[Mgs] Cup Holder?

[Eric Erickson]

On 01/05/2008, at 1:57 PM, Murray Arundell wrote:

> What is it with all you Yanks?  Why don't you simply drink your dam  
> coffee
> in the kitchen or cafi?  I can never understand why one race of people
> decided to turn a machine designed to transport people into some  
> kind of
> mobile Starbucks.......... :-)
>
>

Although it doesn't really bother me what other people do in their  
cars, I have to sort-of, kind-of agree with Murray (yeah, we Aussies  
sometimes stick together :-)

My longest "regular" drive is to the racetrack - which means a 50  
minute cruise.  I can last that long without a coffee if I have one  
before I leave and one when I get there!

Longer than that, I can sometimes drive interstate for 9 or so hours  
- but if I am hanging out for a coffee I will generally pull over at  
a roadhouse and revive myself with a fifteen minute break and a  
coffee in the restaurant.

Drinking and driving means having one hand off the wheel and your  
concentration off the road briefly so I wouldn't recommend that in  
traffic.  In fact I had a small altercation with a women in a car in  
Sydney one time.  My fault because I changed lanes into her in heavy  
traffic (I was watching the fool in front of my who decided to pull  
out at the same time) but I did ask her why she didn't beep her horn  
when she saw my indicator on and as I started to move over.  It could  
have avoided the "scrape" all together.

Her look answered my question - along with the cup of coffee in her  
hand and the coffee stain on her blouse!  She didn't have a hand free  
to honk the horn!

But as has also been mentioned - if I am thirsty I may hold a bottle  
of water between my legs (cold water is great on a warm day :-) or I  
might have a bottle wedged between the tunnel and the passenger seat  
that I can grab for a quick drink if I am dehydrating in 100+ degree  
heat.

Cupholders?  Sheesh, next you will be wanting on-board computers and  
DVD players!

:-)

I guess the Americans get caught in more traffic jams than us so they  
need their coffee.



Eric
'68 MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia