Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:05:33 GMT From: Laura K <lauraknospamousergraphics.com> Subject: Re: cupholders
"James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote in news:FJx8e.16569$jd6.7458nospamdc07: >> >>Just my personal preference, but I like to keep two hands on the > steering >> >>wheel while driving except when shifting gears. So, I have no need for a >> >>cup holder in my Saabs. When I drive, I drive - when I drink I drink >:-) >> >>and the two don't mix, even it it is just water. Also - I don't use my >> >>cell phone. I let voice mail take the calls. >> >> I don't eat or drink when I'm driving in city traffic or on twisty roads, but I do need a place to stick a drink if I bring home takeout. If I'm driving long distances on an interstate -- 800 miles cruising at 70+ and only stopping for gas -- I always have a bottle of water with me and something to snack on to break the monotony. Once you get out of the cities, there's not much traffic and few exits/entrances. I've been on Interstates in the Midwest that are so flat and straight you can see a squirrel crossing the road 20 miles ahead. I think US drivers are a lot more fastfood oriented and accustomed to going long distances on Interstates than the Swedish are.