Just realized my 2013 Kia Soul's biggest flaw isn't the engine it's the cup holder placement

I drove my Soul down to Savannah last weekend for a quick trip, about 4 hours each way. Somewhere around the Georgia line I grabbed my coffee thermos from the passenger seat and tried to set it in the center console cupholder. Problem is the cupholders are right behind the shifter and angled weird, so every time I reached for the gear stick my elbow would knock the coffee over. I spilled a third of it on the passenger seat before I even made it to Macon. Never had this issue in my old Civic or even my buddy's Focus. The car has 120k miles and the engine is fine, but this stupid layout makes daily driving annoying. Has anyone else with a boxy car run into cupholder placement that just seems like nobody tested it?

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patricia427d ago

Spilled coffee in my Soul too, so now I just hold my drink between my knees like I'm some kind of amateur rally driver. Guess it's part of the boxy car charm.

cole_walker267d ago

Wait are you telling me Kia actually put the cupholders in the Soul so deep that a regular coffee cup just disappears into it? That's hilarious and frustrating at the same time, because it sounds like they designed it for a Big Gulp cup from 7-Eleven not a normal coffee. Honestly though the rally driver thing is a solid backup move, I've done that with my water bottle in my truck for years.