Ok... so they don't have cup holders, but they still use their ashtrays!!! So lighting up a cancer stick is ok while driving at 160 km/h. And I am just guessing on this one, but your rap music is probably playing so loud in your car that it not only distracts you, but every other driver on the road.
Put that in your pipe !
BTW I got hit by a car on my bike by a Cell phone ,Latte' drinking bitch ...And she was still on the cell when the cops came !!!!! I SUED AND WON !!!!
Unfortunately, trying to clean up the mess over a few days didn't work so I had no choice but to "pay the piper." My MB tech gave me a break on the price, though... not sure why, but maybe the smiling & flirting may have helped :-) And in case there's any question in your minds, guys, my MB tech is really a great GUY, and I don't think there's any doubt in his mind that I'm definitely a WOMAN... :-) A woman hot for CLKs...it's a curse, I tell you... (jk!)
Anyways, that $.99 drink cost me $750!!! Never Again! So, I implemented Formoque's Rule (thanks Formoque!) when I got my car back - No Bevs Allowed Ever!!! And BENO, I'm with you...
pry the rectangular black plastic trim piece straight up from around the shift lever and take it to upholstery shop or seamstress and have a soft leather boot made. fashion the boot so you can glue (barge contact cement) it to the underside of the trim piece, remove the knob, slip the boot over the lever and press the trim piece back in place. you don't need to see what gear you are in and really, who uses the W/S button?
I did the same thing!!!! The cup holder is such a piece of shit!!!!!! Your looking around $1000 for the repair. How can Benz make such a beautiful car with such a shitty cup holder?
A car was made to drive and a diner to eat/drink. cup-holders are an American invention :-)