A word of warning (centre storage and coins)

[Naveen]

I have a Trophy. On the centre storage cover which slides back to open do NOT leave loose coins. If you open the cover with coins on it or even brake a bit hard the coins slow back and disappear into the interior of the car! Can see how to retrieve. Just hope metal coins 3x £1 and 2x 0.50p do not gum up anything inside.

 

[Rolfe]

Good advice. I expect it's exactly the same in the SE, too.

I once dropped my house key right down inside my Golf, while using it to try to retrieve a parking voucher that had slipped down almost out of sight under the windscreen. I had to buy another parking voucher, and the key was never recovered. (The friend who was with me at the time has a house key of mine so at least I wasn't locked out.)

Bad news for anyone who finds that key . The lock was changed subsequently because another key broke off in it. It will not open the door now.

I wonder what things car breakers find inside vehicles when they take them apart!

 

[PristDean]

Good tip... but thankfully I don't carry any cash around anymore

 

[Rolfe]

I do. In particular, I carry a wee baggie of pound coins for the Edinburgh parking meters, which gobble the things. It lives in an interior pocket of my handbag, but I might have decided to put some in there to be sure I always had them in the car. Fair warning.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Having found this thread, I just tried an experiment using the change currently in my pocket.

1p, 5p & £1 coins are magnetic (the £1 only just)
2p & 20p aren't.

 

[Kithmo]

I got one of those coin trays that fits in the centre console for my parking money.

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[Martinonline]

Sorry, dropped my phone whilst looking at the website and investigating storage. The coin tray looks like it fits the tip-up storage rather than the slide cover one. Did the money disappear up high at the back of the storage? I can't find a gap except at that position. I keep a box of tissues plus coins in a plastic bag in the centre section.

 

[QLeo]

I have a Trophy. On the centre storage cover which slides back to open do NOT leave loose coins. If you open the cover with coins on it or even brake a bit hard the coins slow back and disappear into the interior of the ! Can see how to retrieve. Just hope metal coins 3x £1 and 2x 0.50p do not gum up anything inside.

<GOON_SHOW_VOICE> Such wealth!

 

[Ian Key]

<GOON_SHOW_VOICE> Such wealth!

Don't get me started on the red sack and blue sack ?

 

[Naveen]

Sorry, dropped my phone whilst looking at the website and investigating storage. The coin tray looks like it fits the tip-up storage rather than the slide cover one. Did the money disappear up high at the back of the storage? I can't find a gap except at that position. I keep a box of tissues plus coins in a plastic bag in the centre section.

The coins slid into the back with cover but when cover came out....no coins!

 

[DarrenG]

Ah so you had left loose coins ON TOP of the sliding cover? I can see how that would leave them stranded in the void when the cover is opened. But I bet it's not that hard to undo the console and get underneath once you've saved enough loose change to make it worth doing ?

 

[Rolfe]

The coins slid into the back with cover but when cover came out....no coins!

Ah, NOW I get it.

 

[Kithmo]

Yes my coin tray fits under the armrest.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

I have a Trophy. On the centre storage cover which slides back to open do NOT leave loose coins. If you open the cover with coins on it or even brake a bit hard the coins slow back and disappear into the interior of the ! Can see how to retrieve. Just hope metal coins 3x £1 and 2x 0.50p do not gum up anything inside.

Congratulations, you could have possibly increased your cars potential second hand value, be sure to mention it though!

 

[Naveen]

Congratulations, you could have possibly increased your cars potential second hand value, be sure to mention it though!

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[wajo10]

Hello, I placed a Micro SD card on the sliding cover while installing a dashcam (I know, stupid from me) and the SD card fell behind. Does anyone know if it is possible to remove the center storage to look for it?

 

[Diggsy]

Hello, I placed a Micro SD card on the sliding cover while installing a dashcam (I know, stupid from me) and the SD card fell behind. Does anyone know if it is possible to remove the center storage to look for it?

See this thread… Taking apart the cover over the cup holders

 

[wajo10]

See this thread… Taking apart the cover over the cup holders

Thank you so much!

 

[Diggsy]

Thank you so much!

You’re welcome! Hope you get sorted

 

[Rolfe]

It must have been a different thread where someone described losing a bank card that way, and people started imagining the car going on a spending spree on AliExpress.