time for a really stupid question

[Deserion]

I don't know about you guys, but I've been fairly happy with the large (dual) pop-out holder in mine. Believe the 911 got it in 2003 in addition to the 986.

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by Deserion

I don't know about you guys, but I've been fairly happy with the large (dual) pop-out holder in mine. Believe the 911 got it in 2003 in addition to the 986.

I don't know about yours but mine are right under the center vents so up very high in my opinion. If anything spills you are spilling onto electronic components directly below not a good design. Second I'm struggling to find a decent coffee mug that fits the small diameter of the cup holders. Third if you have the AC on the cold air is directly flowing onto/around your hot coffee another poor design. Your cup holder may be different than mine but the final straw for me on the ones in my car is it would get real ugly in an accident. Having hot coffee down low like with the ultimate cup holders just makes sense to me.

[dbear61]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

I don't know about yours but mine are right under the center vents so up very high in my opinion. If anything spills you are spilling onto electronic components directly below not a good design.

+1 on that. I had a gas-station paper cup with a leak that dripped coffee w/ sweetener into the climate control temp + button. In cool weather it's hard to push in, and in warm weather it stays clicked in (the sugar is sticky).

2001 was the first year for cupholders in the Boxster, and I think the center dash design was the same in 02. They feel flimsy and are not effective to "hold" cups when accelerating. Depending on the restaurant or gas station, they will do adequate for up to 20 oz cups, but the cup may be held by the circumference rather than the bottom. Bottled water, in my experience, will not fit.

DBear

[Deserion]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

I don't know about yours but mine are right under the center vents so up very high in my opinion. If anything spills you are spilling onto electronic components directly below not a good design. Second I'm struggling to find a decent coffee mug that fits the small diameter of the cup holders. Third if you have the AC on the cold air is directly flowing onto/around your hot coffee another poor design. Your cup holder may be different than mine but the final straw for me on the ones in my car is it would get real ugly in an accident. Having hot coffee down low like with the ultimate cup holders just makes sense to me.

This is how the 2003-4 cupholders are (this is from a RHD model, so ours are reversed):


Sometimes it gets in the way of the HVAC controls (above radio) but I can't say I've ever had a dripping issue outside of condensation. Generally I drink my soda too fast to be an issue. Also, have a GT3 console bin delete.