Is it true that the lack of a cupholder is a dealbreaker for

For me? Yes, since I work and live in my car most of the time. For most people? I rarely meet people who see cupholders as dealbreakers.

>>15707071
What cars don't have cupholders anyway?

Yes I recently switched to an older car and I'm kinda inconvenienced by now having only 2 cup holders instead of 6.

>>15707095
My 1978 Corvette.

>>15707095
Z32

>>15707071

Where the fuck can i get that cup holder table thing?!?!

do you understand how much of a game changer that is everytime i go eat at mcdonalds i never go in because it takes too much effort to get out of my car and back in

>>15707071
No. I don't like drinking in my car.
T. texas

>>15707095
My 1988 acura legend had no cup holders

I think at some point the US made it mandatory that all cars come equipped with cup holders

>>15707071
I bought my car not knowing they had cupholders. I found them by accident.

>>15707095
any lotus, even the evora

even my miata has 4

My pickup has 6 cup holders

>>15707098
>>15707098

Bottled drinks only.

I remember themy fitting nicely right where your ass met the belt buckle

>>15707287
Meant to reply to
>>15707104

>>15707095
A lot of 70s/80s cars. I never found it to be a big deal, if I'm going on a longer Sunday drive I'll wedge a water bottle between the seats and center column.

my car has one cupholder and it's for the backseats

>>15707071
nah. a lot of them can't even own cars now because of their 3 jobs not being able to pay for their 2 kids.

the ones who have a car have such horrible suspension that the diet cherry moutain dew would go flying everywhere

>>15707071
I doubt many Americans see anything as trivial as this as a deal breaker. I personally avoid eating or drinking in my car, just because I find it distracting and if I fuck up and spill it'd be a pain in the ass. That and small german cupholders cant hold anything american sized, one quick braking and your cup is in the passengers seat.

>>15707122
If anything you aren't from Texas because its so fucking hot and humid need a goddamn water to go anywhere

>>15707380
just toss a bottle of water on the seat beside your or under the passenger side seat

>>15707095
My MR2 has no cupholders

Space between door and seat works though

>>15707071
Lexus LFA doesn't have one

>>15707524
whoever brings a drink inside an LFA needs to be gassed

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>>15707095
My fox has a grand total of zero cupholders. It does have those little circular indentations on the back of the glove compartment door though.

>>15707338
>diet cherry moutain dew
That's not a thing.

>>15707071
The Cupholder Wars were primarily driven by people who had hellspawn to take to soccer practice. Given that brats are unable to focus on keeping an item upright for longer than five seconds, yet always want something to drink, cupholders are vitally important.

For everybody, else they are handy spots for phones, change, receipts, and just general crap that you don't necessarily want in your pocket at the time.

>>15707071
i drive a lot for long time period and having a drink is needed for having a good trip specially when it's hot

My truck has 4 cupholders and recently ive been wanting to somehow add 1-2 more

>>15707586
>hasnt used one of those fancy mix-your-own soda machines

God i love those things, i wish i had one

>>15707443
>i dont believe in condensation
wet seats are fun times

>>15707071
I never had a problem with the lack of a cupholder until I owned something that didn't have one. I wouldn't say it's a dealbreaker, but I certainly miss it for a long trip when I have to put what I'm drinking between my legs.

>>15707095
'85 RX-7 had none
>>15707549
>those little circular indentations
Ditto on those, whatever they were good for

>>15707071
my 525i 1995 e34 didnt have any, slightly disappoint

>>15707071
It's true. But today apps and screens are the dealbreakers.

>>15707071
Im pretty sure that pic is a late 90s ford expedition.

>>15707071
having nowhere to put your coffee on the way to work kinda sucks.

>>15707071
>be ausfag
>have american friend
>he literally calls any car without a cup holder a piece of shit
>doesnt want to have to hold something

>>15707071
100%, not that I've ever seen a car in Burgerland without one

>>15707071
cupholder are cool, but only drinks, i can not live with myself if i get food all over my interior.

>>15708217
My coffee mug never fit in my cupholders so instead of getting a new mug i just learned to drive one handed.

>no cupholders

Where do you put your beer?

>>15707095

My AW11 doesn't. My turd gen didn't either.

>>15707071
>Is it true that the lack of a cupholder is a dealbreaker for an American?
>Are these features really that important?

"Dealbreaker" isn't the right term. There's just certain expectations that you'd expect a car to have because it's fairly simple for the manufacturer to do like a radio, cruise control, adjustable seats/wheel, remote trunk unlock, etc. When a car lacks these things, it just feels like oversight or laziness when it's something as simple molding a place to put a drink, it just seems like they don't even care.

>>15707095
1987 Porsche 944S

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what's with Burgers and their meme cups anyway?

normal bottles are so much more practical in literally every way.

