Welcome to Tech in the Car!
with games and toys so i think you can't talk about cars and car lovers and christmas without
talking about lego lego makes some amazing kits with fully working gearboxes and engines which
work like a real engine and they don't cost as much as a real car they're definitely not
cheap one of the newest lego kits is a lamborghini cyan kit from lego technique it's about 349 pounds
and it's got a working gearbox in there it is a fantastic toy with over 3000 pieces it's going
to take a while to put together so it might take up your christmas day which might be good if you
find christmas day a bit boring or if after eating you need something to do of course there are other
kids out there from lego there's a bugatti chiron there's various porsche models and there are
other lamborghinis as well so check out the lego section in your game store or visit the lego store
and have a look at the cars because there's some cool stuff there if you want to go slightly
cheaper then you can get alternative as well from lego for 35 pounds you can pick up the lego racing
jaguar panasonic racing car kit which includes two cars in it and you can race around with them
it's a lot less expensive than the other option but it's another really cool option for car lovers
from lego maybe fancy a board game for christmas you can pick up the mercedes f1 silver arrows
second edition monopoly kit and then you can play the monopoly game with your family after
your christmas lunch if you haven't bought the 3 000 piece lego car kit last but not least in your
christmas list something which has been impossible to get for a year and it's still impossible to get
the playstation 5 or the xbox series x both these next generation consoles came out last christmas
last november in 2020 and they were impossible to get last year and they're still impossible to get
this year thanks to the silicon shortage which is making all the car deliveries get delayed
and generally slowing down everything but if you can get hold of a playstation 5 or an xbox series
x christmas then your loved ones and family will love them we've got gran turismo 7 coming early
next year to the playstation 5 and on the xbox series x forza horizon 5 has just launched so
you can play your car racing games your heart's content on the xbox series x or playstation 5.
let's talk gadgets so gadgets in the car are one of my favorite things that you can get
and there are a few things which haven't made this video which i'm going to still list down below
which you might be interested in checking out for a family member let's start with amazon echo auto
maybe you don't have a new car with voice recognition in it in that case you can buy
the echo for your car and you can use alexa in your car to play songs and to ask for directions
and it's not very expensive at all 35 pounds plug it into your car and you've got alexa
in the car it's a really cool very very good value present and it doesn't break the bank
and it'll give a lot of fun and be genuinely useful for somebody who has a car and they
don't have a voice system built in another genuinely useful gadget to have in your car
or indeed around your home is apple's air tanks so air tags are really ingenious they use bluetooth
to connect anonymously to any iphones that are in the area if somebody's walking past your house or
by your car it will automatically connect and tell apple where that air tag is it means you can put
the air tag on your car keys in your car as a car tracker on your dog if you've got a dog like i do
or on anything else you want to keep track of and as long as an iphone nearby apple will anonymously
know where your iphone is and report it back to your iphone to find my app this is a fantastic
system and what makes it even better is when you're within bluetooth range you can use ar and
it will actually show you exact directions using your phone screen and arrow to where your air
tag is so if you lose your keys down the side of the chair or somewhere in your home you can find
exactly where they are by using the virtual ar assistant to take you right to them really really
cool again not bank breaking here 28 pounds for one air tag a four pack is 85 pounds really really
useful feature it's not live real time tracking but because there are so many iphones everywhere
it's almost working like that and because they're really really low energy the batteries last for
months and months and months and they're just round circular watch batteries so very very easy
to repair so apple air tags big recommend for that i use them in my car and on my keys and on my dock
e2 moving up budget a bit we now have race box and a race box is a cool little box with a screen
you stick on your windscreen and it allows you to track your zero to 60 times your quarter mile
times your lap times to be used on the race track or the drag racing strip and it's a really really
cool box it's very prosumer many youtube channels and professionals use it to time their cars
when they're testing them and again it's a lot of fun for the gadget lover it is more expensive 265
pounds for our hbox pro however if you wanted to save a bit of money there's also something
