Continuing from Part 3

In-car accessories

Cars these days are becoming fully-functional entertainment suites catering to your every need, or your every want. You can’t go wrong with one of these gifts, as it’s a guarantee it will be used and enjoyed because everyone drives their car all the time, so you know its not some gift that’s going to be thrown into a cupboard and never seen again.

BMW Ipod

The Apple Ipod’s popularity has grown tremendously in recent times to the point where just about every one has one. And everyone has all their music on them, which often becomes a problem when they go for a drive and have other passengers in the car who don’t want to be excluded while you listen to your Ipod with headphones on. You can obviously get an Ipod radio adapter and tune in your radio to the frequency of the Ipod but it never works great and is unreliable.

BMW have decided to offer a fully incorporated system designed specifically with the Apple Ipod in mind. It is currently compatible with most of the BMW models and requires a second generation Ipod. You will need to take your BMW to a registered dealership and they will do the installation for you. The problem with this gift is obviously the limitations that you will need a BMW for starters which already narrows down the field of potential gift recipients by quite a lot. But if the person in mind happens to have a BMW and an Ipod full of their favourite songs, then this gift is ideal.

Garmin GPS navigator

Getting lost is a thing of the past thanks to global positioning systems that make every decision for you. You no longer need a map-book, or a backseat driver trying to tell you where to turn, just rely on the mildly entertaining robotic voice that will steer you to your destination. Regardless of the informative value of having a GPS in your car, there are quite a lot of extras to sweeten the deal. From semi-useful things like a built in calculator and currency converter, to the extremely vital like changing the image of your car on the system to that of a tank!

Wantitall.co.za sells this particular version for R1833 which is not too bad considering it’s a once off payment and you will be sorted for the rest of your driving days. These items will suffer a bit with all the construction and road-works that are going on around the country but they are constantly updated so should adapt over time.

There are a truck-load of car related gifts for this holiday season but hopefully this post will give you some ideas and make shopping that much easier.