"CD Shelf Center Console" = WORTHLESS

[Perfectlap]

I don't have that. I have the equalizer thing below the cd player. And I barely use the cd player. I run my Sirius tuner 90% of the time or plug in the MP3.
I went to Best Buy the other day and noticed they had only one cd changer for sale. Porsche audio needs to catch up to BMW and others.

[docdyh]

Porsche offers a factory Cup holder Tray or cubby space that fits this space. You can often find them on ebay as well.

[bagwell]

I ordered one of these...my cd storage thing squeeks like crazy

[fishage]

"The space could have been used for something cool...like a half-way descent cup holder"

Obviously you haven't seen the cup holder...

I have both, and let me tell you, the cd holder is 1000 times more useful than the factory cup holder that can't hold any normal size coffee mug and will throw a water bottle at your back window if you try to use it while moving. I ended up buying the cup holder insert that sits in the arm rest console (for way too much money considering what it is).

I'd like to rip the cd holder and the cup holder both out and mount a touchscreen for a car pc or something.

[racer_d]

I've been thinking of removing my lower center console for more leg room AND the GT3 look it inspires. Cup holders? CD Holders? Who uses that crap

[Perfectlap]

cup holders are illegal in Germany. Going slow in the passing lane is also illegal as is weaving between lanes.

cup holders are a purely American affliction.

[fishage]

Pretty decent cupholders came standard in all the cars I've driven in Germany.

And although people were truely more courteous to pull to the right to let people pass... good luck finding a cop anywhere pulling someone over for not doing it on the A5.

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Drinking a beverage while driving is not the same as having a place to transport one.

My morning routine includes filling up a travel mug with my home brew, driving to work, and enjoying my much-better-than-the-free-sludge coffee at my desk.

Sealed travel mug. No chance of spilling. No hands touching it while I'm driving. No decent place to store it from the factory.

Poor design choices made for certain elements of the car's storage are not a statement of superiority. They are quite simply poorly designed and or cost saving choices made during development of an otherwise great vehicle. Happens all the time in product design and engineering.