It’s for my dad, the first new car he has had since he retired

Needs to be practical rather than fluffy dice, etc.

Floor mats, seat covers, leather-effect steering wheel cover, tax disc holder with a naked lady on it, chrome skull gear knob, aftermarket fog lights, bass bin.

Boot liner, seat back tidys, tissue box holder….

Alloy pedal fronts, blue neon undercar lighting, a self adhesive mirrored window kit, a set of three spoke alloys?

Satnav, care care kit?

paint touch up kit, spare bulbs and fuses, breakdown kit (reflective jacket, warning triangle, tow rope etc)

Autoglym Valet Kit,

Come in various guises with varying amounts of cleaning products and fancy cloths. From about £30 upwards

Magic Tree in new car smell variety.

Maybe a tyre inflator, maplin sell good ones for less than half the price of Halfords.

Second AutoGlym

Meguires Clay bar to keep the paint tip top?

Decent quality chammy etc.

Baseball cap to go with joolsburgers list! To be worn backwards or with the peak off centre. 🙄

Light up valve caps, fat exhaust pipe, stick on tinted windows, personalised windscreen sticker with his name in capital letters (or “DAD”), Hello Kitty sun visor.

Sky’s the limit.

“Type R” badge – assuming your dad has a non-Honda Jap car.

I would say Haynes manual but I guess all they say these days is ‘Take to dealer. Have them plug laptop in. Pay fortune.’

Actually,

the first new car he has had since he retired

Given my experiences on the road this week I’d respectfully suggest forgetting Halfords and taking him to Specsavers to treat him there instead.

😆

reversing camera/sensors?

An Apollo full susser?

12volt car polisher and some wax?

Haynes manual,

Car mats, definately,

car hoover,

no smoking sign,

an old tyre so when he drives into the garage he hits the tyre and know when to stop, even the best drivers foot can slip off the clutch, savesa lot of cash for a new bumper,

Jet wash,

A Boardman. Will give him more enjoyment for his retirement!

Depends what he likes and what he has. If he likes polishing the car then good quality polishing gear, if not don’t bother.

If he washes it himself there are a lot of good quality microfibre wash clothes out there that move the grit away from the car paintwork seriously reducing the amount of swirls in the paint work. That could be good with a new car.

If he’s like my dad you can buy him all that nice new stuff and he’ll still be using the 20 year old chamois next time he washes the car as it’s still got plenty of life left!