Cupholders - Why?
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Plus you live in a desert, they hand out water all over the place. I stopped at a hotel to ask for directions from the valet and he gave all four people in my car a bottle of water.
I was at a car show two weeks ago and I was amazed at the Saab cupholders. I thought the BMW ones were over engineered...
Here is the description from the web site.
Retractable Cup holders
A "butterfly" cup holder that unfolds from the instrument panel and one twin cup holder in the rear seat. There is also a cup holder in front of the driver's armrest under a lid.
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Originally Posted by ats77' post='200931' date='Nov 20 2005, 05:43 AM
I have two in my car and use them all the time we drive normally 2000-4000kms one trip, so you GET thirsty, mine are still ok, never had a problem with them...
I was at a car show two weeks ago and I was amazed at the Saab cupholders. I thought the BMW ones were over engineered...
Here is the description from the web site.
Retractable Cup holders
A "butterfly" cup holder that unfolds from the instrument panel and one twin cup holder in the rear seat. There is also a cup holder in front of the driver's armrest under a lid.
[/quote]Yes, a lot of water gets handed out in the desert.
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Okay, I asked the question so thought I would test out the cupholders. I took a bottle of water with me this morning when I left for work, put it in the holder and it immediately gave me the sh#ts because the sunlight was "glimmering" at me through the bottle so I put it between my legs hehe. I did have a few sips while driving along the freeway but had already had a coffee and some water before leaving home so didn't really see the need even if I drove 800 kilometeres I'd still put the bottle 'down there' as then it's right at hand, not very civilized I know.
It might be a cultural thing - when on long drives as a kid Mum and Dad would buy us bottled drinks with a lid and we were cautioned "don't spill it!" and we had never even heard of a drive-through so there was no chance of coffee being drunk - mind you, many an empty stubbie was hurled out the window into the bush so doubt is cast upon my parents' guidance!
So I guess this mindset has just stuck with me. Coffee for me is something drank around the breakfast table to wake me up but if I were still drowsy enough to need more I wouldn't get behind the wheel. There again I don't believe anyone in my family ever eats in the car either - maybe we are anal and prudish.
Please don't get me wrong, I sincerely don't understand the facination or need for cupholders and genuinely wonered if people really "need" them and it does seem many people use them on a daily basis and good luck to you. Maybe Aussies aren't used to them - since I bought the e60 two months ago a few people in the passenger seat have toyed with the cupholders and a couple of them actually asked what they were for! When told, both who previously didn't know, pushed them back into the dash and moved on to ask about the cooler things like the iDrive.
It might be a cultural thing - when on long drives as a kid Mum and Dad would buy us bottled drinks with a lid and we were cautioned "don't spill it!" and we had never even heard of a drive-through so there was no chance of coffee being drunk - mind you, many an empty stubbie was hurled out the window into the bush so doubt is cast upon my parents' guidance!
So I guess this mindset has just stuck with me. Coffee for me is something drank around the breakfast table to wake me up but if I were still drowsy enough to need more I wouldn't get behind the wheel. There again I don't believe anyone in my family ever eats in the car either - maybe we are anal and prudish.
Please don't get me wrong, I sincerely don't understand the facination or need for cupholders and genuinely wonered if people really "need" them and it does seem many people use them on a daily basis and good luck to you. Maybe Aussies aren't used to them - since I bought the e60 two months ago a few people in the passenger seat have toyed with the cupholders and a couple of them actually asked what they were for! When told, both who previously didn't know, pushed them back into the dash and moved on to ask about the cooler things like the iDrive.
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Originally Posted by Ross1972' post='203196' date='Nov 25 2005, 11:57 PM
Okay, I asked the question so thought I would test out the cupholders. I took a bottle of water with me this morning when I left for work, put it in the holder and it immediately gave me the sh#ts because the sunlight was "glimmering" at me through the bottle so I put it between my legs hehe. I did have a few sips while driving along the freeway but had already had a coffee and some water before leaving home so didn't really see the need even if I drove 800 kilometeres I'd still put the bottle 'down there' as then it's right at hand, not very civilized I know.
It might be a cultural thing - when on long drives as a kid Mum and Dad would buy us bottled drinks with a lid and we were cautioned "don't spill it!" and we had never even heard of a drive-through so there was no chance of coffee being drunk - mind you, many an empty stubbie was hurled out the window into the bush so doubt is cast upon my parents' guidance!
So I guess this mindset has just stuck with me. Coffee for me is something drank around the breakfast table to wake me up but if I were still drowsy enough to need more I wouldn't get behind the wheel. There again I don't believe anyone in my family ever eats in the car either - maybe we are anal and prudish.
Please don't get me wrong, I sincerely don't understand the facination or need for cupholders and genuinely wonered if people really "need" them and it does seem many people use them on a daily basis and good luck to you. Maybe Aussies aren't used to them - since I bought the e60 two months ago a few people in the passenger seat have toyed with the cupholders and a couple of them actually asked what they were for! When told, both who previously didn't know, pushed them back into the dash and moved on to ask about the cooler things like the iDrive.
It might be a cultural thing - when on long drives as a kid Mum and Dad would buy us bottled drinks with a lid and we were cautioned "don't spill it!" and we had never even heard of a drive-through so there was no chance of coffee being drunk - mind you, many an empty stubbie was hurled out the window into the bush so doubt is cast upon my parents' guidance!
So I guess this mindset has just stuck with me. Coffee for me is something drank around the breakfast table to wake me up but if I were still drowsy enough to need more I wouldn't get behind the wheel. There again I don't believe anyone in my family ever eats in the car either - maybe we are anal and prudish.
Please don't get me wrong, I sincerely don't understand the facination or need for cupholders and genuinely wonered if people really "need" them and it does seem many people use them on a daily basis and good luck to you. Maybe Aussies aren't used to them - since I bought the e60 two months ago a few people in the passenger seat have toyed with the cupholders and a couple of them actually asked what they were for! When told, both who previously didn't know, pushed them back into the dash and moved on to ask about the cooler things like the iDrive.
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