Center console lid question

[zzyzzx]

The center console on my 1999 Alero has a lid on it where the inside of the lid looks as if it's intended to hold something. I'm just having trouble imagining what that something is. What, if anything do you use it for?

And since there is no ash try, where am I supposed to put my garbage?

[C_EICK]

i use it to stor my packs of gum. The alero has all kind of funny nooks though, like the little cubby on the left of your steering wheel...although, my bluetooth headset fits perfectly in there.

[[ion] C2]

loose change

[troyertrain]

The center console on my 1999 Alero has a lid on it where the inside of the lid looks as if it's intended to hold something. I'm just having trouble imagining what that something is. What, if anything do you use it for?

And since there is no ash try, where am I supposed to put my garbage?

it was designed to hold tissues i believe. i have also though, in the past, used it to hold my gum and random stuff like that.

and your garbage goes in a garbage can :) but seriously, our cars had the option of a smokers package me thinks, that came with a real ash tray akin to what came in the sunfires/cavvys...

[zzyzzx]

Actually I was wondering if it was intended to maybe hold maps or sunglasses. But it doesn't liike right for glasses. The console itself seems to be sized to hold standard sized CD cases.

[zzyzzx]

it was designed to hold tissues i believe. i have also though, in the past, used it to hold my gum and random stuff like that.

and your garbage goes in a garbage can :) but seriously, our cars had the option of a smokers package me thinks, that came with a real ash tray akin to what came in the sunfires/cavvys...


Where would this real ash tray be? Pics?

I like the lighter oulet with the cap on it instead of an actual lighter that I'll never use.

[surreal_awakening]

The factory ash tray option ($12 when I ordered my Alero new in late 1998), was a round drop-in that fit in the forward cup holder and had a lid on it. I ebay'd it a year or so back.

[lonnie]

The factory ash tray option ($12 when I ordered my Alero new in late 1998), was a round drop-in that fit in the forward cup holder and had a lid on it. I ebay'd it a year or so back.
Yep that's what I have now but don't use it cause....I don't smoke.

[jayson_waltz]

its for tissues, they make small packs just for cars. i never use it for that tho

[lonnie]

its for tissues, they make small packs just for cars. i never use it for that thoAwesome avatar! LMAO

[[ion] C2]

tissues? i thought we were talking about the small cupholder style thing just before the cubby hole in the center console forwardmost of the car haha. i put change in the circular hole with the rubber "lid", and my glasses case in the actual console area u nderneath the headunit.

there's also the rectangular area on the headliner that small containers of tissue would work in


ediiiiiiiiiit: didn't read above posts lol now i get it

[adam337]

i have the smokers alero too..

[cherrington17]

Yep that's what I have now but don't use it cause....I don't smoke.

i cut an olds symbol into mine. :p

[lonnie]

i cut an olds symbol into mine. :p
There you go and add some led's.

[[ion] C2]

i cut an olds symbol into mine. :p

oh i thought that was the lid of the cupholder

[cherrington17]

nope. it was an ashtray. i put a 1/4" stereo jack in the bottom of it, so i have a 3 contact quick disconnect for the ground, and 2 led colors. then just put a female on the bottom of the center console piece (through the rubber surround) and wha-la! got yourself a glowing ashtray.

actually, it was Imsobored's ashtray. he mailed it to me, so i didn't destroy my own, incase i botched it completely.

[lonnie]

nope. it was an ashtray. i put a 1/4" stereo jack in the bottom of it, so i have a 3 contact quick disconnect for the ground, and 2 led colors. then just put a female on the bottom of the center console piece (through the rubber surround) and wha-la! got yourself a glowing ashtray.

actually, it was Imsobored's ashtray. he mailed it to me, so i didn't destroy my own, incase i botched it completely.
Thats a neat little trick, neve thought of that one!!

[Valley olds]

Sweet! I had never noticed that there was storage space in the lid of the center console. I just bought myself gum for the sole reason of putting it there. My Alero and this forum never seize to surprise me. :yahoo:

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

^ the word is "cease" and yeah...I learn something new everytime I spend more than 5 minutes on here. :)

[cherrington17]

Sweet! I had never noticed that there was storage space in the lid of the center console. I just bought myself gum for the sole reason of putting it there. My Alero and this forum never seize to surprise me. :yahoo:

how could you own a car and not tinker/open/play with everything inside it!? ....w/in a week??

[jayson_waltz]

how could you own a car and not tinker/open/play with everything inside it!? ....w/in a week??

it took u a week? wow i look through new cars top to bottom within the first couple hours

[Valley olds]

I dont know, I thought that I knew about all the storage compartments on the alero. No one else nor me had ever seen that space on the lid.

[Enstranged]

I put my tins of tobacco in there u gotts shave down the inside of the area a little but they fit perfect after that

[deathwish666]

Sweet! I had never noticed that there was storage space in the lid of the center console. I just bought myself gum for the sole reason of putting it there. My Alero and this forum never seize to surprise me. :yahoo:

for some reason i thought that was hysterical for like 5 minutes
:drunk:

[zzyzzx]

The factory ash tray option ($12 when I ordered my Alero new in late 1998), was a round drop-in that fit in the forward cup holder and had a lid on it. I ebay'd it a year or so back.

I'll have to look for one in the junkyard, not because I want one, but because I want to see how it looks. From what you describe, it seems laughable.

[troyertrain]

I'll have to look for one in the junkyard, not because I want one, but because I want to see how it looks. From what you describe, it seems laughable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-Oldsmobile-Alero-Ash-Tray_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el124 7QQcategoryZ63690QQihZ001QQitemZ110204963963QQrdZ1 QQsspagenameZWD1V

there ya go, although, that one is rather dirty...

[misslindseysue]

I sold my ashtray to an Aleromod smoker. No lighting anything in any of my cars. The lid of the center console is for the little packages of tissue, as has been pointed out. I never bothered, just kept a tire gauge and a couple CD's in the center console. My new 'armrest' has about enough room for a pack of gum and 3 Kleenex.

[cherrington17]

that ebay one posted, looks like the ashtray... i think i can see the little cigarette on the top.

i think what hes talking about is the one behind the shifter. most people just have an open cupholder, but some aleros have a little lid over that one...

[Cliff8928]

That thing is only like $26 brand new from the dealer at RETAIL price.. P/N 12371553