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07-31-2012, 09:18 PM
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Cheap Cup Holder on Amazon is Great in W123's
After my 3rd early morning McCafe knock over in my 300TD's console I decided to find a solution. I ordered the Hopkins Twin Cupholder from Amazon because the dimensions looked like it should fit pretty well, and by gosh it does!
Today I drove 275 miles from Minneapolis to Madison, a McCafe and Coke went in the holder and successfully stayed in there with no tipping. Seriously it does work very well, it has a ratcheting action to fit many sizes of cups. I'm kicking myself I didn't take the time to search for a well fitting solution for about 10 bucks, I've only had my car six years  Amazon.com: Hopkins SMT Twin Cupholder (Black): Automotive
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07-31-2012, 09:53 PM
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I have one intended for a baby stroller. I found it at bed bath and beyond on the clearance table for a dollar. It is called "The Pod" but I have no idea who makes it. It clamps to the side of the carpeted well under the arm rest and looks good.
I think the original intent was something for Mama to hold her iced mocha and her iPhone while walking with the baby. You do know why German cars have no drink holders, right? Drinking anything while driving ist verboten...
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07-31-2012, 10:41 PM
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My wife bought one of those for her 116 years ago. It worked.
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07-31-2012, 10:44 PM
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Yea, but we are deffinatley not doing 100mph on the autobahn either
I went to the trouble of finding zebrawood veneer and am going to try to make my own zebra wood frankenstein cup holder  50 slices worth of zebrawood lemme know if you need any hahaha
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07-31-2012, 10:57 PM
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Good idea, I think I have enough to do my blue dash!
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07-31-2012, 11:43 PM
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I had one of those when I had a Volvo. Now I am wondering what I did with it.
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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale** 84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds 00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold) 15 Subaru Outback 43K 11 Subaru Outback 67K 98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now. 30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60 
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08-01-2012, 12:46 AM
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zebrano cupholder
Someone over on Benzworld sells zebrano cupholders.
Custom Zebrano Cup holders!!!! - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum Jeff
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08-01-2012, 02:47 AM
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Right now, I'm using a roll of duct tape as my cup holder. Works pretty good.
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08-01-2012, 10:07 AM
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08-01-2012, 10:29 AM
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@MNBenz Nice cup holder by the way - I like how it keeps the rest of the car original.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior  Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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08-01-2012, 10:31 AM
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08-01-2012, 12:10 PM
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08-01-2012, 03:07 PM
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On the shelf of target and wallyworld $10 same one. I have three in my cars. They work ok but they spill change out... ya needs to screw it down ...
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08-01-2012, 03:21 PM
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And the screws hold in the center console material?
I would figure that any pressure on the unit would just rip the screws right out of the console....
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