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Everything that does not sit neatly in one category: cross-cutting buying advice, fitting without damaging the car, and the gadgets we think are not worth the money.
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The Tent That Unfolds Over Your Car in 30 Seconds — Then Gives Up at 25 mph
The Lanmodo Pro covers your whole car at the press of a remote — on one suction cup, up to 25 mph of wind,…
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Garmin’s $1,200 Driving Coach Will Make You Faster — and Refuses to Work on the Road There
Garmin’s Catalyst 2 talks you through every lap for $1,199.99 — plus a subscription, an internet requirement and four specs Garmin does not publish.
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A $999 Box Lets 325 Cars Steer Themselves — and Federal Investigators Just Opened a File
The comma 4 shrinks openpilot to a fifth the size for $999 — and arrives alongside an NHTSA defect investigation naming five crashes and…
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Solar Tint Says It Will Charge Your Car Through the Windows. We Did the Maths.
Transparent photovoltaic film is real science with record numbers behind it. Applied to car glass it is worth one to two kilometres a day…
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The Fiat 500L Had a Factory Espresso Machine — and It Was Better Engineered Than You Think
The only production car ever sold with a built-in espresso machine. How the Lavazza unit worked, why you had to turn it upside down,…
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Reviver RPLATE: What a Digital Licence Plate Really Costs, and Where It Is Legal
A connected screen instead of a stamped metal plate — registerable in just two states, $899 plus a permanent subscription, and with two public…
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MOKUKU AI Robot Driving Companion: The $89 Dashboard Pet That Reads Your OBD Port
An expressive robot that sits on your dashboard and reacts to how you drive, pulling speed and RPM from the OBD-II port. We checked…
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How to Read a Product Listing: Spec Sheet Red Flags
The same handful of tricks appear across every gadget category. Once you can spot them, most buying decisions answer themselves.
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Fitting Gadgets Without Damaging Your Car
Adhesive on the wrong trim, a cable across an airbag, a fuse tap in the wrong slot. The common installation mistakes are avoidable and…
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Car Gadgets That Are Not Worth the Money
Some categories exist because they sell, not because they work. Here are the ones we would not buy, and the honest reason in each…