>>15708484
>My coffee mug never fit in my cupholders so instead of getting a new mug i just learned to drive one handed.

New cars have cuphlders that allow coffee mugs with their handles to fit. Usually, there are two cupholders with a wide slit between them. That slit accommodates the cup handle. So you really can finish drinking that hot cup of coffee as you walk out from your kitchen to the car to go to work.

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>shift to second gear
>slam into drink in my cupholder

i miss you, shitbox sonoma

>>15707380
I mean, maybe if you moved in from outta state.
I don't go out much during the day, I work graveyard at Walmart.

>>15707071
I had a 1966 mustang with no cup holders and would pickup a meal regularly before work here is a reoccurring problem I had:
>go to drive through
>"i'd like a meal please"
>"here is your drink, sir"
>suddenrealization.jpg
>now I have to drive an unsynchronized stick shift with no power steering or breaks with one fucking hand and takumi the fuck out of it trying not to spill that shit
so yes OP, cup holders are pretty important

>>15707071
No. I'm annoyed with my mustang for having them, or at least for them being in the center console. While it would be nice to have one that pops out or remains otherwise hidden so I can use it to carry a drink from one location to another, I don't need one that allows me to easily access the drink while driving.

>>15707095
Bmw Z3 might as well not have any. Can't fit fucking anything in them.

Maybe a red bull can.

>>15707095
My legacy GT doesn't have cupholders because the broke off. Does that count?

I have a stripped s13 that I don't know if it had them originally, and a mk3 supra that is bone stock super mint and I also have no idea if it has cupholders, then there's the bike, it's crazy the amount of cupholders on that thing.

Out of my 5 cars 4 do not have a cup holder, my brothers jeep doesn't have a cup holder either.
I don't see it as an issue at all.

>>15709079
I like the part where I would smash my drink with the ebrake

all the JDM cars ive owned dont have them, my Toyota Crown, Toyota Hilux, and Toyota Supra all dont have any cupholders. my 3/4 ton Chevy Silverado has 6 of them, go figure

the Crown i ended up getting one of the cupholders that attaches to the blower vents, works fine

>>15709061
Put the fucking drink between your legs holy shit what the fuck?????????

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>>15707549
where dem badges at senpai

>>15707095
On the E82 BMW 1 Series they were an optional extra.

>>15707675
I go to Wendy's more now that I can get about 10 different Mello Yello flavors. Days of Thunder for life!

>>15708570
>BIG GULP MAN IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BIG GULP

>>15707172
>even my miata has 4

that's not stock
stock miatas don't have any

>>15707533
You realize people who own nice cars occasionally want to drive them more than 10 miles right? If I had an LFA I'd drive it all over the fucking place, and having a bottle of water is nice

>>15707071
>Europeans dont drive enough to even need a cup holder.

Poor Euro.

>>15708676
holy shit
i know that feeling during stalls from stationary when i forget it's in gear

>>15711691
Stock NA Miatas maybe. Since the NB1 every model has had cupholders.

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>>15707095
no cupholders or even a glovebox

>be American
>gawd-dam it's been a whole hour since my last meal
>hit up the drive through
>get me a McNasty with an extra side of sat fats and cholesterol
>gawd-dam hippy motherfucker car only has eight cupholders and I'm on meal nine
>nowhere to put my five gallon shake
>while deciding what to do the guy behind me gets pissed because his grease levels are low
>pulls out his gun and shoots me

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Come talk to me when the number of cupholders exceeds the number of possible occupants.

>>15709508
Spoken like a true tripfuck who doesn't know what a clutch is and has never operated one.

>>15707095

Almost all 80-90s cars from nippon

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>>15707667
+1

I like how Ferd does it. My Ferd has 2 by the prindle handle and then two more for the rear seats on the center console. So if I get McD's breakfast, I will get muh Diet Coke to drink with the food and that takes up one cupholder. Then an ashtray in the second main cupholder. Then I order a coffee and leave it in one of the rear cupholders and it reaches the perfect temp by the time I'm done eating my McMuffin.

Murrica.

>>15711789
He's a furry

>>15713878
>using furry as all-purpose argument like others use "raycis"

He's just an annoying shit that happens to be a furfag on top of it

>>15711788
The only people who buy single cab trucks are fleet buyers. Fleet buyers need room for blue collars to bring 6 AM coffees to the job site for other people.

>>15713896

Racists deserve no recognition for their accomplishments, unless they benefit non-racists.

>>15709061
>would pickup a meal regularly before work
murrica

>>15707071
No cupholders aren't a dealbreaker for me but they are a nice thing to have when on a 4+ hour trip

>>15711789
I have 3 manual cars you dumb fuck, you can still hold a drink between your legs fine god damn you stupid nigger

>>15707095
mk3 supras

>>15709505
where do you get those? I want to get one but i just can't find them

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>buy car with no cupholders
>people stop drinking shit in my car and spilling everywhere

huh

Seriously though who doesn't drink a takeaway coffee in their car sometimes? I often do when I'm starting work at 7 in the morning.

