Is it just me or does anybody else use there cup holders to store everything and anything besides cups?

I went to a wreckers and found me a console out of a TJ and put it in my KE, and since have always had it filled with crap (lighters, keys, memory stick, smokes, receipts etc) and not once have I actually used it to hold a cup, cups usually go in the coin holder bit beside the handbrake, and I move my wallet (which is usually in coin holder) to.....you guessed it.....the cup holder.

Just thought it was strange and wondered if I was the only one.

I use mine for drinks but once there is something besides a drink in there, well......thats a different story

Your not the only one, im guilty for that as well, i usually move all out of one holder and into the other so i can put a drink in it.... lol

I use mine for drinks but once there is something besides a drink in there, well......thats a different story

I dont get it?

I use them to hold my sunnies... If I do get a drink it is so much easier to have it closer to the handbrake/console but I may sumtimes put it in a cupholder.

I dont get it?

As in if it was the case of buying a bucket of chips that bucket then would become my midget sized rubbish bin until the time comes when the rubbish bin is full and needs to be emptied.

i only put drinks im mine :D

haha mine get's everything from phones, wallets, keys, rubbish etc. Really annoying when i actually have a drink i want to use it with though lol.

junk goes into mine

I find it amusing that us TE/KE owners go to the effort of finding the cup holders, just to go and use them for everything but :)

Got this little billabong zipper bag thing with all shrapnel in it plus garage key. Can't seem to put a drink in the left one because you punch it when you put it into 1st

I only use it for refreshments.:D They are in the best spot though. I mean, some cars like my mums camry have them up next to the handbrake so you can't rest your arm on the console lid without fouling your arm on the drink straws. I also find it the Magna cupholders very ergonomically friendly for placing drinks into when going through drive-thru. It just seems like one effortless transition from drive-thru attendant, to me, to cupholder.

i filled mine with jellybeans :D but before that i had occasionally used it for drinks and change, when there is change in it and i get a drink then well the drink goes ontop of the change lol

Wallet
Phone
Bottles

I never appreciated how much I use the cup holders on the TJ until
my wife took it interstate a few weeks ago to visit her relloes.

So I am doing long trips in the KR......no cup holders! Last Saturday
I went to the nearest decent town (for shopping) 140k each way...by
the time I got there half of my coffee was down the front of my shirt
and I looked like someone who's address is a bench in the local park!

The roads not being super smooth had something to do with it, too.

On the way back I remember looking at the console area wondering if
I could somehow instal a couple of cup holders somewhere.....

In the TJ they always have something in them. They get turfed though
for drinks and coffee!

Regards

my car has no cupholders....how i wish it had some!!!

Good iPod holder, I run a 3.5mm cable through the ashtray to the back of the H/U.

cup holders ???

this is what i use for :nuts: :nuts:

hehe i like the gauges, good spot for them. I wonder how hard it would be to put a small TV in there somewhere? it would look cool anyway.

well i use my cup holders for many things
*phone
*money
*wallet
*chicks numbers screwed up(yeah i know should be in my fone)
*if i got drinks i usualy put the esky in the front seat just grab out wat i need
*very rarely will i drive with coffee in the cup holders,my subwoofas bass just make it spill everywhere
*if i got skittles i will use my cup holders for them,gota love skittles :D

1 day i wont have cupholders for all that crap,secret car pimping that nobody knows about will be undergoin in a few weeks time.

I find it amusing that us TE/KE owners go to the effort of finding the cup holders, just to go and use them for everything but :)

Well disagree here, used it for drinks so often on my road trips that I am glad I have them.:cool:

my cup holders have covers (verada woodgrain) so all the crap change etc... is neatley hidden away from criminals...
and my car is free from clutter.... good storage space

i must admit i use my cup holders to hold all my crap! but wat really annoys me is when i move all the crap outta there which normally takes a few minutes coz theres alot then the drink is too big to FIT!!! arrh soooo annoying!:rant:

its dodgy. i cant fit the PUMP water bottles in my cup holder. i have to squeeze it in the slot pocket bit infront of the centre console glove box thinky

its dodgy. i cant fit the PUMP water bottles in my cup holder. i have to squeeze it in the slot pocket bit infront of the centre console glove box thinky

thats exactly the drink im talking about! yeh i have to put it in the bit infront of the glove box and its square so can be a bit hard somtimes :P

Your not the only one, im guilty for that as well, i usually move all out of one holder and into the other so i can put a drink in it.... lol
Yup im the same... junk in the holders then when i got a drink i shift it 2 one holder hahaha interesting :doubt:

Another thing, the little recess in front of the console lid and behind the gear selector is a good place to put large KFC chips so you can eat and drive.:)

There is one single redeeming feature that my Magna has, that NONE of mates cars have.

It sends them all insanely jealous, so much so that I'm pretty sure some of them are trying to kill me...

The Magna has SQUARE CUP HOLDERS.

For flavoured milk! Perhaps even the occasional OJ.

****ING GENIOUS!!!

yeah i hate the fact i cant get my pump into there....just usually chuck the bottle into the center box between the seats....

I have nothing in my cup holders... used to hold my mp3 player b4 i got my h/u

it hold
*Sunnies, Glasses
*Wallet
*Mobile
* and perfect fit for....600ml Ice Coffee

I only ever put drinks in mine, and I love the fact that they are square as well, holds my strawberry milk perfectly. Mitsu don't often get much right, but they hit the nail on the head with that one.

