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  The best car polishing kits
  Before we guide you into what the best car polishing kits on the market are, we should explain what they are. Car polish is an abrasive substance that removes part...
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  The best tyre dressing 2025
  The idea of applying the best tyre dressing to a freshly washed car really is the final step, except for maybe stepping back and admiring all your hard work. The...
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  The best wheel brushes for deep cleaning alloys
  Filthy alloys are an inevitability, which means part of any good car cleaning product selection has to be some good alloy wheel brushes. This is especially evident if you’ve ever...
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  How to change the windscreen wiper blades on your Fiat 500
  The Fiat 500 (read our review) is a stylish and compact city car, remaining popular even after nearly 15 years on sale. But even this cutesy city car can be...
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  How to change the wiper blades on your Nissan Qashqai
  Still one of the most popular cars on sale in the UK, the Nissan Qashqai is an appealing family car, even if the current model is due for replacement this...
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  SOFT99 Glaco review: safety in a bottle
  One of the best ways to improve winter driving safety is to invest in a good rain repellent. When applied to your glass it provides an invisible hydrophobic layer of...
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  The best advent calendars that a car fan will adore
  The whiff of cinnamon is becoming stronger, Chris Rea is packing his emergency breakdown kit and the looming march of advent calendar shopping is growing. Christmas is on the horizon...
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  The best DAB radio adapters for your car
  Why are the best DAB radio adapters relevant? Do you remember the crinkly AM/FM radios fitted in older cars? The semi-understandable dialogue, warbled tunes, and that horrific static noise now...
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  The best glass microfibre towels for streak free windows
  You’d be forgiven for thinking that a glass microfibre towel was just a glorified cleaning cloth. Well, you’d be wrong, and that’s okay. Not everyone geeks out on microfibre towels...
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  The best odour eliminators for a car interior
  Smell is an important part of keeping a car interior clean, it doesn’t matter how meticulously vacuumed it is, if it smells like a sewer monster nobody will want a...
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  The best glass polish: Streak-free vision
  Cleaning the glass on your car is often overlooked, yet clearly, it makes sense. Car shampoo is excellent at getting grub and dirt off your vehicle, and while it will...
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  The best dent repair tools
  It’s a frustrating fact of car ownership that vehicles can pick up dings and dents, whether from a stray supermarket trolley or a careless driver bumping into your pride and...
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  Trialling new road cameras: Noisy cars targeted
  While CO2 emissions from car exhausts is a more common issue, the government is now trialling noise detection cameras to catch ‘rowdy drivers’. Using new camera technology, the Department for...
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  Cleaning oil and grease out of your clothes: A cleaning guide
  There’s nothing worse than getting oil on your clothes. Thankfully, we at Parkers hate this too, so we’d had a good look at ways to remove grease and oil from...
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  The best torches to keep in your car's glovebox 2025
  Keeping one of the best torches in the car is probably not the most burning concern of your winter car products list of things. After all, cars have their own...
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  The best impact drivers for DIY and car care
  Seized screws, nuts and bolts are a real chagrin for anyone who’s ever tinkered with an old car. The easiest way to shift these jammed nuts is to invest in...
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  Best H7 bulbs for your car in 2025: Brighter, safer driving at night
  So, what’s so special about H7 headlight bulbs? Surely all headlight bulbs are basically the same, right? Well, you’d be surprised just how many types of headlights there are and...
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  Parkers' vegan camping cooking experience
  Trying to have a vegan barbeque would have been a sad affair a few years ago. But these days it’s only possible, it’s something we heartily recommend. You’ve got the...
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  ESR HaloLock mini Power Bank: Quick review
  The market for power banks is a ferocious one. Overwhelming it may be but let’s ignore that more a moment and focus on one. Specifically, this one from ESR. This...
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  The best work boots for safe garage work
  Garages can be perilous places, there’s no doubt. Aside from the possible slipping hazards, fuel spills and large four-wheeled machines willing the knock of an unsuspecting knee, there’s usually an...