And sometimes I just want to buy junk food and come home and pig out while stoned in privacy. I need a cupholder for the coke.

Still not really a dealbreaker for me but all cars should have at least one cupholder

I use my cupholder for coins.

>>15707095

Lexus LFA, which Clarkson winged about.

>>15707095
Any 80s BMW

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>tfw no cupholder
>>15709520
Hi C.

>>15707071
where can a burger obtain one like this

>>15707095
My 81 rabbit pickup, I've spilt so many redbulls trying to shift while keeping the can between my legs

I like to have a sippy in my car, it's also hot as hell and with A/C I also like to quench my thirst comfortably.

I didn't have a cup holder until my third car...
And I didn't daily a car wit a cup holder until my 4th.
As I eat at least one meal a day in my truck, it is nice to have one though.

>>15717536
How do you like it though? I'm thinking of getting a diesel one for dem empeegees, but they sound slow

I'm not a cupholder whore but I like at least two, one for a coffee/red bull/soda and one for a bottle of water. Having zero cupholders would be a dealbreaker for me in a daily driver. That being said sheer number of cupholders is a stupid metric, especially in SUVs where often four of them are only accessible to the rarely used third row of seats and six of them (2 door pockets + center seat fold down armrest has 2 + if you flip the lid of the center console back towards the back seat they get another two) and that's just fucking dumb.

Driver cupholders not being able to accomodate coffee cups with handles without being awkward/blocking the shifter is also a major detractor.

I've haven't owned a car with a cupholder yet. It's not a big deal, because I usually don't but drinks when I get food. When I do though, I just put in between my legs, or on the floor and drive carefully.

>>15707071
If the car is an economy car/commuter the goal is practicality and comfort. If it feels bare bones then you might as well DD a sports car.

>mfw my DD has 12 cupholders

>>15707095
Rover 45

>>15714632
Shut up, fuckwit. You don't belong here. You evidently can't drive.

>>15717825
No, economy cars are the definition of bare bones. Seat padding? Don't need that, expense. Decent suspension? Too expensive. >1L engine? EXPENSE.

>>15707071
>2008 F-150
>6 seats
>8 cupholders

Two that come out of the dash. Two that are in the center seat. Two in the door. Two in the rear.

Believe it or not they all get used. Going out in the woods, bring a water bottle from home. Coming home from the woods, buy a Coke at the gas station. Dip bottle in the door.

>>15707549
Ford still did that then? My 75 f150 has those.

>>15718442
>i can't drive
>other dude can't even hold a drink between his legs while driving
stupid fucking anonposter.

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B A S E D
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yaris cupholder

my brother had a velocitor? cup holder in the door and two in the center. Essentially three cup holders for the driver, if they choose not to share.

>>15717564
Top speed of 55 going down hill with the 1.6d, I'm thinking about doing a transmission swap or throwing in a spare 1.8t out of an mk4 gti. We've already committed to doing a 2jz swap on my brothers with a Ford 8" rear diff for maximum cheap optimization

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>>15719979
>mfw when you hit a speed bump with a fresh cup of coffee

>>15707172
the Evora 400 offers a 4oz cupholder tray as an option now.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/mo-cupholder-mo-options-lotus-evora-400-available-carbon-bits-adds-space-for-your-beverage/

>While other markets can save their Evoras from the weighty cupholder-storage tray combo, American and Canadian Evora 400s will all come standard with the convenience feature.

>>15719979
>AC keepin that water cold in the summer
>heat keeping that coffee warm in the winter
>heat keeping that soda warm in the winter
I'm on the fence with this one.

>>15720092
turn the opening of the cup towards the windshield
>you're welcome

>>15720152
put the winter soda in the cupholder in the door

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>tfw more cup holders than cylinders

>>15707095
Toyota MR2 does not infact have cupholders.

It shouldn't be a deal breaker though. You can buy one that fits between the seats for like $10 that works perfectly fine.

>>15707095
Honda Civic no cup holders

>>15707071
I've lived in the US and Europe (US currently) and I think I've figured out the differences in how we approach eating out that lead to Americans wanting cupholders more (though it is part meme)
Euros (at least western euros) tend to live in very population dense areas. Most foods can be delivered, as opposed to just pizza and chinese in much of the US.
But, it's also how we approach food. I have never seen a KFC with so many people eating in it as I have seen KFCs in England and France. People are just more likely to stay in the restaurant and eat their food in Europe, as opposed to in the US where people take stuff home more often. Also the lobbies of fast food places in Europe are a lot better maintained and nicer than US fast food places. Eating inside a Burger King borders on unpleasant in my area of the US, eating in one in Europe honestly wasn't awful.
>inb4 why did you go to Europe and eat trash food
I was poor as fuck over there, my lunch was a 1 euro KFC mini more times than I would like to admit.