called draggy and draggy is essentially very similar to the racebox pro it doesn't have
a built-in screen it only syncs with your phone but it's 119 pounds and takes up even less space
so if you want to measure your performance of your car racebox pro for the high end
draggy if you want to save a bit money 119 pounds of draggy 265 pounds for racebox pro i recommend
them they're great fun to use now the next thing and this is my big recommend and if i was going
to buy a gift this christmas for somebody that has a volkswagen group car so audi vw bentley
lamborghini skoda then i would recommend this i would recommend obd-11 obd-11 plugs into obd
port what's an obd port well every car has a little port which engineers and car manufacturers
can plug in their computers and get information about the car and change various settings
it's how they access the inner workings of the car without taking apart the car basically but
what obd-11 lets you do is it lets you connect to that and diagnose faults it also lets you change
settings and obd-11 has these really cool one-click apps which allow you to change settings
so without needing to know anything about how the car works you can turn the date on running like
on and off you can change this displays on your virtual cockpit if you have one so you can maybe
have a different display for example i had an s3 a few years ago i changed to say rs3 using obd-11
and lots of cool little things like that i have a full video review of obd-11 coming they very
kindly sent me one so i'm going to show you how it works soon when it arrives my recommendation
however for christmas gifts is that if you have a vw group car it is 89.99 for the beginner's entry
version and 119 pound 99 if you want to have the ultimate edition and again links down below
to obd-11 maybe you like coffee in the morning and you want to have some in your car but you forgot
to take it with you well this is my accessories for the car section here and the wacomo pipamoka
portable coffee maker is exactly that it's about 49 pounds from amazon i know i butchered the name
so click on the link down below and it lets you make coffee on the go in your car so if
you need a coffee fix on a cold winter's morning you can do that 49 pounds link down below however
the other thing you're probably thinking on a cold warning is what about the ice on my car
well of course we have a de-icing mitt i think that's really important again not very expensive
about 10 pounds link down below so you can scratch off the ice in the morning without too much hassle
at all the next gift for any car lover who has a keyless entry car is a wireless fob pouch now cars
from a few years ago with wireless keyless entry they basically have a little fault in them which
means that somebody can repeat the signal and steal your car that's not what you want the way
to solve this problem is to get a pouch which is basically a faraday cage which blocks the signal
coming out of that pouch put your keys in the pouch and then it doesn't matter if somebody comes
around your house and tries to copy the signal they won't be able to get into the car about 9.99
again really good value an actual useful accessory to have i keep my keys in them if of course you
decide not to just turn off gears entry newer cars like the new rs3 have built-in motion sensors in
the key fob which only activate when the key fob is moving so you don't really need these
the newer cars for that reason one of these pouches will help keep your car safe and secure
from being stolen it's winter time i've mentioned the mit to get rid of the ice there are tons
of car cleaning kits available if you're a car lover you want to keep your car nice and clean
again i'm not going to recommend a specific car cleaning kit but there are links down below it's
something worth considering a nice kit which has everything you need from various companies
means that when you want to go and clean your car when your loved one apparently wants to do that
they have everything they need do it themselves nice and easily and there's loads of cool little
accessories as well you can get relating to those too so have a look at the links down below
hopefully there's some great ideas there for you the last gift idea on my list is a deep decay car
diffuser which lets you put fresh scents into your car so if your loved one has a car which is a bit
smelly we just want to keep your car nice smelling then this is a really cool little accessory
79 pounds from amazon you can buy top ops plugs in via usb keeps your car smelling nice so that's my
christmas list for car lovers i hope you found it useful if you have any questions let me know down
below or the links down below as well watch out for my obd-11 review and that's a video i want to
wish everyone a very very merry christmas and a happy new year a big thank you to everyone
that supported me in the last year i've passed a million views on the channel i've made over 200
videos i covered all kinds of cars and here's to a really good 2022 where there's going to
be a lot more cool videos coming happy new year to everyone merry christmas thank you very much
you