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Old 10-20-2024, 08:17 PM   #400 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Bridge style is nice for road trips where you want to put a snack down somewhere within reach, without it flying about when you take a corner. Or perhaps a place to put a parking stub. Anything to prevent things from falling into Satan's crack (between the center console and seat).

I keep only a few things in the center console, like flossers, mints, a few quarters, and a couple pens. I keep a very uncluttered vehicle.
I bought one of those for $9 from AutoZone:
The front cupholder is more for storage than holding cups.
Mom's are always full of junk and when I have a cup I want to put there, I sometimes need to make room, but the holders are bigger than any cups I have tried to put there.
When I drive my wife somewhere and have a cup in the holder, I need to hold it put when I brake, and I brake gently unless it is an emergency.
I usually fold down the middle arm rest in the back and put cups there, which isn't ideal.
I finally bought a 40oz insulated stainless steel insulated cup from Winco... and promptly lost it, but it was still too small for the front cupholders, and too big for the ones in the back.
The AutoZone cupholders were the right size and I have that little bit of storage, but in order to fit it between me and the center console, I need to sit a little to the side and then it pushes against my hip.
It still doesn't seem to stay very well.
I could put it on the other side when I don't have a passenger, but then it definitely wouldn't stay put.
Yeah, let me just graduate and buy a center console from a junkyard with custom extra storage...

I have seen various solutions for stuff falling in that gap, but someone pointed out one could simply slide a skinny pool noodle, pipe insulation, etc. in there.
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