German Cup holders

[Brendan Walsh]

unfortunatley the design is in the Protege, not sure if it shows up in
other models. And the protege most certainly doesn't even appear on
Audi's radar screen. As for the gaping grill, i think it's a far more
aggressive than the last design which was imo, ho-hum. Give it another
year and I'm sure the same style will start to appear on other brands.
If not, at least you can say Audi will always stand out ;).


On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:14:51 -0500, Larry Leung <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not a competitor? Hmmm, seen much about the Mazdaspeed 6
> lately? From the latest Autoweek and Road & Track articles on
> the car, it sounds worth of the performance AWD class, and it's
> damn sight prettier than the Subie Legacy GT (which isn't even
> that bad) and more to the point, the new gaping mouth of the
> new OOWWWDis. (Why oh, why are they doing this?). It may not
> be a Mazda S4, but it sounds like it'll more than take a A4 3.0 in
> all counts ('cept interior).
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> 
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:45:53 -0500, Brendan Walsh <audicted42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm sure in Japan the cupholders a replaced by a slide out touch
> > screen for nav and whatnot, Now were really taling about multitasking,
> > programming you destination while watching a dvd, and still trying to
> > drink your coffee!!! THe best location i've seen for cupholders is in
> > my 98 mazda beater. forward of the gear shift at the base of the
> > center column, out of the way of everything, but still close enough to
> > be reached. Too bad that they're not a competitor to audi or we might
> > see them showing up in the next A#...
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:32:49 -0500, Larry Leung <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Don't get me wrong. I don't know if Subie really took multi-tasking
> > > into consideration. Just speculating.
> > >
> > > LL - NY
> > >
> > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:50:25 -0800, Steve Sprague <ssprague at nmgovlaw.com> wrote:
> > > > In my wife's 97 Outback, I figured it was an afterthought because of
> > > > location.  Since we Americans must be able to "multi-task" (eat, drink,
> > > > talk, fax and email all at the same time). (In a sarcastic tone)  I thought
> > > > the new 2000-2004's had their holders in the center console like my 91
> > > > 200q20v, but wider to accommodate the "Big Gulps" and a little forward.
> > > > Haven't seen the interior of the 05 yet.  Anyone to comment on them?
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> > > > Behalf Of Larry Leung
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:24 PM
> > > > To: Brendan Walsh
> > > > Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> > > > Subject: Re: German Cupholders
> > > >
> > > > It must be a Subaru design parameter, b/c my 90 Legacy beater had
> > > > it's flimsy cupholder in the same location as Taka's. I actually think
> > > > that Subie was trying to make sure that the cup was within visual
> > > > range, rather than trying to warm/cool the cup. So instead, you couldn't
> > > > see the clock, nor radio display when the cupholder was loaded.
> > > >
> > > > LL - NY
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:09:51 -0500, Brendan Walsh <audicted42 at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I have one that works almost the same way (but not as nicely damped)
> > > > > as the A4/A6 cupholder in the Subaru. Even with a decently insulated
> > > > > vacuum mug, the coffee gets cold with the air blowing right on the
> > > > > mug.
> > > > > snip!
> > > > >
> > > > > I had the same thing in my '93 legacy turbo ;) didn't know they still
> > > > > used that design. I guess the thought would be if you've got a mug,
> > > > > you don't need another distraction form the radio. I say humbug to
> > > > > that, i personally prefer to drive with my cellphone in one hand,
> > > > > coffee in the other, cigarette in my mouth, and steer with my knees
> > > > > down pedestrian infested roads at high speed while polishing my gun
> > > > > hopped up on crack. ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > Seriously though, i'm glad to have cupholders at all, my escort, and
> > > > > all my audis have been without, It is certainly no fun driving a 5spd
> > > > > on Northern NJ's hilly backroads with a piping hot cup of coffee
> > > > > between your legs, or in one of the cheapo holders that hang on the
> > > > > window sill which fall off all the time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Brendan
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