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If you own a car you probably know how easy it is to spend money on gadgets and products designed to enhance you driving experience, improve car safety or prolong the life of your vehicle. You can fit your car with everything from sensors alerting you to obstacles behind your car to sat navs and phone devices. You can also buy various products to enhance the exterior look of your car and products which will prolong the cars life.
Funnily enough in all the car related things you can buy readers of one online magazine voted the Apple iphone the best product of 2011 because of all the ca-r or driving related software applications you can download to enhance your driving experience " sat-navs for the driver and games for those in the passenger seats. The gadget of the year however was not the iphone but a dongle which purports to help reduce fuel consumption. The Garmin ecoRoute 10 is a Bluetooth dongle which connects to your car's onboard diagnostic and displays on certain Garmin sat-navs. On this you can then view current miles per gallon, fuel use in litres and in pounds and also your carbon emissions. This data is then downloaded at home where the data is presented as a game where the way you brake, accelerate and the speed you drive at is rated from 0-100 which thus shows you areas to improve on and possibly lower your overall fuel cost. And because it's plugged into your cars 'brain' it will also tell you about any fault code generated, codes you can look up to see if the problems are serious and repairs or servicing is needed.

Other products hailed in 2011 has been wheel care products such as Mr wheel Wax and Collinite No 845 which both give our wheels a protective coating designed to repel water and slow down build-up of dust on the discs, and various products protecting the body work on your car. By using a decent pressure washer and a proper shampoo you prolong the life of the exterior of your car but the most important product is a good quality wax. Taking care of your car's exterior and cleaning off dirt and grime on a regular basis will stop corrosion and prolong the life of your car.
And making sure your interior looks nice improves your experience behind the wheel so invest in some upholstery cleaner or leather seat cleaner if you want your car to look fresh. To protect your boot from grime and damage you can buy specific covers or boxes designed for your make and model and to keep the car looking clean you can get small car specific Hoovers. CarPlan, Halfords and Turtle Wax all sell good quality leather cleaners and Black & Decker has a vacuum cleaner which gets power of the cigarette lighter.

In addition it's worth spending some money on a good sat-nav. The TomTom Via 120 has been hailed as one of the best sat-navs out there while the Navigon 20 Easy is a cheaper option which also rates well.

So if you want to prolong the life of your Ford Fiesta or you want to fit it with some new kit, a look at what's been rated in 2011 is a good idea to make sure you buy products which will last.