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On the road again: if your commute has turned your car into a second home, then why not throw yourself a housewarming party?
Advocate, The, Nov 8, 2005
You only think you're all GPS'd out--until you see the TomTom Go 700 ($899). Besides having a name like an '80s cover band, it gives you not only maps but routes with voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. You can also use Bluetooth to make hands-free calls and, through the TomTom Plus service, learn traffic and weather conditions.
Keep your drinks cool or your takeout hot with The Sharper Image Hot+Cold Car Snack Box ($59.95). Plug it into your cigarette lighter and make long drives not so much about the lukewarm Hr. Pibb.
Mr. Clean, our favorite leather daddy--er, cleaning supply representative--has delivered the Mr. Clean AutoDry ProSeries All-in-One CarWash Kit ($30-$35), a portable, painless washing solution that stows neatly in the back of your trunk, Provide a garden hose so you and Mr. Clean can get sudsy.
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This ain't your mother's PowerBall. Oh, wait, it is. Mothers PowerBall ($25) is a specially designed polisher that hooks onto your cordless drill and shines up chrome, stainless steel, and even plastic.
Hey, instead of, say, dying in a horrible collision, how about actually watching the road while looking for that Goldfrapp song? Try the Harman Kardon Drive + Play ($199), which projects your iPod's display on the dashboard and comes with a cool control knob so you can spin music without spinning off the road.
About the size of the average PDA, the Escort Passport 8500 XS0 portable radar connects via suction cup to your windshield, where it beeps and flashes warnings on what's up ahead, separating police radar signals from "ignore me" transmissions like security alarms. This nifty unit consistently gets top test ratings, and on our extended test drive it performed flawlessly--detecting bona fide X and K band police radar over hills, straightaways, and curves in time to slow us down and avoid unwanted attention. The X50 is well-priced at $339.95 for the blue electronic display ($299.95 for the red), so unless such devices are illegal where you're driving, don't hit the highway without it!
For emergencies, play it safe with the battery-free Eton FR300 Emergency Radio by Grundig ($50). One 90-second turn of the crank tunes in to 40-60 minutes of AM or FM broadcasts, NOAA weather channels, and audio from VHF TV stations. It even has an emergency siren and flashing light for getting help the new-fashioned way.
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