★ SOSA Safar · Waterless Car Perfume Diffuser
Whether a dial is worth paying for depends on whether your journeys differ, and the page below says exactly where the line falls
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"The scent is so much stronger than water diffusers because it's pure oil. Love the 3 speed settings."
SOSA Safar
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"Carry it from my car to my office desk. No spills in my bag because there's no water. Genius."
SOSA Safar
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"Took it to a hotel on a work trip and my room smelt like home in minutes. The timer is perfect."
SOSA Safar
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"No heating plate to clean, no white dust. Just drops of oil and press. Battery easily lasts my commute for days."
SOSA Safar
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"Gifted it to my dad for his car. He keeps telling everyone about the 'no water' thing."
SOSA Safar
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"Small, premium and actually works. Intermittent mode lasts me almost a full week between charges."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"The scent is so much stronger than water diffusers because it's pure oil. Love the 3 speed settings."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Carry it from my car to my office desk. No spills in my bag because there's no water. Genius."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Took it to a hotel on a work trip and my room smelt like home in minutes. The timer is perfect."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"No heating plate to clean, no white dust. Just drops of oil and press. Battery easily lasts my commute for days."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Gifted it to my dad for his car. He keeps telling everyone about the 'no water' thing."
SOSA Safar
★★★★★
"Small, premium and actually works. Intermittent mode lasts me almost a full week between charges."
SOSA Safar
★ The machine with a dial, the spray with presses and a way to choose the scent
SOSA SafarThree speeds, a timer, set parkedView ₹3,999SOSA Sandalwood Car FreshenerOne press or two, chosen parkedView ₹479SOSA Car Perfume Sprays Discovery SetThree sprays to find your scentView ₹699
✓ Settings are changed parked — never while the vehicle is moving ✓ SOSA publishes no cabin-size figure for Safar, so this page gives none ✓ A portion of every order funds girl-child education through Nanhi Kali
Founder Diaries · Car Fragrance Guides · SUV & Indian Conditions
Should I turn it up when the car needs freshening? No. A dial is for how much you want today, never for answering a smell. If something in the cabin smells, find the source and let air through first, because fragrance does not remove a smell.
What setting suits a short hop or a long run? A short hop wants the least: one press, or the lowest speed switched off on arrival. A long run wants steadier, not stronger: the lowest or middle speed with a timer long enough to span the trip.
See Safar, the machineSee the Sandalwood spray
Facts verified 1 October 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: SOSA Safar is a cordless waterless car perfume diffuser from ₹3,999, rising to ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired trios. It has three speed settings and a one, two or three-hour auto-off timer, runs up to ten hours continuous or thirty hours intermittent on its 2000 mAh Type-C battery, is 6.9 cm tall, and cold-diffuses pure undiluted oil with no water, no heat and no residue. In the box: the diffuser, a 20 ml bottle, a Type-C cable and a manual. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for Safar, so this page states none and sizes it to no cabin. Safar is aroma only and does not humidify; equally it does not dehumidify, dry a cabin or fix damp. Waterless nebuliser refills are ₹1,049 for 100 g, ₹1,849 for 300 g, in sixteen scents, shared with the SOSA Vaayu. The hanging fresheners and car perfume sprays run from ₹449 to ₹509, each one product with a mild-throw hanging variant, a stronger spray variant and a 50 ml spray; 15 ml hanging refills are ₹399 for 15 ml, Lemon or Jasmine, ₹429 for 15 ml, Sandalwood, Lavender or Icy Mint, ₹449 for 15 ml, Sea Breeze, Vetiver or Oud, Mysore Orange Blossom is ₹549 for 10 ml, ₹1,499 for 50 ml, and the discovery set of three is ₹699 for pack of 3 to ₹799. Fragrance is an aesthetic decision. SOSA makes no medical, clinical, dermatological or therapeutic claim of any kind, and no claim about alertness, fatigue, concentration, motion sickness or driving safety. No SOSA product eliminates, neutralises, purifies, disinfects or deodorises anything: where there is a smell, find the source and ventilate or dry first, and call a professional for a wet carpet or an interior clean. Change a setting while parked. SOSA is not affiliated with and not endorsed by any vehicle manufacturer. How a fragrance reads in a cabin depends on the car, the parking, the weather, the air conditioning and the person, and varies from day to day. Prices, sizes and availability are subject to change — see the live product pages.
A short hop to the shops, the ordinary commute, a long run out of town: three journeys, and perhaps three different answers to how much fragrance you want. Whether a dial is worth paying for comes down to one question, and it is asked plainly below.
