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My 900 Needs a Cup Holder
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Re: My 900 Needs a Cup Holder -
04-14-2005
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:32:17 -0600, Christian M Mericle <newsgroupinky (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: I have an '85 900 that's desparately in need of a cup holder. Have there been any aftermarket ones made for this year? Or, maybe, does anyone know of any plans that will instruct me on how to make my own? Here comes the cultural gap discussion regarding eating and drinking in the car... I don't have any kind of console between the seats (just the ignition switches and a switch for the dome lights). I do have the console beneath the dash with the ashtray and storage compartments. Well, that leaves the window/door area. I've seen cupholders that slide in next to the window, but not tried them. |
cups but big enough to get in the way when you're trying to drive.
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"Christian M. Mericle" wrote: I have an '85 900 that's desparately in need of a cup holder. Have there been any aftermarket ones made for this year? Or, maybe, does anyone know of any plans that will instruct me on how to make my own? I don't have any kind of console between the seats (just the ignition switches and a switch for the dome lights). I do have the console beneath the dash with the ashtray and storage compartments. I've seen cupholders for 9000s on ebay - tried looking there ? I think they fitted in the centre console. What are *dome lights* btw ? |
opened or the switch flipped.
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There are some cupholders being sold on Ebay but none are really of any use in C900's since there's nowhere to mount them that's secure and doesn't get in the way of legs. |
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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:04:15 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twain (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote: Dave Hinz wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:32:17 -0600, Christian M Mericle <newsgroupinky (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: I have an '85 900 that's desparately in need of a cup holder. Have there been any aftermarket ones made for this year? Or, maybe, does anyone know of any plans that will instruct me on how to make my own? Here comes the cultural gap discussion regarding eating and drinking in the car... Just my personal preference, but I like to keep two hands on the steering wheel while driving except when shifting gears. So, I have no need for a cupholder in my Saabs. When I drive, I drive - when I drink I drink :-) and the two don't mix, even it it is just water. Also - I don't use my cellphone. I let voicemail take the calls. There are enough distracted drivers on the road, I don't need to increase the number by one . . . Well, Dave nailed that one. Even if one perfers not to drink any beverage while driving, that doesn't mean that the passenger won't want to (unless you prohibit that, too). In my case, I always take something with me to drink at the office each morning. I don't drink it on the way but it is VERY distracting trying to keep it upright w/o a cup holder. BTW, there are a lot of people who drive when they should be sleeping. I know they're not going to stop and take a nap, so I'd rather have them distract themselves sucking down caffeine than to doze off and cause an accident. -- Christian |
nothing to wake up a tired driver. Remember the words "objective
studies". The official recommendation is to get enough sleep and if you
find yourself too tired to drive while driving, pull and get some rest.
Again, coffee does nothing to enhance the performance of a sleepy
driver. However, it has been proven that drinking anything and driving
causes accidents . . .
As for passengers drinking - I ban that too. My wife allows the kids to
have drinks in the minivan - nonalcoholic of course :-) They have
"glued" the sliding doors of the minivan shut twice with spilled soda.
She has spilled enough soda to gum up the sealtbelt mechanism. Guess
what - NO DRINKS in my Saabs!! No soda, no spills, no odors, no glued
doors, no problems . . . sounds like the start of a country song.
I am lucky, my office provides free coffee. I don't need to bring any
drinks. It also has real dairy cream and hot chocolate mix. With the
ice dispensers and a mixer I can make just about anything I can buy :-)
When I was working on a Federal account, they provided free Starbucks
- your tax dollars at work!!!
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| I don't have any kind of console between the seats (just the ignition switches and a switch for the dome lights). I do have the console beneath the dash with the ashtray and storage compartments. Well, that leaves the window/door area. I've seen cupholders that slide in next to the window, but not tried them. Dave Hinz Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/ World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2 ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html |
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Objective studies have shown that drinking coffee, even Starbucks does nothing to wake up a tired driver. Remember the words "objective studies". The official recommendation is to get enough sleep and if you find yourself too tired to drive while driving, pull and get some rest. Again, coffee does nothing to enhance the performance of a sleepy driver. However, it has been proven that drinking anything and driving causes accidents . . . As for passengers drinking - I ban that too. My wife allows the kids to have drinks in the minivan - nonalcoholic of course :-) They have "glued" the sliding doors of the minivan shut twice with spilled soda. She has spilled enough soda to gum up the sealtbelt mechanism. Guess what - NO DRINKS in my Saabs!! No soda, no spills, no odors, no glued doors, no problems . . . sounds like the start of a country song. |
trying to sue us and my wife's folks over trivial stuff!) borrowing my
wife's Mazda 121 and transporting their kids around in it while the kids
drank coffee mixed with milk out of baby bottles. 8-) Some of it spilt on
the seats... ewww.
There is *no way* they would have ever got to drive my Saab! 8-) I still
have not worked out a good way to add cupholders. Not having a centre
console reduces the potential for mounting extra devices.
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I am lucky, my office provides free coffee. I don't need to bring any drinks. It also has real dairy cream and hot chocolate mix. With the ice dispensers and a mixer I can make just about anything I can buy :-) When I was working on a Federal account, they provided free Starbucks - your tax dollars at work!!! |
shiftwork with starts as early as 2.45 am and as late as 6 pm, coffee is
almost a necessity. Thankfully our local supermarket usually has big jars of
various Moccona blends on sale every couple of weeks. 8-)
I start at 2.45 am tomorrow morning as it happens! And also on Sunday. Fun
fun fun... Good thing is that I finish work before lunchtime with starts
earlier than 4 am.
Regards,
Craig.
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i think the dome lights are the lights in side the car like the lights that turn on when u open the doors |
Graham
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I always marvel when I see this item listed on e-bay, particularly when the description includes the phrase "VERY RARE, DASH FITTING COIN & CUP HOLDER". This is a Ford part that was used as a DIN filler on sparsely equipped US Ford Taurus models of the early 1990's. The Taurus was the most popular car in the US during that period and was often offered by Hertz as a rental. I think you can still buy this at a Ford dealer parts counter. There is not much rare about it in the US. |
Graham
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Objective studies have shown that drinking coffee, even Starbucks does nothing to wake up a tired driver. Remember the words "objective studies". The official recommendation is to get enough sleep and if you find yourself too tired to drive while driving, pull and get some rest. |
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Again, coffee does nothing to enhance the performance of a sleepy driver. However, it has been proven that drinking anything and driving causes accidents . . . |
activity graphically) showing that if someone is a regular coffee drinker,
that their brain activity in the occipital and parietal lobes is decreased
if they're deprived of their addictive substance, while when they get up
to their usual dose, the brain function is about equal to a non-addicted
person.
So, in other words, maybe you _don't_ want me driving without my morning
coffee, since those two parts of the brain are used for vision and hearing...
Dave Hinz
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