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What do I need in a car?

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Meckity1 · 30/03/2019 14:06

Yesterday I posted about when I could start driving after passing my test. Next week I am going car hunting. I know an incredibly safe place to look for cars (Styrin Motors, Leeds - salesmen work as a team, recommendations for them from all sorts, very nice when I spoke to them on the phone).

I'll need things for the car, won't I? I guess I'll need air freshener thingies but what else? Am I going over the top having a tyre repair kit? Do I just need a cloth? What about antifreeze and screenwash?

Please, any help that will stop me going into Halfords and coming out with a trolley load of unnecessary rubbish will be really gratefully received.

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Meckity1 · 07/05/2019 13:20

Resurrecting this.

How can I be sure what oil to get and what happens if I get it wrong? I've looked in the handbook which helpfully said - 'appropriate for model, please buy from Total' and the place I bought it from said 'semi synthetic 5w/30. My google fu says that 5w/30 is probably right, but I feel very worried.

All help gratefully received, because clueless.

And what about dashcams? Any recommendations for cheap and easy to fit?

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