Miata Mailing List: December 1992, Message #29
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   From: (none)
Subject: Ash trays
   Date: (none)

Another possible solution is to remove the metal band
on the ash tray, then you don't have to reverse the ash
tray top and lose the cool green light on the forward end.
That's what I did.

When you do this you have a wonderful holder for
sunglasses, a cup, loose receipts, or (with hard top)
money.  I've even heard of a guy who replaced the green
plastic with red, put a battery in the ash tray, and wired it
to a blinking device and the ash tray light bulb.  Presto -
a fakeo red blinking light to make it look like the car has
an alarm.

Don't you think there would be a market for a cellular car
phone that fits exactly where the ash tray goes?

MattSkew
mattsq@microsoft.com

P.S. I had a car once (pontiac 6000 STE) that had a digital
bar graph for how much gas was left - each bar = 1 gallon.
I didn't like it because the readings would always be
+- 2 gallons, due to temperature or slope of the road.  The
low gas warning light was cool though.