I have a 2014 Volkswagen Touran. The Touran isn’t even a particularly big vehicle - it’s built on the same chassis as a Golf. On a long solo drive today, it occurred to me that the car has a ludicrous amount of cup holders.
I have the 7 seat variant, with two fold-down seats in the boot. There are 15 cup holders in total:
2 in the glovebox lid.
1 in the driver’s door.
1 in the passenger door.
3 in the centre console at the front.
2 flip-out ones in the centre console at the rear.
1 in the rear passenger side door.
1 in the rear driver’s side door.
1 in the rear passenger side tray table.
1 in the rear driver’s side tray table.
2 above the rear wheels for the boot passengers.
Bearing in mind the only cup holders accessible to the two rear-most passengers are the ones above the rear wheels, there are 13 cup holders for the 5 other passengers. I’m not sure what to think about this .
I’ve got a '95 Mazda 323 and as much as I love that car, mine is an absolute bastard for not having any cupholders whatsoever.
It has this little cubby under the radio and its supposed to actually have a tray that slides out but the previous owner installed a kill switch there which I guess interfered with the tray, so she decided the only cupholders in the vehicle was a worthy sacrifice rather than having her auto elec move the switch down 2cm or anywhere else in the vehicle.
Many drinks have been served to the carpet.
Anyway those plastic door trim cupholder things were a godsend when I found them at an Aldi.
They still make them? I haven’t seen one in decades. That’s like sighting something scientists thought were extinct!
It was one of Aldi’s limited run items and I bought them like 5 years ago. I haven’t seen them back at Aldi since but that’s pretty usual for those limited items