>I'm reluctant to raise this since everyone else seems to be deep
>into serious and esoteric mechanical adaptations with their vehicles
>and might not appreciate a bit of trivial Series engineering, but I
>installed a coffee cup holder in my SII today -- and then had to rip
>it right out.
>
>I don't know what got into me. I should have known better than to
>try and gussy up the venerable beast. I can only take comfort from
>not installing a CD player.
>
>But I paid for it, big time.
>
>It started when I picked up a piece of bent plastic at a gas station
>purporting to be a "universal coffee cup holder", fits all makes and
>models. Sure it does.
>
>It took me half an hour of heating and bending plastic and then
>finding a place on the dash to wedge it into place.
I was really fond of the plastic gimbaled coffee cup holder I got
from West Marine, or somewhere. It would hold a 2/3 full coffee mug
(just a regular lidless mug) without spilling a drop over the
roughest terrain and roads. It finally fell apart, and I haven't
found one as nice as it was.
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