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First world problem with car cup holders need advice please

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pastypirate · 29/03/2024 17:46

Lovely Touran clutch fell apart and I panicked and bought my Citroen c4 Picasso. Touran had 16 cup holders and would fit any old drink bottle. 16!!! Including in the driver doors.

Bloody Citroen has 2 and the edge of them slopes inward meaning they hold nothing wider than a v small takeaway cup.

I am bu I know to want to change the car over this. It's nice enough but not as big as the vw but a lot warmer.

What adapters can I buy that will fit not just a Stanley (I know) but ordinary flask water bottles? They are sho and we have loads of them but they are hardly huge just 500ml bottles.

I have already bought and returned the kind which have a cup holder on top of a cylindrical base which wedges in the original holder. The sloping sides stop it fitting even though the diameter is correct.

I drive a lot for work and I love iced coffee this is so irritating!!!

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 29/03/2024 18:04

I had this cup problem recentlly with a Skoda Octavia and started a thread on it. I'll see if I can find it. I was going slightly crazy measuring cups in shops and drilling down through descriptions of websites to get one < 7cm diameter.

Anyway. These two fit:
Ocean Bottle the 350 ml size or the 500 ml size. They come with screw lids, really good sippy lids for hot drinks and flip lids for cold drinks on the move]. It's also a really good bottle.

The 350 ml Stanley thermal mug also fits but it's not such a good bottle as the Ocean bottle..

I also found one in Morrison's for less than a tenner, but it was terrible to drink from.

Mairzydotes · 29/03/2024 18:11

I had an adjustable cup holder that attached to the air vents once . Dh got it because we had a cad that only had 1 cup holder. Have a look on amazon to see if something like that would fo for you.

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