Originally Posted by IAHtraveler

Most manuals are in the trunk, under the carpet (down with the spare tire). They usually have the spare key fob down there too, in case your battery is dead on the main one. (One exception is Chrysler cars. Since the key is also the remote, there's not a spare key/fob in the trunk)

As for ice scrapers, I'm 1/3 for getting ice scrapers in cold locations when there's snow on the ground this year... quite a pain!