Just discovered this 7 years later .
- Thread starter odie
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A traffic citation warning and an unopened condom left by my college son. 
I haven't been too surprised by much since I try and make a habit of reading the owners manual of our cars when they're new, but there have been a few "Easter eggs" - for example, I figured out that our Toyotas will ignore the rest of the auto-off headlamp feature (that is, turn off immediately rather than waiting for the 30-second timeout) if they're double-locked. Their washer fluid lights also illuminate when the reservoirs hold a full gallon of fluid, eliminating the need to store jugs (more helpful for those without a garage). And the Camry's armrest slides forward and backward, though that's a bit more obvious (although it's a feature that I don't remember seeing in the manual). Finally, if you pause a song on Bluetooth/USB connections, then increase/decrease the volume, it'll play from where you were. Nothing too big here, but still interesting.
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Silly me, I always used that to hold my tire pressure gauge.
That's a great idea. Thanks
I found a USB port in my glove box last week, in a 2015 Silverado I've owned since new.
Bought new in 2004 a chevy cavalier. 7 months ago I inspected a holed rocker and picked out a 5/8 combination wrench.....,so that was the noise we looked for and could never find.
Nick1994
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Is there a reason your glove box is steaming?
AutoMechanic
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I found out a little plastic piece that is just a blank in the dash where you could add something had been gone since I got the truck. I could of swore it was there so I accused someone of taking it after they drove my truck and then I looked at the pictures from when I first got it and realized it’s been gone the whole time 
. Going to search the junkyard for one now cause it bothers the heck out of me that it’s gone lol.
. Going to search the junkyard for one now cause it bothers the heck out of me that it’s gone lol.It's just glare I hope.
There's a tire depth gauge in the small plastic zip lock . May try to put that in the holder .
My new Jaguar has a pen clip in the glovebox like the one odie showed. I keep a small notebook in the glovebox to document maintenance and it has an elastic loop for a pen, so I stuck one of those rubber tipped styluses in the clip to use on the touchscreen when I need to type in a lot of information like a new address for the navigation. It keeps the fingerprints down to a minimum.
Innovation
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. Maybe you could present that to a auto manufacturer and get a cut of the green 
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manicrodder
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See 2nd from top. Probably a perfect fit for a box of Trojans.I found out a little plastic piece that is just a blank in the dash where you could add something had been gone since I got the truck. I could of swore it was there so I accused someone of taking it after they drove my truck and then I looked at the pictures from when I first got it and realized it’s been gone the whole time
I always used it to hold my crack pipe.
Played CDs before it was discovered . Now it's rarely used . There's also a AUX input and hook up a portable cassette player on occasion . Use earphone out and adjust sound level with volume knob .
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