Price: $1000

Lying on your back on cold concrete gets old pretty fast. This scissor lift will lift a car or truck plenty high to work on the suspension, brakes or body, even inside most residential garages.

2 Swift Hitch Portable Back-Up Camera

Price: $239

Make one-person trailer hookup easy with a portable backup camera. Simply magnetically affix the camera to your tailgate and view the action from the driver's seat on the handheld 2.5-inch color screen. It even has night vision.

Two Loons Trading Company, Inc.

3 GearWrench Ratcheting Box Wrenches

Price: $50

Who wants to deal with sockets in tight places? This seven-piece set of SAE ratcheting combination wrenches needs as little as 5 degrees to move a fastener, versus 30 degrees for standard box-end wrenches. And it's virtually impossible to round a fastener using one of these chrome-plated tools, which come in seven standard sizes.

4 Stanley Portable Battery Jump-Starter

Price: $70

Stop worrying about dead batteries. With 500 amps of continuous power (and up to 1000 amps of peak power), the Stanley J5C09 Jump Starter can get your car, truck, boat or RV back in service. You can even inflate your tires with the 120-psi air compressor, and a powerful LED illuminates the dark spaces where batteries typically reside. This jump-starter includes a 120-volt AC charger that lets you recharge from a standard household extension cord.

5 Car MD

It won't turn off your Check Engine light, but this easy-to-use gadget will capture a trouble code, then take you to a website that explains your problem in plain English—and suggests solutions specific to your vehicle.

6 Accutire Digital Pressure Gauge

Price: $15

Maintaining the right tire pressure lengthens tire life, saves fuel and enhances safety. Check yours every month. We use this digital tire pressure gauge that we've found is as accurate as much high-priced models.

7 GoLink iPod Cable

Price: $99

This cable, your Apple handheld device and a free app provide a picture of your car's computer. Users can check and rest trouble codes, monitor various parameters and diagnose problems.

8 Snell SA2010 Helmet

Price: $250 to 1000

The Snell foundation has updated its helmet specification, and the new lids are just now becoming available. Many racing organizations require either SA2010 or SA2005, so check the rules before heading to the track.

9 Piloti Driving Shoes

Price: $$75 to $180

Piloti may be Italian for racing drivers, but even amateur driving enthusiasts will appreciate the rounded heels on these shoes that facilitate a well-executed heel-and-toe downshift. Prices range from $75 for the original Spyder to $180 for the Corsa, a professional racing shoe that's available in suede with a fire-resistant Nomex liner.

10 Craftsman Cordless Impact Driver

Price: $100

The 19.2-volt motor in the C3 impact wrench weighs just four and a half pounds, but it really packs a punch, developing 200 lb-ft of torque, and generating up to 3000 impacts per minute. It breaks through even the tightest lug nuts.