New car - looking after it/accessorizing it.

Seriously?

If it takes any longer than 5 minutes you're doing it wrong. Maybe 10 minutes if you have something like a Land Rover Discovery with copious amounts of plastic.

I actually prefer steering wheel covers but that's cos my hands get really clammy when I'm driving. Unfortunately I just got a Toyota Aygo and nothing seems to fit on it I hate having sweaty hands when I'm driving! It'd be ok if it was just a 10 min drive but it's 45 minutes and it feels awful.

Driving mats are a must I'd say. I still don't have any, must go on eBay to get some.

As for washing every week, do people really do this?! I haven't washed mine in a month because of the all of the rain.... or maybe I'm just lazy.

I didn't really kit my first car out, just bought some cheap seat covers cos the others were dirty. Haven't got anything in my new car except a jerry can and leads, and some baby wipes cos they always come in handy. I'm more interested in the way it runs than how it looks :-P Have it serviced every 10k miles or so just in case. I had a full service done on my first car when I got it and I;d definitely recommend it because you just don't know if there's anything wrong with it.

When it comes to looking after it, i have a wash and wax shampoo but would it be a good idea to apply wax on top of this? I don't know much about wax but the car is in such a good condition i really want to keep it looking nice. Is it worth doing it for a 10 year old car though?

I own a 52 plate Ford Focus and i don't bother waxing it when i wash it, it takes much longer than it should.

Tbh unless its something thats going to improve the car all the accessories will just be a waste of money unless they improve the way the car runs or some other aspect of it (i.e. the sound system).

well i would like to get a sub and change the door speakers but that will cost quite a bit and i need to save a bit of money. obviously the accessories aren't going to improve the way the car runs but they've only cost me about £20 and if they make the car feel more like mine than just anybodies then i don't think there is anything wrong with that

My hands are ok with regards to sweating, so im not going to bother with a cover but yea i got mats straight away

I've had my car for a month and I've washed it twice i need to get some mud flaps because the brake dust makes the alloys and bottom of the car dirty so quickly but also where i park in front of my house the car gets covered it pollen rain water isn't really clean though remember:P

I've got baby wipes lol, always useful when i was growing up and my mum always had them so it was one of the first things on my list lol. I've got gadget stuff like a car phone charger, fm transmitter (car only has cd player) a tyre pressure gauge and stuff but like i said i just want to make it feel more like mine. I've now got got a pink mobile phone/ipod holder, pink seat belt pads and a pink aerial ball so i can find my car in a car park because i keep loosing it among the sea of other silver cars (i always forget to check where i park lol)

My dad is good with cars and has always serviced and fixed anything with the family car so he had a look over everything when we bought it but it also came with a 12 month mot and was recently serviced so everything is ok at the moment on that front

Ooh yes, incar charger is a must for me. I also have a can of tyre stuff that you can fill your tyre with if there's a puncture which will you get you home, if you're like me and can't change tyres...

I bought mine from a private seller and I knew it had a few problems when I bought it, so a service was definitely on the cards! I had leaking shock absorbers, a broken suspension spring, cracked anti-roll bar bushes and a few other things. >_< That was costly and things just kept breaking lol. Partly the reason why I bought a newer car :P

Ooh yes, incar charger is a must for me. I also have a can of tyre stuff that you can fill your tyre with if there's a puncture which will you get you home, if you're like me and can't change tyres...

Also as the person above said i don't know if you have a pump? i bought one and my friend and boyfriend where like there is a free pump at tesco you know, but i don't know how they think i am going to be able to get to tesco with a flat tyre!

Might be worth learning how to change a wheel, a punctured tyre can often be fixed but most tyre places won't even attempt to fix one that's had that goop inside. Also I assume you've got a pump as well? If not you won't be going far no matter what!