The ball bearings (only 6 small ones) can fall out if you muck around with the holder. They give you some spares in the box.

Kinda mesmerizing watching the glass titl as you drive, isn't it?

alistair

On 2013-02-11, at 12:48 AM, Sean wrote:

> I had one of these (or something VERY similar) about 17 years ago for my old (even then) Audi 5000. IIRC the cup holder lasted a year or so before it started losing ball bearings. I don't remember it dropping any sodas.
> 
> Sean B.
> '90 V'gon 2.0 ABA (under construction)
> '82 airsucker V'gon, "The Rat's Nest"
> '87 8v GTI
> '04 Passat Wagon
> http://www.vgonman.com
> 
> On 2/10/13 4:52 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> Turned out to be a silly, un-productive Sunday (nice). But I did manage to take a short vid of a unique/questionably practical  cupholder in action.
>> 
>> Pics, vid etc here:
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/vanagon-spillbuster-cupglass-holder/
>> 
>> alistair
>>