[s-cars] Cupholder mania

[Kirby Smith]

This Teutonic "cup holders interfere with driving" is a specious
argument.  The same thing can be said of any other distraction, such as
the radio, cell phone, beloved CD player, and particularly passengers.
One has to know what is appropriate for the driving he is doing.  When
the Germans sell only one-seat cars without radios, I will believe that
they are serious.  How hypocritical when Audi sells nice stainless steel
spill-resistant cups that are a minimal distraction to use (especially
when sitting in traffic).

kirby


Dave Burig wrote:
>
> To paraphrase an executive at BMW when asked why one of their cars didn't
> come with cupholders...
> "for the same reason your coffee table doesn't come with a steering wheel."
> :)
>
> DB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Cody Payne
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:17 AM
> To: William Noland; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: abiglizard at worldnet.att.net
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Cupholder mania
>
> How does a cup holder make our cars faster? ;-)
>
> Now lets put down the cell phones, Big-Mac, Big-Gulp, and stop wacking the
> kids in the rear seat and drive our cars...IMHO (heh)
>
> cp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Noland [mailto:wenoland at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 6:37 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: abiglizard at worldnet.att.net
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Cupholder mania
>
> I thought it was pretty apparent, that the German auto manufacturers
> have zero interest in providing cupholders to the North American market.
> How else does one explain the laughable excuses for cupholders found in
> the models of these engineering powerhouses?  "We gave you a steenking
> cupholder, now shut up and drive." Seems like some enterprising lister
> could engineer a voice-actuated, fluid injection system using a surplus
> washer pump. Vorsprung, baby!
>
> Bill Noland
> maintaining the purity of essence of my precious bodily fluids
>
> >I love it when people get in my car with me and ask where are the cup
> holders.  in the Audi (97s6) I show them then say you should probably hold
> onto your drink.  I like it even better when in my other cars that don't
> have any cup holders and tell them sorry, no cup holders here.  IMHO a
> driver's car doesn't need cup holders.
> >
> >
> >
>
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