Re: cup-holders - cup-removal

[PeterSchop@xxxxxxx]

Are we talking the same thread?


>Subject: Re: cup-holders
>
>I think the reason that cupholders appear to be afterthoughts in German cars
is
>because they are. The German government prohibits domestic cars to be
manufactured with cupholders
>so cars built for export tend to have afterthought cupholders. Read it
somewhere, perhaps
>someone in Germany on this digest can verify this.
>Bob K with a 2, 5, and a Toaster.


>  Subject: Cup Removal tools
>  
>  I really don't see the need in a cup tool...Since you are I hope NOT going
to
>  reuse a used cup when the new ones are dirt cheap...even on a fairly new
car,
>  and snap in....Screwdriver and small hammer will do the job and doesn't
cost
>  much over $10.00. And when your done you can actually use them for
something
>  other than a paper weight.  I have removed a bunch of cups this way. It is 
> not exactly what BMW calls for but works fine. Who cares if it registers on
the>  hack side, since most people >probably will only change two or three out
in there lifetime...
>  
>  GGray

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