Your Expert Guide to Car Gear, Accessories & Automotive Products in the UK
You touch your steering wheel on every mile you drive, yet it’s often the grubbiest, most neglected part of the cabin. A steering wheel is simply the part of the steering system the driver manipulates, but on a frosty January morning it’s an ice lolly with spokes. Years of sweat, sun and sat-nav fiddling either … Read more
Picture a thief strolling down your street at 2 a.m., glancing through windscreens. He isn’t shopping for a challenge. He’s shopping for speed. A bright yellow bar across the wheel says “this one will cost you time”, and plenty of opportunists simply keep walking. That, in one image, is the case for steering wheel locks … Read more
A steering wheel lock for car security is a removable steel device that clamps onto, spans, or fully encases your steering wheel, so the car can’t be steered away even if a thief gets inside and starts the engine. It also doubles as a bright, unmissable warning that your car is more hassle than the … Read more
A steering wheel cover for car use is a stretchy or stitched sleeve, usually microfibre, PU or genuine leather, that fits over your existing rim. It improves steering wheel grip, hides wear, and takes the sting out of scorching summer and freezing winter drives. Most fit 37–39cm wheels, though smaller and larger sizes exist. Think … Read more
A memory foam car seat cushion is a portable pad, usually 3–8 cm thick, that sits on top of your existing driver’s seat and moulds to your body using viscoelastic polyurethane foam. It spreads your weight across a wider area, softens hard spots and, in some designs, adds a coccyx cutout or a few centimetres … Read more
Why Your Car Seat Is Quietly Wrecking Your Back Here’s the uncomfortable truth nobody tells you when you buy a car: the seat that felt fine on a five-minute test drive around the block turns into an instrument of slow torture somewhere around mile forty. A lumbar support cushion for car seat use is a … Read more
There’s a particular smell that hits you the second you open a car door after a wet walk — damp fur, mud, and something vaguely like a farmyard. If you’ve ever peeled a soggy dog off cream leather seats, you already know why a decent dog seat cover for car use isn’t a luxury. It’s … Read more
Somewhere between the school run and the third muddy dog walk of the week, your car seats stop looking like something you’d be proud to show a passenger. Rain-soaked coats, coffee that never quite makes it to your mouth, a Labrador who treats the back seat like a paddling pool — British car interiors take … Read more
Universal car seat covers are removable fabric, neoprene or leatherette sleeves that stretch over your existing seats. They come in generic sizes rather than being cut to one model. They soak up spills, muddy trousers, pet hair and daily friction. When you sell the car, you take them off and show off the upholstery underneath. … Read more
Right, let’s address the tin of chopped tomatoes currently rolling around your boot like it’s auditioning for a bowling advert. If you’ve ever opened the tailgate after a big shop to find your bag for life has performed a full somersault, spilling yoghurt into your wellies, you already understand the appeal of car shopping hooks … Read more