German Cupholders

[Adam A. Luy]

I've had 99 Passat and an 03 Jetta wagon. The Passat had the built-in cup spillers that obscured most of the center console controls, and the Jetta had the A4 type drink chillers in front of the center vents (which also blocked any reasonable radio/CD access). Being in the desert the Jetta's holder positioning would keep your water cool on long trips during the dog days of summer. I'm sure that's what the designers were thinking when they placed them there. Right....

Of course for my 5k, had to get the early 90s Passat cup holder which can be nicely screwed into the passenger side of the console hump. Not too bad really....



-Adam

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-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dan DiBiase
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:02 AM
To: William Magliocco; t44tqtro at gmail.com; barto at nerdshack.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: German Cupholders

--- William Magliocco <magliocc at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Nor do they (Germans) appear to sell "super big gulps"
> or similiar behemoth sized beverages.  My '98 Jettas strain with a 20 
> oz. bottle.
> 
> OAC-my '93 100 has cupholders which again are too small for US 
> beverages sold at c-stores.  Also, they are placed in a position that 
> does not favor the driver (towards rear of center console).

Could be worse, Bill, have you seen the pop-out cupholders in the dash of the A4's? The ones that hold your drink precariously just above the radio?
I do not drink in my car frequently but when I make early-morning treks to Maryland (leaving my house at 5:30 am) I need my Wawa 20-oz'er badly, and tend to keep a wary eye on it. Oh, and it's got a built-in hot liquid cooler, being located directly in front of the right-hand center vent....
Terrible design.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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