That's an interesting idea, however I see one problem. When I shift gears I sometimes bump the ash tray lid back with my elbow. I think that having a hot cup of coffee back there (no matter how far recessed) is one more thing to knock over. You could put it really far back, but it would be a pain to have to reach around and grab it while driving. The cupholder that the DeLorean Motor Center (http://deloreanmotorcenter.com/_a000019_drink_holder_gray_.html) sells looks nice, I think that is probably the way to go. But personally I enjoy the D the way it is---trying to drink something while driving is one distraction I don't want to deal with in my D. :) Patrick 1880 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]