunk during spirited driving? Any good rubber trunk mats that actually grip carpet well? Does anyone make any sort of trunk dividers or anything like that?
There's a factory "cargo organizer" for my car that's a huge contoured plastic tub the size of the entire trunk, but it's bat-s***-crazy expensive and would be in the way if I ever needed the rest of the trunk.
A few brainstorm ideas:
1. slow down and drive like a typical Lincoln owner, (Well not completely, cruise control can be more than 35, avoid the early bird specials, don't brake at garage sales, and don't use the handicapped parking spots
2. If that's not an option, perhaps relocate the tool box to a smaller area, maybe on the floor behind one of the front seats? The transmission hump could help prevent it from shifting from side to side, you can move the passenger seat back to prevent forward/back shifts. If/when you have passengers, you simply shift it to the trunk because with passengers, I assume you'll be driving less aggressively.
3. If you have carpeting in the trunk, perhaps velcro. Not just a few little strips, but a lot of it.
4. Leave the tool kit home, unless you're going on a long trip or on an excursion when you know you'll need them. Do you really need to have them with you at all times?
5. Another thought is to wedge something beside it to take up the slack from side to side. I do this in my 4 runner. Perhaps one of those rubbery bags that hold an emergency kit, like jumper cables/first aid kit etc. Taking up the space with reduce the side/side shifting.
6. Build a goofy snow plow out of 2x4's that gets dragged behind your car (after your car packs down the snow in front if it, have it break after 2 minutes on a perfectly smooth driveway after a dusting, wedge the remains in your trunk between the toolkit and interior wall, and proudly announce your bold new design on a national forum and get labelled an idiot...oops wait. That's already been done by Nala. skip #6
and yes that box with subs weighs about 125lbs
