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Car Performance technology

Belfastbelle
Belfastbelle Posts: 367 Forumite
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in Motoring
My brother has just bought a 4yr old car-
can anyone recommend any tech performance-type gadgets?
Was thinking a cool fuel economy/ mileage / performance /revs etc (not a sat nav he has that).
(round £100 -thinking christmas present :santa2:)
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  • anewman
    anewman Posts: 9,200 Forumite
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    Anything that's half decent would need a competent mechanic to fit and would probably be specific to the engine type.

    All the other stuff is either chav+noise style, or just a resistor that costs 5p sold in a nice little box.

    As for other ideas, not sure if you can get a private reg for under £100 these days.
  • Belfastbelle
    Belfastbelle Posts: 367 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 12 April 2009 at 8:34AM
    thats a good idea- thank you
  • rottertron
    rottertron Posts: 54 Forumite
    What car is it???

    Could get him a something from Wicked Art with his model of car on.
  • Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!
    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! Posts: 2,579 Forumite
    You could buy an OBDII scanner, if he's into DIY servicing they're very helpful at reading engine codes.
  • blue_haddock
    blue_haddock Posts: 12,110 Forumite
    For £100 your not going to get much that will actually improve the power or performance of the vehicle.

    The thing i thought would be a good present is to pay for a full detail on his vehicle (think extremely high quality car wash & polish) For a hundred quid you should get a decent service and it will make the car look fantastic.
  • hewhoisnotintheknow
    hewhoisnotintheknow Posts: 3,162 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    skid pan or race skills teaching

    there is not much that you could do to improve performance for 100 thats worth the hastle
  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,168 Forumite
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    Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »
    You could buy an OBDII scanner, if he's into DIY servicing they're very helpful at reading engine codes.

    Pew I am looking at one of these do you have a recomendation?
  • hewhoisnotintheknow
    hewhoisnotintheknow Posts: 3,162 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    bigger brakes
  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Furry Dice and a sun strip that covers half the windscreen will make any ford fiesta do 200mph. Alledgedly.
  • housesitter
    housesitter Posts: 545 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Better brake pads and/or discs as said above. Something like ferodo DS2000 are not a bad buy

    Failing that a full kit of filters, plugs, fluids wouldn't hurt.
    Always start tuning a car from the best case scenario.

    Nice tyre presure guage for economy savings (and tyres of course!!)

    Depends a lot on the car of course!
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