I’m going to run a couple of cliche’d scenarios past your beady peepers, hoping that you make the connection and build a picture in your head. Fluffy dice, furry steering wheel covers and sun visors emblazoned with Kezza and Jase. Drum n bass music blaring out of cars that are essentially speaker housing accompanied by the smell of burning rubber. Did you envisage a white escort, with a spoiler and neon lights being driven by a badly dressed ‘wide boy ‘ and his missus, doing a hand break turn in a disused car park to impress some kids that are too young to drive? If you did then your idea of car accessories is dangerously out of date.

Yes, these products are still available, but the streets are not being taken over by street racers looking for cheap thrills pretending they are in a game of grand theft auto. The wares available from car shops can be mixed and matched to great effect and are just as likely to be bought by owners of a Volvo as owners of the latest hot hatch. In fact, rather than finding neon blue strip lights and novelty alloys, it is much more likely that a specialist stockist for a car manufacturer will be selling branded merchandise that has as much to do with personal style as useful gadgets.

Car accessories have come a long way since leather driving gloves, goggles and fleece lined hats. The sort of specialist equipment available now is satellite navigation systems and built in cameras to aide parking. We could also get DVD and Playstations fitted to the headrests of the front seats. There are coin holders and flasks with the car badge engraved into the brushed aluminium or steel finish, with matching greenkeeper ring for when a game of golf is on the agenda. This a whole different class of merchandise, a range for the more discerning driver. A driver that is more likely to order an Adnams ale that a vodka Redbull with tequila chaser; not that I’m insinuating that any of these people drink and drive.

This driver is a bit Bond, a bit Mr. Milk Tray and definitely not a tyre spinning street urchin piling it around the streets of a town that went to bed at 8pm. This driver will be sporting a smart casual wardrobe, with the jumper also displaying the favoured badge of the vehicle du jour. There is the possibility that this person has many wardrobes, each with its own collections of cufflinks with matching tie depending on the car that is being driven that day. Ferrari leather gloves and Italian sunglasses are in one cupboard, and the Volvo watch, wallet and tee-shirt in another.

I think we are talking more Jeremy Clarkson than Jay Kay, both of whom have a massive collection of cars in their driveway and numerous garages. In fact, going with the Top Gear theme, James May is more like the example I have in mind for the modern man that shops for matching car accessories. He’s also the type of man who likes a pint of ale; I think Jeremy prefers a spot of Stella. He’d be tempted to match his vehicle by sporting a baseball cap and rally style jacket and is not known for style or taste since his debut with Trinny and Sue. Mr May on the other hand could be Mr Milk Tray, silently winding through the streets at night to deliver monogrammed merchandise as a taken of love to the future Mrs Milk Tray; with not a tyre mark in sight.

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Which of these 2 phones sounds better to you and why?
I don't know which to buy out of these 2 phones…….

BLACKBERRY BOLD 9000
It's the first RIM BlackBerry device to support HSDPA
Premium QWERTY BlackBerry handheld with RIM's new generation of technology
HSDPA (3.6Mbps), 3G, Quad band GPRS and EDGE
PC-like full internet browsing experience
Double the screen resolution (half-VGA)
Double the process power (624Mhz)
Double the application memory (128Mb)
1GB of on-board end user memory
Fast data access – HSDPA, 3G and WiFi
Trackball for convenient one-handed or faster two-handed operation
A handheld device and capability to connect to laptops on the move
Enhanced BlackBerry browsing and attachment viewing – fast processor, large bright display
3G capability enabling data roaming in Japan so you can keep up to date with your email while travelling
Inbuilt GPS and BlackBerry mapping gives you an international route planning service, whether planning how to get somewhere by car or on foot. Use the GPS to find your current location and then get a route plan to any address. Option to upgrade to full satellite navigation (extra charges apply)
Spell Checker to keep your messages professional
microSD external memory support
Next-generation multi-media player
Comprehensive phone features and intuitive call management capabilities such as
Smart dialling
Conference calling
Speed dial
Call forwarding
Voice dialling
Speakerphone
Stereo Bluetooth headset

