Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Automotive Accessories for All Budgets on the Gulf Coast
The holiday season is coming to our beautiful part of America, but it brings that familiar challenge of finding the perfect gifts for everyone on your Christmas shopping list. You have to know their interests and maintain your budget which can lead to some stress. One gift type that’s going to work for just about everyone in your life will be something to make their vehicle ownership experience more pleasant.
Car accessories make great gifts because there’s a huge variety from which to choose and they can fit any holiday budget. We’ve put together a fun list of holiday gift ideas that will enhance every trip and make owning a vehicle from the Step One team even better.
Essential SUV and Crossover Gift Ideas
There are can’t-miss items that should be in every vehicle that can help the driver deal with emergencies and keep a trip moving forward to that glorious beach or mountain vacation. Some of them may not make great gifts (Not many folks carry a few extra gallons of gas around, for example) but we wanted to highlight these eminently giftable truck accessories:
- Consider adding a battery jump box into a loved one’s stocking (or a big box with a bigger ribbon) to help prepare the recipient for that dreaded “Dead Battery at the Grocery Store” scenario. There are small lithium ion jump boxes available for less than $100 that are capable of kick starting most vehicles, but you can also go with larger jump boxes with lead-acid batteries that tend to have more power. We don’t want to be overly dramatic, but this type of gift can be a literal life saver and is much better than a sweater or meme t-shirt your recipient may not like.
- Another tremendous holiday car gift is a tire inflator. These can be had in corded and cordless versions but are all fairly similar in size and easily stowed in your vehicle. You’ll be able to choose a corded version that draws power from either the vehicle’s cigarette lighter or when directly connected to battery terminals, or cordless versions which are powered by lithium-ion batteries of various voltages. This amazing minivan accessory gift is great for topping off your tires when a low-pressure light kicks on during a road trip, but also for getting your spare tire to the correct pressure if you have a flat on the streets around Mobile. (When was the last time you checked the tire pressure in your spare tire, by the way?)
- Gift seekers near Pensacola should also take a look at Dashcams as they’re considered vehicle accessories for this holiday season. These amazing little pieces of vehicle technology will capture everything that happens as you drive around Florida, and that will include any accidents or other unwelcome incidents you encounter. They can be purchased at quite a reasonable gift price, but you may want to consider upgrading your gift to a capacitor equipped that should last longer in the heat of the Gulf Coast. There are dashcams that can also record what’s going on behind you, as well as those that can record when the car is parked. Do your research and impress your gift recipient with the best you can find for your budget.
- Our last of these must have vehicle accessory gifts is commonly referred to as a car escape tool, seat belt cutter, or window breaker. These portable and affordable devices are there to help in the most serious of accidents when your recipient needs to get out of a car that’s been in a serious accident. (You might want to pick them up for everyone on your list. Be the holiday hero!)
Other Top Car Accessory Gifts for Winter 2024
The auto accessory gift ideas we’ve suggested so far are all about being prepared, but what can you get the car fans on your gift list when you’ve already got them looking like Eagle Scouts?
Why, we think you go with the most fun automotive accessories you can find for this holiday season. Here’s a bunch:
- Help them keep their family hauler smelling as good as they day they got it with an aromatherapy diffuser. You can even get one that works with essential oils so they can pick their own scent and create a relaxing driving environment. These are a favorite gift of the olfactorily sensitive amongst car owners in Alabama, and they can be had at a stocking-stuffer-like price.
- What about the gift of a truck accessory that expands the number of available USB plugs in an older vehicle? You can find reasonably priced options for this gift that fit into a vehicle’s cup holder, but you can find a slick version that adds 2 USB ports where the cigarette lighter might typically go. Just search for “car lighter USB adapter” and prepare to dazzle your friends with an affordable gift for 2024.
- If you are looking for a dog friendly accessory as a holiday gift this year, you may consider a new back seat dog hammock for your friends in Florida and Alabama. These are must-have items for dog loving car owners, and some dogs can wear them out very quickly. This blogger would certainly appreciate someone upgrading the nearly destroyed unit in the back seat of their Step One vehicle.
- Have you ever had your grocery bags fall over in the trunk? Could someone make your life better by gifting you a flexible trunk organizer this holiday season? Imagine yourself being that gift bearing savior and look into the many accessory options for organizing a trunk. Some are rigid and better able to support cargo, while others are flexible and fold flat when not in use. There are tons of options available for car accessory gift shoppers in Florida.
3 Surprise Vehicle Accessory Holiday Gifts for 2024
We’ve got just three more lovable gift ideas for the auto enthusiast in your life: 2 are cute and inexpensive while the third can cost as much as you’d like to spend. Check them out:
- We’re constantly buying groceries from that store that requires a quarter to unlock their massive carts and are in love with the idea of an inexpensive way to make sure we always have that quarter. Everyone needs their Step One vehicle to get to the grocery store, so why not gift your friends a keychain that will hold that absolutely necessary quarter? You can apparently occasionally find these for sale in store, but your time is valuable, and you’re probably better served just searching for “quarter holder keychain” as your gift shopping this year.
- Lip balm is a must when you’re on a boat, at the beach, mowing the grass, or just enjoying the great outdoors of the Gulf Coast and there are inexpensive lip balm holders that will make great gifts for this holiday season. Just make sure your gift matches the interior color of your recipient’s vehicle, or that they prefer a daring approach to their vehicle accessories.
- There are plenty of Step One Auto Group customers in Florida and Alabama who aren’t happy with a drive through carwash and love hand washing their vehicles for the ultimate in cleanliness and satisfaction. They’re all going to appreciate high quality automotive cleaning supplies this holiday season. You won’t go wrong with a jug of carwash soap, a new chamois or drying towel, a ceramic car wax, or that neat tool which makes washing the inside of your windshield and back glass much easier. (Your blogger regrets delaying their windshield cleaner for so long and would have loved it as a gift.)
Finding the Perfect Automotive Gifts in Alabama and Florida in 2024
Finding the perfect gift is a challenge for most shoppers (and we envy those friends and family who always deliver the perfect present with seemingly no effort), so we hope this list of truck and SUV accessories gifts helps inspire amazing gift giving this year. (You can always provide a gift receipt in case you took a swing and missed. ? )
If you’re looking for a New or Pre-Owned vehicle the Step One Auto Group is here to help whether you’re shopping in Alabama, Florida, or somewhere 1,000 miles away. We have a massive selection of new vehicles , a dazzling array of used vehicles , and multiple automotive service and maintenance departments for just about every brand of vehicle out there.
Contact one of our FL and AL dealerships today and let us know how we can help. We look forward to meeting you!
