In a automotive breakthrough of epic proportions, allow us to introduce the Bigfoot Air Freshener, complete with a little string for hanging from your rear-view mirror. And no, it's not an abominable aroma--it's pine-scented.

Next time you hang an air freshener from your rear-view mirror, make it something your passengers will remember. These are all approx 4” to 5” long and bring a little something to the party that a paper pine tree can only dream of. You pick the creepy hairless cat in a Buddha pose, smelling of sandalwood; the bubblegum-scented rubber chicken; or the largest tardigrade (aka moss bear or water piglet) in the universe, redolent of green apples.

Made for truck and bus tires, but anyone tired of kneeling on gas station asphalt will love this 13" long x 5/8” dia air gauge. In nickel-plated brass, it has dual Schrader fittings, one straight on, the other on the reverse side at 45-degrees to ease use and save your back when the valve is at the top of the tire. Reads from 10psi to 160psi in 2psi increments.

It’s either the world’s smallest shop vac or the only car vacuum on the planet that will suck up water. Handy, that. Our 7-1/2" x 9" portable wet-dry vacuum has an 9-foot cord with a 12V cigarette lighter/accessory plug, a 3-foot-plus flexible hose, large brush, and crevice cleaner. Great for cars, boats, RV's or camping. Bonus: it reverses and has a nozzle to blow up air mattresses and the like.

Make your dashboard one with everything for under seven bucks. This Buddhist monk-on-a-spring wears an off-the-shoulder saffron robe and a blissful expression that will make your daily commute a little slice of Nirvana. Sits 4-5/8" tall with an adhesive base.

Tag a bunch of bags in this age of check-everything-or-else travel. Our each is a 5-pack of 3-M" self-laminating clear-plastic luggage (or anything else) tags. Encase a business card or any piece of paper inside and press shut. The tags are 4-9/16" x 2-13/16" and come with 6" long clear-rubber loops for attaching to handles.

This promotional set from Ford has an insulated cup-holder-friendly 14-oz coffee mug with a top, and a heating element that plugs into the handle and into the car’s cigarette lighter outlet. Its companion piece is a diamond-plate Ford Cobra or Mustang Racing Team…cigar holder, cookie tin, pen holder, gift box. Measures 5-3/4” tall x 4-1/4” dia, but we suggest only storing really macho cookies in it. The whole shootin’ match is fitted in a satin-lined presentation box. Makes a great gift! 

Cookie Monster with a migraine. Also these excellent CCFL lights so the inside of your vehicle can throb with blue lights to the beat of your sound system. It's what Bach would have done if he'd had a car. These are all on fused power cords that slide into the cigarette-lighter plug on 4-foot cords, plus a small control unit on a separate 5-foot cord. All use self-adhesive mounts and  feature adjustable sound-sensitive modes or steady-on modes (for when Mom is in the car). You pick, the 4-5/8" long tube on a pivoting base; the 7-3/4" x 4-5/8" frame to surround your sound source; or the smaller 7-5/8" x 2-1/2" frame for a smaller radio.

That’s what a “travel tumbler” really is, you know. This one is double-walled white plastic to keep your beverage cold or hot (how it knows which is magic) measuring 5-1/2” tall and holding (8) oz. Has a pretty blue gasketed screw top with a drinking slot. Dishwasher safe. Made in Holland, whence we don’t get much stuff, so we’re excited.

The vent window is gone forever, which is why you can’t keep your entire windshield fog-free all the time. (Ask grampa.) So we recommend this low-power auxiliary windshield heater-defroster. Draws a scant 3A and measures 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" x 2" with a visor clip, a 4-foot cord and a little built-in fan. Don’t expect it to remove ice but it does the job in a pinch. Funnest part is proving to the policeman that it’s not an illegal radar detector.