The SECRET COMPARTMENT really DOES exist!
Originally Posted by GPMike,Aug 18 2006, 12:07 PM
Anyone know about the cupholder latch? I just found mine 3 weeks into ownership. I can put ventis in there now without having to hold the cup from tipping back.
my "cup holder" flap/arm thing will latch down, but I fail to see how it being latched down will prevent your cup from falling back
do you think he means he just figured out how to "activate" the ap2 cup holder?
Sigh, sliding cupholder covers and cupholders with enough room for large drinks... Sometimes I think they lowered the redline just so you AP2 weenies wouldn't spill your ventis! 
p.s./ that was a joke, in case it wasn't obvious.

p.s./ that was a joke, in case it wasn't obvious.
ok after reading like 10 pages of this thread here's my funny story...before i drove it off the dealer lot (got it used) i was like yea i have to stop and get gas...and thought to myself how do you open the gas door...i spent like 2 minutes looking before my girlfriend finds it
way to be the man eh
....anyway so i take it for a nice cruise after i get it..take it home to show the parents and my dad wants to take it for a spin...now i told him about the start button ok...thats why what happened next FREAKED me out(specially because he's a deseil mechanic..arn't mechanics supposed to know this stuff??? scary...)....he gets in it..turns the key..and pushes the button...NOTHING...so i'm like ok wtf why isn't my car i just bought working wtf is this bs and i start freaking out...i went inside to get the other key thinking maybe the immobilizer thing wasn't working right...he try's it like 5 more times...start button doesn't do anything...lights come on everything but no engine turn over....i start freaking out HARDCORE you have NO FREAKING IDEA...i get out...kick him outa the drivers seat....get in..turn the key...put my foot on the clutch pedal....and asked him...did you push the clutch down??? "huh, why would i do that? desiel truck's start without putting the clutch in"
@#$%^@#$^@#$%@#$%@#$^@#$^%!#@$%^!@#~%!@~@!#% OMFG I ALMOST LOST IT.....all because he didn't put the f'ing clutch pedal in...my god....he scared the living hell out of me...
yea i didn't find the SC till reading this thread...i was unlucky though my manual wasn't in there
...only thing i found in there was a plastic interior panel clip hahaha damn cheapskates i want my manual!@#!@#$
way to be the man eh
....anyway so i take it for a nice cruise after i get it..take it home to show the parents and my dad wants to take it for a spin...now i told him about the start button ok...thats why what happened next FREAKED me out(specially because he's a deseil mechanic..arn't mechanics supposed to know this stuff??? scary...)....he gets in it..turns the key..and pushes the button...NOTHING...so i'm like ok wtf why isn't my car i just bought working wtf is this bs and i start freaking out...i went inside to get the other key thinking maybe the immobilizer thing wasn't working right...he try's it like 5 more times...start button doesn't do anything...lights come on everything but no engine turn over....i start freaking out HARDCORE you have NO FREAKING IDEA...i get out...kick him outa the drivers seat....get in..turn the key...put my foot on the clutch pedal....and asked him...did you push the clutch down??? "huh, why would i do that? desiel truck's start without putting the clutch in" @#$%^@#$^@#$%@#$%@#$^@#$^%!#@$%^!@#~%!@~@!#% OMFG I ALMOST LOST IT.....all because he didn't put the f'ing clutch pedal in...my god....he scared the living hell out of me...
yea i didn't find the SC till reading this thread...i was unlucky though my manual wasn't in there
...only thing i found in there was a plastic interior panel clip hahaha damn cheapskates i want my manual!@#!@#$
Was thinking about this thread today and became convinced that Hondas design for the gas door release button is more genius than we may have originally thought.
The release is intentionally hidden. Think for a second--what makes our cars different than the Civics, Accords, or any other car in Hondas lineup? We do not have a fixed top!
Compound this with the death of the locking fuel caps on cars (including ours) as well as gas getting more expensive everyday--it would be prudent for those who leave their tops down while parked to *not* have the gas lever in plain sight for the possibility of theft.
Image, if we are having so much trouble finding our levers, how much time would it take the average (gas) theif to locate it? I know that they could just unlock the door and find it, but this would take more time.
This appiles to the trunk release being inside a lockable storage area as well as the secret compartment being evasive.
What do you guys think--was honda using forsight on this one, or did they just get lucky?
The release is intentionally hidden. Think for a second--what makes our cars different than the Civics, Accords, or any other car in Hondas lineup? We do not have a fixed top!
Compound this with the death of the locking fuel caps on cars (including ours) as well as gas getting more expensive everyday--it would be prudent for those who leave their tops down while parked to *not* have the gas lever in plain sight for the possibility of theft.
Image, if we are having so much trouble finding our levers, how much time would it take the average (gas) theif to locate it? I know that they could just unlock the door and find it, but this would take more time.
This appiles to the trunk release being inside a lockable storage area as well as the secret compartment being evasive.
What do you guys think--was honda using forsight on this one, or did they just get lucky?
I must admit it took me about 6 months. I saw a picture of an S2k with the compartment up. I was like wow does mine have one of them.
Mine is an Import. In the secret compartment, I found some Japanese cd's and a Mariah Carie Album and a couple of handy dusters to clean my windscreen and dash with... result!
Mine is an Import. In the secret compartment, I found some Japanese cd's and a Mariah Carie Album and a couple of handy dusters to clean my windscreen and dash with... result!









