inactiveuser1019

I've noticed that the european C Class has a nice looking sliding cover where we have the twin cup holders.

What's under the sliding cover? Cup Holder or storage?

Is there a way to adapt this sliding cover to the North American car?

Thanks.

Pierre

franka2000

I'm an american, I have no use for my cup holder, i dont eat nor drink in my car, therefore it's just 2 holes staring at me. I read somewhere once, that in germany people buy their benz to drive on the autobahn, not to drive in drive thru's

ColoradoDriver

So you don't even drink water on long trips?

ManchesterMerc

It's storage under the cover in the UK. If we want cup holders then it's an extra £20

franka2000

i had a bad experience on my 2006 c230, i spilled a large fruit punch drink all over, I had to get new mats, for months i was findind sticky spots eventhough the car was detailed twice.

No more drinking in my new ride.

Mr Purple

Hi there, not sure if you did you get teh cup-holder, but if you didnt it is worth having. Basically, it the compartment serves both as a cup holder and a storage compartment. MB give you bit of plastic that slides neatly into the storage compartment but you can still slide the cover. btw, i am sure i paid nearly £35 inc for mine, £20 seems cheap!

As for american owners, it's worth seeing if you have a small gap in the cup holder top frame for a sliding frame. I'll take a pic later and post if it will help. You may be able to order the sliding part and fit it on.

franka2000

I want to see what it looks like, by the way you need to post a lot to become a member in this forum, i believe you are still a newbie, sorry you're almost a member.

ManchesterMerc

Cup holder is definitely £20 as a factory option don't know about dealer fit. Cig Lighter is £30 though.

MB_FTW

Geez, you guys on the other side of the lake have to pay for the smallest options.

35 pounds for cup holders and 30 for a cigarette lighter?!?!

AMGTestDriverNJ

can any of you in the U.K. get these sliding covers for us? I think that looks great.

ManchesterMerc

Have you got the track that the cover slides in. If you have let me know and I will get a price from the local MB dealer and let you know.

inactiveuser1019

No track to be seen here, unless one can remove the cup holder and discover the hidden track.

Would someone post a picture of the European version with the cover open so we can see the difference?

Pierre

ManchesterMerc

Here we go. Seems totally different from US Models.

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Flame3g

i think its a completely different console. i went to the MB over here in the U.A.E and seen the consoles and the sliding part is different, its more of a rectangle shape. whats really nice is over here they have a ____V6 CLS and a V6 S Class, thats nice to have instead of a gas drinking V8.

inactiveuser1019

I'm starting to think it would be complicated to remove the whole thing and replace it with a part imported from Europe.

Pierre

Flame3g

will probably be real expensive too. im pretty sure these consoles aren't cheap

Stick Girl

They would really be doing me a favor if they offered an option for the ash tray/cigarette lighter compartment. I don't smoke, so it really is of limited use for me. I had the option in my BMW 3 series back in 2000 for the non-smoking kit, so I wonder why this option isn't available with MB?

ManchesterMerc

So does the ashtray/cig lighter come as standard in the US???

ColoradoDriver

Yes, it is standard. Neither wife nor I smoke, but I like having the extra 12v power outlet to run Nuvi 350. (Power plug in glove box drives V1 radar detector.)

inactiveuser1019

The ashtray is easily removed, and makes a nice place to put money for Parking Meters.

Radar detectors are illegal here. (sigh).

Pierre

franka2000

I have no use for the cup holder or the cigarette tray.

Flame3g

kind like having the cup holders.......if we didn't have them we would be complaining about it. (we would say something like this $36,000 car and don't even have cup holders WTF are MB doing)

jstaneff

The cigarette tray, all rubberish, is a great place to stash a bunch of quarters. Sure it's harder to dig them out (you have to remove the tray and shake out what you need), but when they're in there, they are quiet. I don't like the sound of coins jingling in my car ;-)

Hazemonster

Do what I did. REMOVE the silver "ashtray" part, lay a piece of wide velcro "fuzzy" side up, and then you have a quiet quarter keeper.

franka2000

I have a nice little pouch inside the armrest to keep my change its perfect,i dont like to put change anywhere else, here are some pictures of it ,Is this only in the american C.