Movable Cupholder - 2014 BMW i3 Long-Term Road Test

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edited March 2015 in BMW
imageMovable Cupholder - 2014 BMW i3 Long-Term Road Test

The BMW i3 has two cupholders, but one can be moved to different positions on the center console.

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  • darexdarex Member Posts: 187
    My first MINI (ca. 2005) had an OEM free-floating cup-holder. Yes, it looked a bit "aftermarket," but as a cup-holder, it was perfect: handy and commodious. I can see that this is the same.
  • legacygtlegacygt Member Posts: 599
    This is fine but I'm not wowed by it. This seems to be a nod to BMW's sad history of over engineered barely functional cupholders. The main cupholder appears to have a rubber tab or something to secure smaller cups. The add-on cupholder doesn't seem to have this. Also, the add-on cupholder doesn't have walls so it's fine for a cup but you can't put any smaller loose items in it which I do all the time. If I had this car I'd probably put two of the add-on cupholders for cups and leave the main one for other loose items. Still, I'd rather have two real built-in cupholders.
  • chol92594chol92594 Member Posts: 208
    Typical BMW. Charging you extra for a cupholder.

    But I have to agree with the comments about BMW cupholder design. Most examples I've encountered have been extremely flimsy and don't give me much confidence in their ability to support the average large-sized soda cup you'd find at any given gas station here in America. It may be a German thing, but Audi and VW have had much better luck with cupholders as far as I can tell.
  • legacygtlegacygt Member Posts: 599
    Also, the USB, AUX and Power outlets are all too low in that compartment. This is one of those things that doesn't matter at all in a test car environment but when a car belongs to one family, that family usually manages to fill up these compartments with junk. That junk would obscure these outlets and/or damage the plugs that stick out from them.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited March 2015
    chol92594 said:

    It may be a German thing, but Audi and VW have had much better luck with cupholders as far as I can tell.

    Then there was the Audi A8 and the MMI motherboard....

  • fordson1fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512
    My GTI gave me 4 cupholders - the BMW has the same seating capacity and they give you two - ?
  • anotherdrunkanotherdrunk Guest Posts: 30
    thanks james

    i didnt know the cupholder was relocatable sans this story
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