Quick answers — read this first
Is adjustable fragrance useful for different journeys? Yes, if your journeys really differ. Safar's three speeds and one, two or three-hour timer let you match the level to the trip, chosen parked. If every journey is alike, a spray pressed once does the same job for less.Should I turn it up when the car needs freshening? No. A dial is for how much you want today, never for answering a smell. If something in the cabin smells, find the source and let air through first, because fragrance does not remove a smell.
What setting suits a short hop or a long run? A short hop wants the least: one press, or the lowest speed switched off on arrival. A long run wants steadier, not stronger: the lowest or middle speed with a timer long enough to span the trip.
The short answer
Short answer: Adjustable is useful when your journeys differ in length or company. It is a comfort feature: how much you want today, never a way to deal with a smell.
The pick: SOSA Safar at ₹3,999, lowest speed to begin with, timer matched to the trip. Cheaper and honest: a Sandalwood spray at ₹479.
Next step: List your three commonest journeys, give each a setting parked, and keep it a week. Not sure they differ? Describe your week and we will reply.
In this guide
Three speeds and a one, two or three-hour timer give you a way to match the level to the trip. They do not give you a way to deal with a smell, and this page keeps those two things apart.
The machine with a dial, the spray with presses, and a way to try first
For journeys that differ
SOSA Safar · ₹3,999
For journeys that do not
Sandalwood spray · ₹479
Your own week
Describe your journeys by email
Straight answer
Would Adjustable Fragrance Be Useful if I Want Different Intensity After Different Kinds of Journeys?
Yes, if your journeys really differ. Buy SOSA Safar in a trio whose scent you already like, start on its lowest speed with the one-hour timer, and match the timer to the trip. If every journey is alike, a spray is the honest cheaper answer.
1. A dial is worth paying for only as far as your journeys differ. If the right level on Tuesday is the right level on Saturday, you are buying a feature you will set once and forget, and a spray does that for less. The decider below sorts you in two questions.
2. The argument is comfort, and only comfort. You lower it because you have had enough of it. You raise it one step because you cannot find it. You never raise it because something smells, and the page on separating cleaning, ventilation and fragrance explains why.
3. A short hop wants the least. One press of a spray, or Safar on its lowest speed, and often nothing at all. A timer set for an hour is too long for a hop, so switch it off on arrival or carry it in with you.
4. A long run wants steadier, not stronger. You stop noticing a scent in the same air for hours, and the temptation is to climb. The dial's job is to hold: the lowest or middle speed, and a two or three-hour timer chosen parked to span the trip.
5. A spray adjusts by presses, and that is a fair answer. One or two presses, chosen parked. What you give up is a level held across a long trip, since you cannot press again while moving. That is the whole price difference.
First week: write down your three commonest journeys. Give each a setting, parked, and change nothing for three days. Move one step, parked, only where you could not find the scent. Decide on day seven. If the three turn out to be one kind, the page that owns the honest no is the one to read.
1. A dial is worth paying for only as far as your journeys differ. If the right level on Tuesday is the right level on Saturday, you are buying a feature you will set once and forget, and a spray does that for less. The decider below sorts you in two questions.
2. The argument is comfort, and only comfort. You lower it because you have had enough of it. You raise it one step because you cannot find it. You never raise it because something smells, and the page on separating cleaning, ventilation and fragrance explains why.
3. A short hop wants the least. One press of a spray, or Safar on its lowest speed, and often nothing at all. A timer set for an hour is too long for a hop, so switch it off on arrival or carry it in with you.
4. A long run wants steadier, not stronger. You stop noticing a scent in the same air for hours, and the temptation is to climb. The dial's job is to hold: the lowest or middle speed, and a two or three-hour timer chosen parked to span the trip.
5. A spray adjusts by presses, and that is a fair answer. One or two presses, chosen parked. What you give up is a level held across a long trip, since you cannot press again while moving. That is the whole price difference.
First week: write down your three commonest journeys. Give each a setting, parked, and change nothing for three days. Move one step, parked, only where you could not find the scent. Decide on day seven. If the three turn out to be one kind, the page that owns the honest no is the one to read.
Safar if your journeys really differ: lowest speed first, timer matched to the trip, set parked. A Sandalwood spray if they do not. A dial is for taste, never for a smell.
What to buy for journeys of different kinds
| The product | SOSA Safar in whichever SOSA-naturals trio you already know you like, at ₹3,999. No favourite yet: the discovery set first |
| The setting to start on | The lowest of its three speeds for every journey. Move up one step, parked, only for the trip where you could not find the scent |
| The timer | One hour for the ordinary commute. Two or three hours for a long run, chosen parked before you set off |
| Where it goes | The cup-holder. On a short hop, switch it off on arrival or carry it in with you |
| The cheaper honest answer | A Sandalwood spray at ₹479, one press or two, parked. If your journeys are all alike, nothing more is needed |
I would buy the dial only for a week that truly has different journeys in it. And I would hold one rule: the dial answers how much you want, never what the cabin smells like. If your trips are all alike, I would sell you the spray.
