It certainly does not help that the price of the car correlates with these accessories. It is also hard since you do not really know what you need or will need. What you think is important for your car to have may not be that important in another 5 months for example. Your needs now can be different from your needs several months from now. Also, what you think is important could change or you may believe could change after you have driven the car for five minutes and already own it! No pressure though!
Moreover, this is especially true when you purchase accessories from a car dealership or after-market seller as they will try sweet-talking you into buying some overly priced an unnecessary accessory such as a roof rails or a spoiler (but what is cool or necessary to you perhaps is not cool or necessary for someone else). The whole point of buying a car accessory should be to either aid the driver or enhance the overall user experience. So, here’s a list of some of the smartest car accessories for the discerning driver:
1. Mobile Phone Holder
Still using your hands to operate your cell-phone while driving? Not only is that inconvenient, but it is also illegal! So why not buy yourself a suitable phone holder for your car? Phone holders are effective, compact, and affordable, which means you hardly have an excuse not to own one. A well-placed phone holder will even allow you to have hands-free conversations, without having to deal with annoying headphones. That being said, be sure that you’re placing a holder that hasn’t been deemed illegal by your state’s laws.
Of course your phone may be able to operate through your car’s audio system as well but you could still use a cell phone holder even in that scenario.
2. Key less entry
In the age of self-driving cars and adaptive cruise control, you have to be living in a cave to use your keys to open & lock your car doors. While all modern cars are equipped with in-built key-less entry systems, or at least come as a paid option, you can have an after-market key less entry system installed in virtually any car with doors and power locks.
Many key less entry systems in premium cars even come with an engine start/stop function. Not only is it convenient, but it also enhances security as key less entry systems usually double up as car alarms.
Hey, you may have to make a quick getaway one day!
3. Reverse-parking Camera
Worried about hitting a wall or a pedestrian when you back up in a crowded or dark location? You should be because damaging someone or their property can cost you quite the sum, as well as land you in jail. It is a well-known fact that some drivers find it almost impossible to reverse park.
But a quality reverse parking camera gives you an instant fix to a perennial problem. This intuitive device allows you to back up in the tightest of corners, with higher end models coming with hi-tech features such as night vision.
4. GPS
If you’re going somewhere for the very first time or if you’re just bad with roads, you could always ask someone for directions. But what if you’re in some remote location in the middle of the night or you do not want to ask some stranger for directions? Google Maps might be able to help you, but any driver that’s used it will understand the frustration of using a phone based map software, especially if it’s a small screen.
In such cases, a GPS device works best, giving you turn for turn directions to your final destination, the best part is that most GPS devices are voice activated, which means you never have to divert your attention from the road. If you can get a device that is Bluetooth enabled, you’ll even be able to sync it with your phone
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