Specification
Dimensions (LxWxD) 114mm x 66mm x 15mm
Weight (approx. with battery) 136g
Display Large, Bright, High Resolution 480×320 pixel colour display (Half VGA)
Buttons & Controls Trackball, Full QWERTY keyboard, Send, End, Mute, Menu, Escape two convenience keys
Spell Check Yes
User Interface Intuitive icons and menus
Processor Intel® 624MHz
Internal Memory 128Mb application memory, 1GB data memory (100Mb for system files)
Expandable Memory Hot swappable microSD external memory support
Notification Ringtones, vibrate mode, LED indicator
Ring tones MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA & Polyphonic Ring Tones
Voice Input/Output Integrated earpiece and microphone, Hands-free headset capable, Stereo Bluetooth Headset capable, Intergrated Hands-free Speakerphone
Wi-Fi Yes
GPRS Yes
Edge Yes
3G Yes
GPS Yes
Bluetooth® Yes, Stereo
Standard battery * 1500 mAhr replacable Battery
Talk Time (up to) * 3G Talk Time – 4.3 Hours
Standby Time (up to) * 3G Standby Time – 10.5 Days
Network Bands HSDPA 3.6Mpbs / 3G W-CDMA 2100/1900/850
Quad GSM/GPRS/EDGE 1900/1800/900/850
Accessories in the box 3.5 Premium Stereo Headset
1GB microSD card
Travel Charger – Standard with 3 Pins
Handheld leather effect pouch
USB Cable
M-S-1 Battery -1400 mAHr
Desktop Software
Getting Started Guide
Browsers Single user icon WAP, HTML
MMS Yes
SMS Yes
Camera 2.0 MP camera with flash
Video Recording Yes
Media Player Next Generation multi-media player
Keyboard Security Password & Keyboard lock
SAR Value (Ear) 1.15/0.84 w/kg

OR…………
BLACKBERRY CURVE 8900
Premium BlackBerry handheld with RIM's new generation of technology
QWERTY keyboard and 9-way trackball for convenient one-handed or faster two-handed operation
Spell Checker to keep your messages professional
Browse the internet in full HTML
New fast processor (512MHz)
3.2 MP camera with auto focus and geotagging
Play games & download more games from Gameloft
Watch Video on the excellent pixal screen
Listen to music:
Ships with 1GB card which can hold 200 songs (average 5MB size)
Support for 16GB microSDHC® cards which can hold 3200 songs (average 5MB size)
Facebook® application, Instant Messaging: Windows® Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!® messenger, Google Talk™
Inbuilt GPS and BlackBerry® Maps™ gives you an international route planning service, whether planning how to get somewhere by car or on foot. Use the GPS to find your current location and then get a route plan to any address. Option to upgrade to full satellite navigation (extra charges apply)
Comprehensive phone features and intuitive call management capabilities such as
Smart dialling
Conference calling
Speed dial
Call forwarding
Voice dialling
Speakerphone
Stereo headset
Stereo Bluetooth® headset

Specification
Dimensions (LxWxD) 109mm x 60mm x 13.5mm
Weight (approx. with battery) 109.9g
Display Screen resolution (480×360pixels) pixel colour display (Half VGA)
Buttons & Controls Trackball, Full QWERTY keyboard, Send, End, Mute, Menu, Escape two convenience keys
Spell Check Yes
User Interface Intuitive icons and menus
Processor 512MHz Marvell processor
Internal Memory 256MB onboard memory
Expandable Memory 1GB microSD card, support for microSDHC®
Notification Ringtones, vibrate mode, LED indicator
Ring tones MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA & Polyphonic Ring Tones
Voice Input/Output Integrated earpiece and microphone, Hands-free headset capable, Ster

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Dominic Donaldson is an expert in the motoring industry.
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