Shop the setup in this guide
SOSA Safar at ₹3,999 is the answer when journeys differ: three speed settings, a one, two or three-hour auto-off timer, cordless on a 2000 mAh Type-C battery, up to ten hours continuous or thirty intermittent per charge. About 6.9 cm, so it sits in the cup-holder. No water, no heat, no residue. Aroma only; it does not humidify.
See the SOSA Safar ₹3,999Ask for a car fragrance recommendation
The machine with a dial, the spray with presses
Two products fit, and they adjust in different ways. One has a dial and a timer, chosen parked. The other has a number of presses, also chosen parked. Neither is sized to a cabin, because SOSA publishes no cabin figure for Safar, and that is why this page talks about journeys instead.
For a level matched to the trip
SOSA Safar
₹3,999 for SOSA naturals trio, ₹4,499 for hotel-inspired trio. Three speed settings from light to intense and a one, two or three-hour auto-off timer. Cordless, 2000 mAh Type-C, up to ten hours continuous or thirty intermittent per charge. Cold diffusion of pure undiluted oil: no water, no heat, no residue. About 6.9 cm. Aroma only; it does not humidify.
From ₹3,999
For one level, adjusted by presses
SOSA Sandalwood Car Freshener
₹479 for hanging 12 ml, ₹479 for car perfume spray, ₹1,499 for 50 ml car perfume spray. One product, three variants: a 12 ml Hanging (Mild scent-throw), a Spray (Strong scent-throw) and a 50 ml car perfume spray. For adjusting, the spray is the relevant variant. It costs the same as the hanging one: a format, not a step up. Any of the eight scents works the same way.
From ₹479
Three kinds of journey, in three cards
The short hop is the first card, the long run the second, and the full or quiet car the third, with the one rule that matters about any of them. None of it needs a measurement.
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One
The short hop: the journey that needs the least
A short hop is where fragrance most easily overstays. You are in the car briefly, the scent has barely settled, and a setting chosen for a longer trip is simply too much. For a spray the answer is one press, or none. For Safar it is the lowest speed, and since the shortest timer is an hour, the honest habit is to switch it off on arrival or carry it in with you. If most of your week is hops, a dial is not what you need, and the page on when to buy nothing says so more bluntly than I will here.
Tip: Count your hops in a week. If they are most of your journeys, buy the spray.
SOSA Sandalwood Car Freshener at ₹479, labelled Spray (Strong scent-throw). Press lightly or not at all. The same price as its hanging variant.
See SOSA Sandalwood Car Freshener →
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Two
The long run: steady beats stronger
On a long run you spend hours in the same air, and the pleasant parts of a scent are the first you stop noticing. The temptation is to climb a step, then another. That is the wrong use of a dial. Its job on a long trip is to hold a level, not to chase one: the lowest or middle speed, and a two or three-hour timer chosen parked, so that it does not stop part-way and tempt you to restart it. Safar runs up to ten hours continuous per charge, which is published, so a long trip is within it.
Tip: Move one step, parked, and change nothing else for the whole trip. Judge it on the next one.
SOSA Safar at ₹3,999: a one, two or three-hour timer, so the trip, not your memory, decides when it stops.
See SOSA Safar →
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Three
A full car or a quiet one: the dial is for taste, never a smell
Who is in the car changes what you want. Alone, you may enjoy a step higher. With others, you may prefer the lowest speed, and the right move is to ask them rather than guess, because I cannot tell you what anyone else prefers. What the dial must never be is an answer to a smell. If you feel the urge to turn it up because the cabin has a smell, stop: that is a source to find and air to let through, and the page on telling a cleaning job from a fragrance wish draws the line.
Tip: Ask a passenger once, parked, and set the lowest speed for them. Raising it later is always possible.
SOSA Car Perfume Sprays Discovery Set from ₹699: three sprays, so a shared car can try a scent before anyone commits to a machine.
See SOSA Car Perfume Sprays Discovery Set →
The SOSA principle
An adjustable fragrance is not a stronger fragrance with an escape hatch. It is the same fragrance with an honest answer to how much you want today.
Which is why the useful question is never how high it goes. It is whether you will use the lower settings, and whether you will leave it alone when the only thing wrong is a smell.