>>15707095
My 1993 Nissan 240sx doesnt :(

>that feel when you pull out the ash/coin holder to shove a drink in the hole

Cuba, Eritrea, and North Korea are probably the only countries that don't have cars with cupholders.

>>15707095
My MK2 Supra didn't.

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>>15707071
My Audi has a cupholder that that retracts into the dash, and it blew my neighbor's fucking mind. I've never seen someone so excited over something so miniscule in a car.
Pic related. On the right of the hazard lights button.

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>>15725624
>tape stereo
>in a burger A6

wew.
I thought they're ~luxury~ over there but a cassette radio? how comes

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>>15725645
It's a 2004 S-Line too. Top of the line model, $50k when new.
I can't figure it out either.

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>>15725659
>It's a 2004 S-Line too. Top of the line model,

That MUST have been an option the buyer explicitly wanted then. There's no other way. Holy fug.

>>15725659
On the flipside the cassette radio lets you easily play your mp3s with an adapter like you already do.

A CD wouldn't let you do this of course and they also usually lacked line-ins

>>15725690
It has a 6 disc in dash CD player too

Burger here, I've never been in a 4 wheeled vehicle that didn't have cup holders except for a couple of old pickup trucks. I wouldn't mind not having cup holders on my weekend / fun vehicle but I don't think I'd choose a daily driver that didn't have at least 2 cup holders.

>>15725624
That seems like a horrible place for a cup holder IMO. If you hit a pothole or rough patch of road and have a spill then the liquid would get all over your vents, stereo, and climate control knobs/buttons. I prefer my cup holders to be down lower by the stick shifter.

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>>15725709
>never been in a 4 wheeled vehicle that didn't have cup holders
>except the ones I've been in that didn't

>>15707678
I've never heard of anyone having that problem
t. Different Texan

>>15725645
>>15725659
>>15725684
My folks have a fully loaded '04 Lexus with a tape deck in it as well. I think it's for boomers.

I'm a burger man from a burger land. My old car didn't have cup holders but it did have indentations on the glovebox for whatever reason.

My current car has two cup holders both inline with each other. It does have a little cover you can pull over them if you want as well as a little touch.

It's not so much that I need cupholders to hold cups, I just need them to hold stuff. My phone, couple screws, something breakable that I don't want to have in my pocket.

Tbh I wish cars came with more closeable storage compartments

>>15707071

My 86' 300zx and 82' 280zx turbo didn't have cup holders. My rx8 has 4 cup holders though because mazda couldn't figure out what they were trying to do with the car.

>>15725690
>mp3s
Sorry, I only download lossless audio.

>>15728625
>being autistic for no fucking reason

You're aware of the fact that people often talk about "mp3" when they just mean playing music from audio files?

>>15728677
That's like those retards that call all soda "Coke".

>>15725624
common in a lot of VAGmobiles, i actually think it's a great feature
>>15718442
i hate to defend a tripfriend, but seriously - if you can't drive a manual trans vehicle while holding a normal sized beverage between your legs, you need to get good.

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>>15728874

>hey anon, wanna come over watch spiderman?

>Hi. What you're proposing by calling it ~"watching spiderman"~ is actually to watch the cine movie "Spiderman" released on DVD played back on your no-name brand DVD player. Say it correctly next time.

>ok then, bye

>>15728934
I wasn't trying to make a big deal of it, just shitpost about how people are dumb for using lossy audio files but really I've never heard of someone calling all forms of digital audio files "mp3s", even if they don't know what to call it they just call it "the music on my phone".

>>15707071
I live on caffeine, mostly in coffee form. Cup holders are a MUST! Then again, I don't see me owning the type of vehicle that wouldn't come equipped with them. I even put a cup holder on my motorcycle!

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>>15711788

Yes

We actually have hot weather and long roads here

>tfw you drive to see your relatives and it's the equivalent of driving across the UK, longitudinally, and a little to the left

>>15713878
His hip control must be insane from taking so many dicks up the ass

>>15707095
My Ford Ka. It has like one shallow slot behind the handbrake for a sealed can, but that's about it. Thankfully the storage in the doors have a few round cutouts so they can hold a bottle up straight.

None of my previous fours cars had cupholders
1998 Renault Laguna
1996 Audi A6
Alfa Romeo 156
Bmw e39

>>15707095
Volvo 240 unless you got a latter arm rest with slide out holders, then you have 4 (very small though).

>>15707116
spotted the fatty.

>>15707095
'86 civic, xj Cherokee

>>15728934
>2016
>Not GNU + Spiderman