&%^#@! Cupholders
01-09-2006, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by strobeguy' post='221786' date='Jan 9 2006, 07:52 PM
I recently switched back to a BMW after having a couple Porsches. Granted the porsches don't have cupholders but if BMW is going to spend the time putting them in the car shouldn't they at least work? I have taken a couple road trips in my 545I and I have to say the cup holders SUCK... I think if I rubber band a Mcdonalds cardboard cupholder to my armrest I would be better off.
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01-09-2006, 08:08 PM
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You would think that the team of engineers at BMW could design a plastic ring to hold a beverage cup... I mean, they can make a V-10 engine with 507 hp.... what could be the problem with a cupholder?
But... alas... they can't do it. I think that BMW should take the engineers who are responsible to designing the cupholder out to an E60, and strap them down to the passenger seat... then put full cups of scalding hot coffee in the cupholders, and drive them around the Nurburgring at high speed so the coffee spills in their laps and burns their nuts off.... and make them endure that pain until they can figure out how to make a cupholder so the coffee won't spill on them.
THAT might make them create something useful..... it's all about motivation.
But... alas... they can't do it. I think that BMW should take the engineers who are responsible to designing the cupholder out to an E60, and strap them down to the passenger seat... then put full cups of scalding hot coffee in the cupholders, and drive them around the Nurburgring at high speed so the coffee spills in their laps and burns their nuts off.... and make them endure that pain until they can figure out how to make a cupholder so the coffee won't spill on them.
THAT might make them create something useful..... it's all about motivation.
01-10-2006, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by drjochen' post='221855' date='Jan 9 2006, 10:09 PM
Maybe someone who understands the cupholders can explain to me:
If I put a can or Stbx coffe in the cupholder, that plate at the botton pushes it up on one side and the can is always tilted and ready to fall over. What am I doing wrong? Is there a trick or a special way to put the can in?
If I put a can or Stbx coffe in the cupholder, that plate at the botton pushes it up on one side and the can is always tilted and ready to fall over. What am I doing wrong? Is there a trick or a special way to put the can in?
01-10-2006, 05:23 AM
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Cupholders - the good ones and the bad ones - have been discussed quite extensively.
To save some time, if you have the "ejecter-cup" option have it replaced by the dealer.
(Some of the early cars had "cup launchers" not cup holders).
It seems that they sorted it out several months ago.
Cupholders - the good ones and the bad ones - have been discussed quite extensively.
To save some time, if you have the "ejecter-cup" option have it replaced by the dealer.
(Some of the early cars had "cup launchers" not cup holders).
It seems that they sorted it out several months ago.
01-10-2006, 05:24 AM
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Maybe someone who understands the cupholders can explain to me:
If I put a can or Stbx coffe in the cupholder, that plate at the botton pushes it up on one side and the can is always tilted and ready to fall over. What am I doing wrong? Is there a trick or a special way to put the can in?
If I put a can or Stbx coffe in the cupholder, that plate at the botton pushes it up on one side and the can is always tilted and ready to fall over. What am I doing wrong? Is there a trick or a special way to put the can in?
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Noooo, not a can of Starbucks...although they sell espresso stuff in cans now. I am a venti guy, too.
In my caee, the spring loaded bottom pushed the can up on one side.
01-10-2006, 05:30 AM
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I dont know why so many complain about the cupholders. Actually, all the people who have been in my car appreciate the cupholder as it is really hidden and comes out only when necessary. As for as holding the drink.....i think it does a good job with most...except for those 64 oz. On a lighter side, I will buy these kind of drinks only when BMW offers an option to have a built in bathroom 
01-10-2006, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by paulwbenn' post='221848' date='Jan 9 2006, 08:51 PM
If you think the e60 cupholders are bad, you should've seen the ones in the E39. They were an absolute joke!
01-10-2006, 06:11 AM
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In the UK we're too scared to drink or eat in our cars or the cops will bust us
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/774655.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_y...ire/3753401.stm
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This crap ought to be left to the Japanese. <_<
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This crap ought to be left to the Japanese. <_<
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