Journey by journey, in a table
The table sets each kind of journey beside the setting I would begin with and what to buy. The settings are starting points for a week of notes, not rules, and every one is chosen parked.
The SOSA plan for journeys of different kinds
Each kind of journey, beside the setting to begin with
| The journey | The setting to begin with, and what to buy |
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A short hop: the shops, a school gate
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One press of a spray, or none. With Safar, the lowest speed, switched off on arrival or carried in. The spray is the honest choice if hops dominate. View → |
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Your ordinary daily commute
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Lowest speed, one-hour timer, started parked at the beginning of each journey. Judge it on the fourth day, not the first. View → |
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A long run out of town
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Lowest or middle speed, and a two or three-hour timer chosen parked to span the trip. Steady, not stronger. View → |
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A full car with different tastes in it
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The lowest speed, and ask each person once, parked. Lower is easier to raise later than the other way round. I cannot say what anyone else prefers. |
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The day it simply feels like too much
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Note it, and lower it one step at the next parked stop. If it is a smell rather than the fragrance, that is a source, not a setting. |
A dial is only part of the question. If you would like to know whether Safar is worth it at all, the page that gives both halves of the answer. If your trouble is a cabin that keeps being re-soiled, the page on one controllable system against a fragrance per problem is the closer read. And if you want to pick scent and format together, the page on spa-style aromatics and changing intensity by journey length goes through it. Or describe your three commonest journeys and the scents you like.
Answer two questions and the format chooses itself
How many different kinds of journey do you make in a typical week?
- One kind, nearly every time
- Two or three kinds
Are you happy to press a spray again at the start of each journey?
- Yes, a press or two is fine
- No, I would rather set it and leave it
One kind of journey · a press is fine
A Sandalwood spray at ₹479, or any of the eight scents, is the whole answer. One press, parked. Nothing more is needed, and a dial would sit unused.
One kind of journey · set and leave it
SOSA Safar at ₹3,999, lowest speed, the one-hour timer, set once. You are paying for not having to remember, not for a dial you will turn, and that is a fair reason.
Two or three kinds · a press is fine
Start with the spray: one press for a hop, two for a longer run, chosen parked. Buy Safar later only if a week shows you want a level held on the long trip.
Two or three kinds · set and leave it
SOSA Safar at ₹3,999. Lowest speed for everything to begin with, the one-hour timer for the commute and two or three hours for the long run. This is the answer this page lands on.
A dial or a press: the fork in this answer
Journeys of different kinds point to one of two places: the machine with speeds and a timer, or a Sandalwood spray with a press or two. These buttons are those two.
A dial answers how much you want today. The moment it becomes the answer to a smell, you have bought the wrong thing and turned it the wrong way.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
The SOSA specification for different journeys
Three rows: the machine for a dial, the spray for presses, the set for finding the scent first. Each answers a different version of the question, and none is sized to a cabin, because SOSA publishes no cabin figure for Safar.
The SOSA specification, for journeys that differ
What each one is for, and what each leaves to you to do
| Product | Best for | Why it works | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOSA Safar | A week with two or three kinds of journey in it | ₹3,999 for SOSA naturals trio. Three speeds and a one, two or three-hour timer. Cordless, 2000 mAh Type-C. Start low, parked, and match the timer to the trip. No cabin figure is published, so none is given | ₹3,999 View → |
| SOSA Sandalwood Car Freshener | One level, adjusted by presses, nothing to charge | ₹479 for hanging 12 ml. Spray (Strong scent-throw): press lightly, parked. The same price as the hanging variant on every scent, so it is a format, not a tier | ₹479 View → |
| SOSA Car Perfume Sprays Discovery Set | Anyone not yet sure which scent is theirs | ₹699 for pack of 3. Three car perfume sprays in one pack. The product page lists which three scents, so check it before you choose | ₹699 View → |
Start with the cabin, not the dial. If something in the cabin smells before any fragrance is added, find the source first, let air through with the doors open, parked, and only then choose a fragrance; fragrance does not remove a smell, and no setting should be chosen to deal with one. If the cabin is clear, Safar is ₹3,999 for SOSA naturals trio, ₹4,499 for hotel-inspired trio and what you are buying is a level you choose, not reach, because SOSA publishes no cabin figure for it and nobody should give you one. It is aroma only and does not humidify; it does not dehumidify, dry a cabin or do anything about damp either, and no SOSA product does. A Sandalwood spray is ₹479, the discovery set of three is from ₹699, and a spray and a hanging variant are the same price on every scent. SOSA is not affiliated with any vehicle manufacturer and makes no health, wellbeing or driving-related claim of any kind. Settings are changed parked. Ours is a contact page and a person who replies: Ask for a car fragrance recommendation.
