Not everyone who has an iPod will get anything other than the basic accessories to go with it, but some people, (that should be read as "most people who get an iPod") will either buy many of the accessories available on the market today, or they will lust after it, and scrimp and save until they can get what they want. For quite a few people however, iPod car kits are not thought of as extraneous accessories, but instead, as necessary items.

This is because having one of the many iPod car kits with you can come in handy if you spend most of your time on the roads. Instead of having to constantly lug your entire music collection around with you, or even take one or two choices along with you and then miss out on the ones that you really want, you can take your iPod along with you.

The question then arises as to how exactly you’re going to listen to your iPod while you’re in the car. You could of course use your earphones, but then again, that can’t be too safe to drive around without being able to hear the world around you. Or to circumvent this problem, you could take your handy iPod speakers along with you as well.

But then you have the problem of having to keep your iPod on the seat next to you along with the speakers. Then comes the problem of what you have to do to change the music you’re currently listening to, to something else.

And let’s not forget about the fact that no matter how long the battery life is of your iPod, it has run out sometime or other, and this means that you might have nothing to listen to for miles on end as you complete your journey.

This then is where the iPod car kits come in. With one of these in your possession you will have the capability to take your music with you wherever you go, without having to worry about bringing along your speakers, or even of having to worry about the battery running low.

Most good iPod car kits will have the ability for you to simultaneously charge your iPod when you’re in the car, whilst listening to your favorite tunes. This is generally accomplished by using a connector which goes into the cigarette lighter socket found in your car.

You will also need a good iPod car holder to go along with your iPod car kit. Here again though, you should find that most of the better iPod car kits will supply one as part of the kit itself. So now, all you need to do is to sit back, relax and enjoy the long drive ahead with your iPod as your firm companion.