bradykp

Stupid question, But has anyone figured out what the "THIS IS NOT AN ASHTRAY" compartment is for? And why the hell did they make it Bright Red felt? honestly, can i die this black somehow? it's great that it's not an ashtray, and i'm glad acura told me so, but what the hell is it?

dpak84

i use it for change.

bradykp

that's the most logical use, but the console has an area for change. i'm just thinking, there has to be some purpose, and some reason why they made it bright red.

calcbert

It's not a place you'd want to mistake for an ashtray, because it's probably flammable. It's probably red to stop potential idiot passengers in your car from assuming it is one, and to have them instead read the label.

bradykp

it's FUGLY. plenty of cars don't have ashtrays now. i think it's a stupid thing they did.

Warren803

It would be much nicer if cars still came with them, so people dont litter their damn cigarette butts all over the road.

bradykp

it's often an option. "smoker's package" an option i'd never take. i love not having that garbage in my car. smokers who litter (pretty much 99.9999% of them) should face the littering fine.

swirlie

I offer a "smoker's package"... It entails a smack upside the head. Anybody that comes anywhere near my car with a lit cigarette and thinks they're getting inside gets a smack upside the head. A boot if they don't learn the first time.

As for the "Not an ashtray", it holds my little pipe-cleaner figure ("Snowboardin' Wayne") and my Listerine Pocket Packs.

pizzaman555

you can buy an ash tray for the slot its optional

gsclifton

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Not an Ashtray

thisisntandes

I use it for tiny samples of cologne.

TacoBellSauce

i use it to hold my EZ-Pass tag

playdoh

Its for pennies

I like the smokers who hold their cigs out the window so they don't fowl up the smell of the car, but they have no problem inhaling that shit into their mouth and lungs. DUMB.

Power1Pete

It fits my Extra gum (15 stick pak) perfectly.

JeffS

I keep my gum in there too...

joerockt

Condoms?

Alin10123

Yea... I've seen those before. I think it's like $100 though. A big ripoff if you ask me.

cusetsx

Heh, paying $100 dollars for an ash tray seems inexpensive compared to the amount of money a smoker puts into cigs.

Kiddin' of course, but still funny when you think about the amount of money a smoker spends on cigs. Then again $100 pays for a lot of cigs. Just don't smoke in a car that you spend close to $30k on and then mod (spending more $$$). Seems pretty basic to me.

If I smoked (don't) I still wouldn't smoke in a car. It makes the whole car smell like an ASHTRAY.

bradykp

lots of things smokers own smell like ashtrays, doesn't seem to stop them.

cusetsx

Smoking does tend to deaden the capability to smell things. A woman at work quit smoking and after a week or so she mentioned how she could actually smell things she hadn't before.

Everything will smell like an ashtray if you smell like an ashtray. So much so that eventually you don't smell the "smokey" smell anymore. But hey let's not make this a bash the smokers thread.

bradykp

hey cuse. your boys are playing in my hometown tonight. gmac is making an appearing in scranton.

cusetsx

sorry
Yah it's kind of strange. The game itself was suppose to be a "home game" but they are playing it down there for all the gmac folks I guess. To bad they aren't rated better.

RMATIC09

chronic in the baggie, change, and an assortment of other small junk.

tsxei

I don't use it for anything.

skipreid

I lay my cell phone in that compartment. You are right though. Bright red is pretty annoying.

JediMindTricks

i use it for my apartment and work parking garage badges.

and yea, the bright red is annoying.

srenitynow

Maybe you can use a Sharpie to dye it. The color shouldn't fade and the contact high is an added plus!

jiggaman

i keep my crack rocks there...

whynot

I thought it was a compartment for your bling bling....

dom

I could never understand why this bothered people so much. If you don't like it or the color annoys you (can't imagine how ) close the damn door.

cusetsx

I can't close my door. My radar detector power plugs in there..... and it doesn't really bother me what is says. It's like those doors that say "NOT AN EXIT" or better yet the documentation that has a page that says "THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ". I assume the words on not meant for me as I wouldn't think to use said device as a ash tray since it's made of obviously flameable material. The words on there for the rest of the lemmings.

I tried to put my weapons of mass destruction in my "THIS IS NOT AN ASHTRAY", but I couldn't find them.

YOTH

I wouldn't mind it if someone labeled this thread "NOT WORTH READING" j/k. Excessive lawsuits have led to the dumbmification of our country. TINAA warning is for the .00001% who would use it as an ashtray, set the car on fire and sue Acura.

cusetsx

Caution Coffee Is Hot

Tsx536

bradykp

it just bothers me because i'm thinking, well, if it's not an ashtray, what is it?

why arent those words on any other compartment? i know, an ashtray would normally be there, but hasnt it been long enough that cars don't come with ashtrays for us to realize?

i just think it's stupid, and i don't understand why it's red felt, instead of black plastic like everything else up there.

bradykp

well the floor doesn't say it's not an ashtray. i'll just ash there, and then sue acura.

cusetsx

I think the whole car needs a sticker made of red felt that says, "NOT A HUMMER"

bradykp

agreed.

YOTH

Dom...please slam this pretty little red compartment shut. Repost anyway.

lamster

Have you ever thought that perhaps Acura uses that bright red color to catch your attention in order to prevent people from using the compactment as an ash tray? Imagine if it were black as the rest of the car and someone accidentally put their car on fire simply because they didn't notice because it was the same color.