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A note from Sonal
Customers ask me whether a dial is a luxury. My honest answer is that it is a luxury if your week is one journey repeated, and a real convenience if it is not. I have a short hop most mornings and a longer run most weekends, and the same level is wrong for one of them. That is the whole argument, and it is about comfort, nothing else.
I am careful on one point. I never want the dial to become the answer to a smell, because it cannot be. If a cabin smells, the dial goes up, the smell is still there, and now you also have a louder fragrance. A Sandalwood spray at ₹479 adjusts by presses and is a fair choice. If you are unsure whether you need anything at all, the page that owns the honest no says it plainly.
Safar has no published figure for how far it reaches and I am not going to improvise one. It is aroma only; it does not humidify, and it does nothing about odour sources. The page that states both halves puts it in full. A portion of every order funds girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Is it all right to turn it up if the cabin smells?
No. A smell is a source to find, and the order is source, then air through the cabin, then fragrance. Turning a dial up does not remove a smell; it adds a louder fragrance beside it. Use the dial for how much you want when the cabin is clear, and nothing else.
What does the one-hour timer do on a short hop?
It runs for the hour unless you stop it. On a short hop, switch it off on arrival or carry it in with you, since the shortest timer is an hour. If hops are most of your journeys, the spray is the better fit and costs less.
Which timer should I choose for a long run?
The shortest that spans the whole trip: two or three hours, chosen parked before you set off. Safar runs up to ten hours continuous per charge, so a long trip is within it. Begin on the lowest speed and change nothing during the trip.
Can a spray be adjusted as well as Safar?
In its own way. One press or two, chosen parked, is a perfectly good dial for a short or ordinary journey. What it cannot do is hold a level across a long trip, because you cannot press again while moving. That is the entire difference between them.
Can I change the speed while I am driving?
Please don't. Settings are changed parked, with the handbrake on. If it feels too much halfway, note it and change it at the next stop, one step at a time. Whatever you change, give it another day or two before you judge it.
Different journeys, one honest dial
SOSA — Your Weeka dial chosen parked, never a smell answered, and a Sandalwood spray as the honest cheaper answer
SOSA Safar at ₹3,999 has three speeds and a one, two or three-hour timer, for journeys that differ in length or company. A Sandalwood spray at ₹479 is the honest cheaper option, pressed once or twice, parked. Cold diffusion of pure undiluted oil, no water and no heat. Safar is aroma only. A portion of every order funds girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Ask for a car fragrance recommendation →SOSA Sandalwood Car Freshener · ₹479
The machine, the cheaper spray, the set of three
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product references are to the SOSA range; the placement, ventilation and intensity advice applies whatever car fragrance you already own.Facts verified 1 October 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: SOSA Safar is a cordless waterless car perfume diffuser from ₹3,999, rising to ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired trios. It has three speed settings and a one, two or three-hour auto-off timer, runs up to ten hours continuous or thirty hours intermittent on its 2000 mAh Type-C battery, is 6.9 cm tall, and cold-diffuses pure undiluted oil with no water, no heat and no residue. In the box: the diffuser, a 20 ml bottle, a Type-C cable and a manual. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for Safar, so this page states none and sizes it to no cabin. Safar is aroma only and does not humidify; equally it does not dehumidify, dry a cabin or fix damp. Waterless nebuliser refills are ₹1,049 for 100 g, ₹1,849 for 300 g, in sixteen scents, shared with the SOSA Vaayu. The hanging fresheners and car perfume sprays run from ₹449 to ₹509, each one product with a mild-throw hanging variant, a stronger spray variant and a 50 ml spray; 15 ml hanging refills are ₹399 for 15 ml, Lemon or Jasmine, ₹429 for 15 ml, Sandalwood, Lavender or Icy Mint, ₹449 for 15 ml, Sea Breeze, Vetiver or Oud, Mysore Orange Blossom is ₹549 for 10 ml, ₹1,499 for 50 ml, and the discovery set of three is ₹699 for pack of 3 to ₹799. Fragrance is an aesthetic decision. SOSA makes no medical, clinical, dermatological or therapeutic claim of any kind, and no claim about alertness, fatigue, concentration, motion sickness or driving safety. No SOSA product eliminates, neutralises, purifies, disinfects or deodorises anything: where there is a smell, find the source and ventilate or dry first, and call a professional for a wet carpet or an interior clean. Change a setting while parked. SOSA is not affiliated with and not endorsed by any vehicle manufacturer. How a fragrance reads in a cabin depends on the car, the parking, the weather, the air conditioning and the person, and varies from day to day. Prices, sizes and availability are subject to change — see the live product pages.