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Holiday Wish List 2005: Automotive and Boats Gift Ideas From "Special Presentation" episode DHWL05-S

Here are several great gear-head gifts for the autos-and-boats lover in your life.

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Safety Pressure Indicators

Tire Minders Safety Pressure Indicator

Are your tires at the proper pressure? Just a glance will let you know, but never "guess" whether the pressure is okay. Now you can tell at a glance by replacing the original valve caps with these Tire Minder caps. As long as the tire maintains the correct pressure for your type of vehicle (car = 28-32 pounds per square inch--psi--or minivan = 34-38 psi), the cap's color indicator shows green. When the tire loses 4 psi, it starts showing yellow and red is fully visible at 8 psi loss. Four come to a set. Check your owner's manual for correct psi, and be sure to specify for a car or minivan.

Tire Minder
2257 Stillmeadow Rd.
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5B 1X6
Phone: 905-897-6816
E-mail: info@tireminder.ca
Website: www.tireminder.ca

Flashing Brake Light

Safe Light Deceleration-Sensitive Flashing Brake Light

The C2i 1157 DSFBL is a direct replacement for standard OEM 1157 tail brake lights. No additional wiring or installation is required aside from a standard replacement of the tail brake-light bulb. When the DSFBL determines that you are making an abrupt stop, it automatically flashes the brake lights at an attention-getting rate. The flashing will grab the attention of following drivers and let them know that something about this stop is different.

C2 Innovations
1312 April Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: 865-406-2900
E-mail: info@c2innovations.com
Website: c2innovations.com

Xplod CDX-M9000

Sony Xplod CDX-M9900

The Sony CD receiver/changer controller/MP3 player is a perfect gift for any car-stereo enthusiast. The high-resolution, full color, full-motion display gives this faceplate a whole new personality. Pop in a cd with your own pictures, or feed in a live video signal from a DVD, VCR or game console to completely customize the screen. You can save the album covers in the graphic custom file memory to automatically pop up when you load certain cds.

Sony
Car Radio Customer Support: 800-222-7669
Website: xplodsony.com

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