WHAT USEFUL THINGS DO I NEED FOR MY NEW CAR?

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my new car comes in 10 days, my first ever, borrow dh, i have been driving for 18 months.
have dd 4yrs and shes popping out of her car seat.
any useful things i can cram in it?

Ermmmmm....... fuel?

decorative tissue box for shelf at rear

hmm, was thinking about the tissue one, they do lovely black and gold ones. i thought for the first week i might put a hifi and baby hifi sticker banner thing across the back window.

ive also thought
insurance
rac
do i tell the dvla?
tax

furry steering wheel cover ?

seriously too - a first aid box is good idea and as I'm neurotic I have a little glass hammer to smash the window in the event of driving into water accidentally...

dh would die if i turned up with it all decked out. could be a good idea.

i have a spare first aid box, good idea.

The dealer will inform the DVLA and you will get the log book in he post in a few weeks.

The car should have tax on it when you pick it up.

AA do a monthly payment scheme if you don't want to pay out for 12 months in one go.

Car mats
Baby wipes (useful for wiping down the dash and sticky children fingers.

My boot contains - spare set of clothes for all of us. Nappies, wipes, travel potty, my 'vomit kit' (towels, kitchen roll, spare carriers, bottle of water and wipes). Large bottle of water, box of cereal bars. Torch. Small bag containing change and crucial phone numbers (school, dh work, neighbours etc). And a pen.

Too much? Too paranoid? Maybe but I can say that over a couple of years every single one of those items has been invaluable at one moment or another whilst out and about.

And if I got a new car? I'd pretend that the dreadful 'Wheels on the Bus' CD doesn't work. Only mummy's one's work.

thanks

floral/flock cushion for the back shelf

A new cd, some shades...... you know practical stuff lol! Oh and some kind of lucky mascot if its your first to carry from car to car as you replace them - replace the car but never the mascot........

A new cd, some shades...... you know practical stuff lol! Oh and some kind of lucky mascot if its your first to carry from car to car as you replace them - replace the car but never the mascot........

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but not if its a diesel!

Little tyre pressure gauge, the forecourt ones are often very inaccurate.

Chammois covered sponge to wipe inside of windscreen on damp days when it starts to fog a bit. Amazing how grotty it gets. Euww.
Ice-scraper.
Correct paint-colour touch-up pen for stone chips and (oops) inadvertant teeny scratches. It will happen. Don't be upset. Can get from dealer - hell get them to throw things like that and car mats in if you're buying new. It's the least they can do - & a tank-full of fuel.
Enjoy x

What are you getting? just to be nosey

I'm getting a black metallic 1.4 polo.
dont know if dd and i are going to fit in it if i get everything.
I'm really embarrassed to tell you all but I've never filled one up, will they think I'm thick at the petrol station?

also how many of you can change a tyre, fill water squirter etc?

Wouldn't be able to change a tyre - not without a serious course of weights at the gym. I think the AA/RAC will do that for you roadside, but best to check your tyres regularly and then you prob won't need to. My DH does mine

Sounds lovely. Read your manual re filling tank - may be a filler cap release button inside........ask dealers when you pick up x

Drive carefully!

at least i may be able to park in somewhere other than a supermarket car park as dh is a big f***.

You lucky thing!

Red warning triangle and one of those portabe charging things with the jump leads and tyre pressure at the back.

The water bottle usually a picture on the bottle so you know it's water.
The oil usually ha a picture of a oil can.

box in the boot containing first aid kit, screenwash, spare bulbs, jump leads, warning triangle, 2l water, blanket, rags

in the glovebox or door pockets: ice scraper, duster, chamois, tissues, boiled sweets, pen and paper, road atlas