A word of warning

Naveen

Naveen

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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.
 
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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Naveen said:
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.
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<GOON_SHOW_VOICE> Such wealth!
:)
 
Martinonline said:
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.
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The coins slid into the back with cover but when cover came out....no coins!
 
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 😁
 
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Naveen said:
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.
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Congratulations, you could have possibly increased your cars potential second hand value, be sure to mention it though!
 

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