CarGear360 Team

Picture this: you’re queuing on the A40, phone buzzing on the passenger seat, and you genuinely don’t know if answering it will land you a £200 fine or a perfectly legal chat with your mum. That confusion is exactly why the humble bluetooth car adapter for hands-free calls has quietly become one of the most … Read more

There’s a particular kind of sadness that comes from driving a perfectly good car that still thinks it’s 2009. You’ve got heated seats, a decent stereo, maybe even a reversing camera — and yet you’re stuck scrolling through crackly FM stations while your phone sits there, silently judging you for not having digital radio. A … Read more

There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that comes from loving an older car. You adore the solid thunk of the door, the way the seats have moulded to your shape over a decade of commutes, the fact that nothing on the dashboard is trying to sell you a subscription. And then you plug your phone … Read more

Old car, no built-in Bluetooth, and a phone full of podcasts you can’t play through the speakers — sound familiar? A bluetooth fm transmitter is a small gadget that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket, pairs with your phone over Bluetooth, and rebroadcasts the audio to an empty spot on your car radio dial, so … Read more

Somewhere between “my car’s stereo is from the Blair years” and “I’m not paying £600 to rip out my dashboard”, there’s a small plastic gadget that solves the whole problem for the price of a decent takeaway. A bluetooth fm transmitter for car use is a pocket-sized device that plugs into your 12V socket, pairs … Read more