What is this thing to the right of the shifter?

[mkppk]

What is this thing to the right of the shifter?

[timhatimay]

There is an additional cupholder, and that is where it slides into. The holder is obviously removed in this picture. Usually I think that cupholder only comes when there is Nav, because the Idrive takes out on of the cupholders in the center.

Tim

[Yvette]

that is cup holder place and the cup holder is freebie....didnt you get it?

[Lester]

Here is what it looks like installed.

[mkppk]

hm, yea I have nav and noticed I only have one cupholder. I bought the car used from a dealership.. I guess the cupholder got lost somewhere =(

[FJUNO78]

Originally Posted by mkppk

hm, yea I have nav and noticed I only have one cupholder. I bought the car used from a dealership.. I guess the cupholder got lost somewhere =(

that sucks, its the best cupholder in the car. also, great place to throw a phone. Anything helps in this car being it is so short in storage room/compartments.

if you just got the car, check in your trunk. maybe its near your battery

[Lester]

You can order a replacement from the dealer. Part number 51 169 122 655

[SV Concepts III]

Originally Posted by FJUNO78

that sucks, its the best cupholder in the car. also, great place to throw a phone. Anything helps in this car being it is so short in storage room/compartments.

if you just got the car, check in your trunk. maybe its near your battery

+1 it looks a little funny but is highly functional...UNLIKE the cup holder underneath the armrest!

[Totti]

Originally Posted by Lester

Here is what it looks like installed.

Wow. Where did u get that shifter?

[Tom K.]

Originally Posted by Nick@Jlevi SW

+1 it looks a little funny but is highly functional...UNLIKE the cup holder underneath the armrest!

Agreed - but as some of us have discovered, it's a bad idea to force an oversize bottle or mug into it.

Tom

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by Nick@Jlevi SW

+1 it looks a little funny but is highly functional...UNLIKE the cup holder underneath the armrest!

I completly disagree. I use that cupholder underneath the armrest as a place for my phone and wallet while I drive. Whenever I have a passenger in the car they complain that their knees hit that damned thing. Its always in my trunk, but it almost never goes in.

Altough I am thinking about making it into a mounting for a small LCD screen that could display my GPS from my laptop while I drive.

[ichiban]

i love that cupholder, my phone goes there, and it's so close to the charger, works double as a charging station. I use the cupholder underneath the armrest for cologne, find a bottle that fits perfectly in there, and it's your .. i forgot to put on something cologne. plus it keeps your car smelling good too.

[scorcherjf]

that cup holder is a piece of crap. ya it's convenient but that little black tongue thing breaks off ALL the time and it's a real bitch to put back together with the little metal rod and spring...

[SV Concepts III]

Yep I broke that black tongue the first week I had the car but I found a coffee mug that fits snugly in there without that piece.

I do throw my phone in that little cup holder underneath the armrest but wish they had made it more of a storage area than try to pass it off as a cup holder.

[1ottawa]

it's where you pop in your bullets!

[voerman]

Originally Posted by scorcherjf

that cup holder is a piece of crap. ya it's convenient but that little black tongue thing breaks off ALL the time and it's a real bitch to put back together with the little metal rod and spring...

There is a fix for the broken tongue on the cupholder. Mine has been solid since I did the fix. Highly recommended.

See http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263076

Lou

[WhiteOne]

I wonder how much they charge for a console without the 2 cupholders.
I think the 4 little "tongues" in them look goofy.
A slot just bigger than an iphone would be nice...

[Lloyd]

Originally Posted by 1ottawa

it's where you pop in your bullets!

bmw takes shotgun to a new level.

serious note: better go to the dealership and get your cupholder! although it collides with the passenger seat when you move it forward, its my favorite place to put my cell phone.

i'm also surprised you have the hole, doesn't only come preinstalled when you have idrive?

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by 1ottawa

it's where you pop in your bullets!

Well people did describe the 135i as a sawnoff shotgun when it first came out.

[Jeef Beef]

The ONLY cupholder we get over here is the one under the armrest

However, I can't say much about that attachable one either. Seems like such an afterthought. I can just imagine a stray knee from my passenger completely obliterating that flimsy plastic ornament.

[Lester]

Originally Posted by imported_pinoy

i'm also surprised you have the hole, doesn't only come preinstalled when you have idrive?

When a car is ordered as a dealer allocation car, it always includes idrive. So it gets configured with the cupholder. When the dealer changes the order to suit a customer's requirements, such as idrive delete, the BMW production order system doesn't auto delete the cupholder as well. So you end up with a non idrive and the cupholder.

[Lester]

Originally Posted by Jeef Beef

I can just imagine a stray knee from my passenger completely obliterating that flimsy plastic ornament.

Take it out when you have a passenger.