The 2nd Gens do have one cup holder ... its just hidden under the ashtray :P

The 2nd Gens do have one cup holder ... its just hidden under the ashtray :P
Hahaha yup, used that in my TR many of times.

i have a cupholder, my left hand:D sometimes tho, wish there was somewhere else to put it.

if i have a drink, then i will use it, but other than that, usually a phone holder, or miscellaneous

Mine functions as a mobile phone holder, coin container and keys hole. No cups though. Where is the bloody space left?

There is one single redeeming feature that my Magna has, that NONE of mates cars have.

It sends them all insanely jealous, so much so that I'm pretty sure some of them are trying to kill me...

The Magna has SQUARE CUP HOLDERS.

For flavoured milk! Perhaps even the occasional OJ.

****ING GENIOUS!!!


Yep, what do ya wanna bet the design team had gone through a lot of late nights with FU Iced Coffee before coming up with THAT little gem of an idea!

My mates get jealous too that I can have my FUIC without having to balance it between my legs during inner-city gear shifting.

Ive looked at my cup holders and cannot see how they are square. :confused:

Ive looked at my cup holders and cannot see how they are square. :confused:

They kind of have a platform where square drinks would rest, then there is a recess where regular drinks would go, you can kind of see it in this picture...

http://members.optusnet.com.au/miltonf/car/mitsu/console/cconsole1.jpg

I love the storage space in my Magna. I don't even need to put anything inside the flip-open centre console... although I do keep an air freshener sealed in there, and when someone farts I open it up briefly to kill the smell.

cup holders no more:D
http://file023.bebo.com/13/large/2006/11/07/06/18570819a2482037953b110072872l.jpg

I may have a different shaped console, but has anyone else thought of or experienced hitting the drinks in the holder when changing gears (manual)? Primary reason why I never looked around for a holder. I just have a shallow rectangular depression.

There is one single redeeming feature that my Magna has, that NONE of mates cars have.

It sends them all insanely jealous, so much so that I'm pretty sure some of them are trying to kill me...

The Magna has SQUARE CUP HOLDERS.



****ING GENIOUS!!!

Indeed - my cup holders are explicitly reserved for Farmers Union Iced Coffee. Can't half tell the car was made in SA :P

A 5.8" wide screen hehehe

You 3rd geners have a thing about cup holders lol

love my cupholders, lots of driving for work some days an sometimes in a BA Ute, goddam the 'cupholders' in that thing suck. only problem i have for magnas are pump bottles and powerade bottles. Pump is too bulbous n fat n usually sits on the passanger seat, powerade gets to sit in the cupholders but it can be tears if i take a corner to fast! they are just that little bit too thin. Thank the lord that mitsu designed the cupholders to suit 600ml milks! its perfect and ppl get jealous of my cupholders :)

i got a phone charger in my cig lighter so the cupholder underneath that gets used for coins, lighters, bottle lids and sometimes phone, the coin holder gets used for smokes, lighters, chewing gum and coins

I use mine for cups, but my friend doesn't. I went to put a cup in his, but it contained certain "supplies for the ladies"!! I had to hold my cup.:disgusted

lol i only found out last week i could fit BIG M's in them, bloody genious it is!

I may have a different shaped console, .... I just have a shallow rectangular depression.
Early cars had that, later cars (TH, TJ?) had cupholders there.
Go to wreckers and buy the plastic panel for retrofit your earlier model.

Don't buy TL/TW, they have a whole different console.

i can hold 1.125 L cokes perfectly in the console in the tr just angle it. doesnt ever fall out. and sometimes whilst having a drink have to change gears with the right hand. feels so wrong. waaa i want cup holders

I use mine for cups, but my friend doesn't. I went to put a cup in his, but it contained certain "supplies for the ladies"!! I had to hold my cup.:disgusted

supplies for the ladies? so does that mean lip gloss, a handbag, money and a vibrator.....

Early cars had that, later cars (TH, TJ?) had cupholders there.
Go to wreckers and buy the plastic panel for retrofit your earlier model.

Don't buy TL/TW, they have a whole different console.

TF onwards have cup holders. TE just have a shallow rectangle.

The cupholders are bloody annoying, because they're not deep enough to hold a drink without it going ass over every time you go around a corner...

Or maybe it's just my rally driving :P

I use the little space in the centre console near the handbrake instead, cos it's deeper. Also perfect size to put a carton of small red rooster chippies in lol

My mate is absolutely amazed at my cup holders. On the long drive up from vic to the gold coast, he was putting in big maccas cups, big m's, 600ml cokes, cans etc. He thought they were genious.

Front cup holders usually store both phones and keys. Rear cupholders are great for storing the toddler's water bottle, which he puts in himself. Being a KJ2 wagon there is no storage space for little things.

For the first time today I had the privelege of placing a FUIC in the cupholder.
It sits so well... there is a slight interference fit for it... means it doesn't tip when cornering/braking/accelerating etc.
GENIOUS!

:D

my mate loves the cupholders in my car
he likes the front ones but he really loves the ones in the rear seat
he thinks its the best calls my car the party car for 4

Square pegs dont fit in round holes!!!!!!
I think the best bit about our cupholders is that someone was smart enough to design them to hold the square flavoured milk cartons as well as round cans/bottles.
Cheers
Damo

The next time I use it for drinks will be the first time.Used for everything but cups I'm afraid.

coopers pale ale

God Bless cup holders

Mine just hold sunnies, Not fond of rounding a corner and changing gear with one hand while suckin down a maccas icee in the other. But it happens.

gotta say, they are perfect, skittles travel pack and 600ml drink for long drives, but 600ml drink fits so perfect its just teh right tightness you can open it in the cup holder and it doesnt spin around, i have trouble occasionally with 3rd if im hammering the car, but around the city when im hammering the car it got everything but drinks, change goes in the ash tray. can fit over $50 in there easy