Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:32:56 +0000 (UTC) From: amesnopsamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) Subject: Re: help me need cup holder !!!!!!!!!
In article <bkkd60$2j1gm$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de> grunff232nopsam.com "Grunff" writes: > MeatballTurbo wrote: > > > Hmm, wonder what else they could be for then? > > Can't just be casting marks surely. > > Gotta say, I always assumed it was a cup holder. I think this is > reinforced by the fact that there are two rings. They're just > the right size for "thermos flask cap" cups. I always thought the same, of that kind of thing. A plain flat tray theoretically would be enough. However, depressions help to catch liquids spilled from cups standing in them, for mopping up before they flow away into your car's nice pristine interior. (I suppose your car _does_ have a NPI, hmm?) Depressions could also reinforce a flat surface. -- Andrew Stephenson