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  The best budget electric scooters
  Fancy one of the best budget electric scooters to ride around on? You may have seen electric scooters cropping up around big cities in the UK; however, private e-scooter usage...
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  Cooking in the Grand Californian heat – The Parkers guide to cooking in a campervan
  If your idea of campervan cooking extends to spam and tinned hoops eaten from mess tins with a house key, you’re in for a real surprise. Camping cookware has come...
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  The best e-bikes under £500
  Finding a good e-bike is challenging. Finding the best e-bikes under £500 is almost impossible. Whether you’re searching for an electric bike for your commute to work or to ride around...
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  The best electric scooters
  If you live in a city, it’s likely you’ll have noticed the influx of e-scooters, topped with commuters on their merry way to work. With more people looking for environmentally...
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  The best car first aid kits you need in your boot
  How painful can a papercut be? Or a skinned knee? All these occurrences, while not A&E worthy are an utter pain if you don’t get something to treat them. That’s...
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  Car-themed Secret Santa ideas
  At Parkers, we know what car fans like as a gift. We’ve put that knowledge to use here in suggesting a range of Secret Santa ideas seasoned in car spice....
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  The best travel games for kids
  Car journeys as a child can be incredibly dull. There is only so much to see from a window and boredom really starts to kick in. Sure, you can plonk...
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  The best toy cars
  Toy cars are a pillar of most children’s playtime. Whether it was racing Dinky and Matchbox cars around the living room rug, plunging Tonka trucks through mud in the garden...
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  Parkers’ top diecast model cars
  Diecasting as a manufacturing process has been around for almost 200 years. It a production method of pouring molten metal into a mould. Plastic can be cast in a similar way...
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  The best Father's Day gifts handpicked by our product experts
  The best Father’s Day gifts To avoid the old cliche that dads are hard to buy for, we’ve been racking our brains at the Parkers HQ, thinking up the best Father’s...
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  The best camping chairs for your campervan trips
  The great outdoors has beckoned, and you’ve answered the call, so it is time to shake off the workaday shackles and get back to basics with a camping trip. That...
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  Driving in Germany
  If you are planning a driving trip across Germany, you’re not alone. Confidence in air travel is falling, and many families are considering letting the car take the strain for...
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  Driving in France – everything you need to know
  France. Cuisine, sea, sun, and mountains. The butt of many snide jokes it may be but we all love going there. If you’re driving there at any point, make the...
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  Driving in Europe – everything you need to know
  If you’re planning on avoiding flying and taking your car to Europe for essential travel, please make sure you know the rules and regulations for driving in your chosen countries. The...
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  Bike rack comparison test
  Unless you plan on only riding the roads or trails within a half-hour pedal from your house it’s likely that at some stage you’ll want to put your bike on...
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  The best leisure batteries for campervans 2024
  Leisure batteries are crucial to campervans and caravans (and some marine vehicles, too) to help make sure your camping trip goes as smoothly as possible. These compact power packs provide the electricity...
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  The best travel torches for your car glovebox
  ‘But I’ll just use my phone,’ you say. There are a few reasons why you shouldn’t, which we’ll get to in a moment. Like a tyre inflator or jump starter,...
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  The best travel flasks you should have for your car
  What do you call the average commuter who hasn’t had their fix of caffeine? Grumpy. And even if you do introduce a coffee to them dispensed from a cafe or...
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  The best leather car seat covers for a classy interior
  Deciding which car seat covers to go for is a major challenge. It’s just as much choosing the style as it is knowing which ones will fit your seats. The...
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  Best dog booster seats and beds for cars
  To be frank, our dogs and pets live a more luxurious life than most humans. Naturally, we want to give them the best car rides possible, and there are plenty...