Is there a way to block out a particular poster? There's one with very well matched spelling and intelligence that does great harm to my blood pressure. I don't mean block them from posting, btw. I mean, block them from my sight.

 

Don't be so sure..... Look at the post history.

 

Sometimes I take one hand off the wheel to scratch an itch. Sometimes I’ve taken my hand off the wheel to wave to another Mini owner. Sometimes I’ve taken one hand off the wheel to pull a stop short move on my wife. I have to take a hand off the wheel to lower my windows – also to open my sunroof – and to push a button to open the garage. I think at sometime during my years of driving, I may have picked my nose. I sure wish I was a serious driver – but these transactions would indicate that I am not. Wait – I don’t have to fall for this self-loathing of American cup holding culture. I don’t have to buy into the idea that Europe is better because they don’t use cup holders, because they do all their drinking outside the car. I live in a country that put a man on the moon and has drive-thru restaurants and allows cup holders. William Wallace died for that freedom – oh wait – he was Scottish.

So, I’m not a serious driver if I use my cup-holder? That’s funny. One is a serious driver because they drive the Autobahn? That’s funny too. I’m half German, when my relatives from the Fatherland come to visit, I drive. Why? Because they suck. Serious, they really suck. My mother has to be the worst driver in the world – scared my brother and I out of our gourds as kids while driving a few blocks to school. I can attest, that not all Germans are good drivers. My uncle even said that he didn’t like driving in SoCal.. – because he had to pay too close attention to the other drivers and couldn’t just relax.

Please don’t hate me because I take a sip of coffee at the light.

 

Well said, sideache. Now, about that hot dog holder....

 

They have those?

 

Wow, I never knew that people were so attached to their cupholders! My disuse of my cupholder comes purely from a bad experience that I wish not to repeat. Having a sea of Pepsi/Water/Milkshake/etc. sloshing around in my passenger footwell is something I don't really ever want to see again. It had nothing to do with my driving or the cupholder, but the drink itself. Now, about the nitwit who rear ended me at a stop sign because she was grabbing her cup of coffee out of the cupholder right in front of her....

I say, cupholders for all! At least no one is forcing us to use the ones that are there, and the ugly one can be quickly and easily removed!

 

I'm sure someone somewhere is working on a carbon fiber one.

 

Ya know - I'll have to get an extra large holder for brats - being half German and all.

 

you could get nuremburger sausages. They are small.

 

In my 04 I don't mind the look so much, but it gets in the way of my passenger, so I've been thinking of taking it out. On my 06 it's big & ugly, but the wife likes it so it will stay.

 

My husband is a serious multi-tasker. On one memorial vacation in Colorado he drove thru the mountains with his video camera in one hand, his cigarette in the other and his coffee cup between his knees. Didn't even need a cupholder.

 

yes i do know that. what bugs me is where do i see the desired speed im setting? i keep on pressing the plus sign where is the display of the desired speed???

 

You have to look at the analog speedometer on your tach. Set it to the speed you want. If you want to go 55mph go to that speed then set it.


Art

 

It's on your speedometer. You set your cruise to continue at your current speed. Plus and minus buttons raise or lower that speed, and it is reflected on your speedometer reading.

 

oooohh ok. gotcha. il try it. hope it works.