I thoroughly read the manual to familiarize with the features and then keep the manual at home.

 

Nope. 3 series did it too. If you wedge the manual holder just right you can force it in ... but there there's absolutely no room for anything else.

 

...and I was just getting ready to ask the same question. I got to about page 150 of the OM and decided that I was never going to finish reading the manual and decided to put it back in the car. I went ahead and stuck my leather brick in the slot on the passenger's side door. I might throw it somewhere in the trunk, but it seems to work for now...

 

<<Pull open the bottom floor of your trunk and stick it in with the spare tire. There's all sorts of room under there thanks to the mini spare....>>

That's where I keep my front license plate. Warm and dry.

 

Sounds very much like my experience. Read a good deal of the manual, stuck it in the driver's door side pocket, now its keeping the spare company. They're debating traction vs milage.

 

doesn't the w204 have space in the rear arm rest??