Small recommended Car related Purchases

[Moe]

saw this thread on another forum and though I would start one here, its always interesting. What are the small things you purchased for your car that you find indispensable. Whats in Aldi and Lidl? Amazon, ebay, Aliexpress, adverts.ie etc....

I will start off with my favourite, I refuse to pay a petrol station for compressed air.

Amazon Basics Portable Air compressor. I have tried a load of halfords ones etc and found them really weak. This one can inflate a wheel quickly, its not that noisy. And can be set to automatic cutoff at specified pressure. Has a lamp too. €50 euro free delivery with Amazon Prime.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[JohnH]

Great idea, thanks. I was looking at compressors recently but they all seemed weak.

I got these air vent magnetic phone holders recently as I got sick of fishing the phone from the passenger foot well.

They the most discrete phone holders I could find.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mpow-Magnet...e+holder&psc=1

[Moe]

On your advice John I got those too, they work great even on very heavy phones.

[Moe]

Battery Charger, saved me a few times and has revived some dead batteries. The OEM BMW ones are Ctek anyway.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[RobH]

Great idea, thanks. I was looking at compressors recently but they all seemed weak.

I got these air vent magnetic phone holders recently as I got sick of fishing the phone from the passenger foot well.

They the most discrete phone holders I could find.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mpow-Magnet...e+holder&psc=1

are these tight on the vent? I found with my belkin mount that the whole lot would go flying on a hard corner.

[JohnH]

are these tight on the vent? I found with my belkin mount that the whole lot would go flying on a hard corner.

Yep, one axis is tighter than the other so it’s just a matter of picking the narrower one.

[ecooney]

Great idea, thanks. I was looking at compressors recently but they all seemed weak.

I got these air vent magnetic phone holders recently as I got sick of fishing the phone from the passenger foot well.

They the most discrete phone holders I could find.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mpow-Magnet...e+holder&psc=1

Good call John. I bought 4 of them




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[JohnH]

Good call John. I bought 4 of them




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Would you ever line up the logo parallel to the vent and retake the pics please??

[ecooney]

Would you ever line up the logo parallel to the vent and retake the pics please??

I knew that would bother you. It was realigned shortly after taking the pic.


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[Ketron]

Great idea, thanks. I was looking at compressors recently but they all seemed weak.

I got these air vent magnetic phone holders recently as I got sick of fishing the phone from the passenger foot well.

They the most discrete phone holders I could find.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mpow-Magnet...e+holder&psc=1

Picked up a pair of these myself, installed them during the week into both our cars. Its the right job, thanks John!