Alright gurus, I have a conundrum.
I was being playful and obviously overly aggressive in a 3rd to 4th shift in my MK6 R, and I failed to notice that I knocked my coffee cup over. It didn't fall over to the side, rather it went straight back into the prone position with the opening facing the arm rest. It was about half full (optimism). It looked contained and I was in traffic so I couldn't stop that second, I pulled over and realized past me used the last of the pilfered Starbucks napkin stash I keep in the glove box and the cleaning wipes I purchased the day before is sitting on my counter.
In the immortal words of Henry Cavill of Witcher fame - "Fuck".
So 8-10 minutes later I procure paper towels, and wipe it clean, only to realize...no way was that all the coffee...it had to have gone...somewhere.
upon inspection and what I'm sure would have been internet gold had I filmed the attempt to get those rubber bottom pieces out (it would likely be rated R) - I succeeded, and my heart sunk.
In VW wisdom, there is a mounting screw hole with what looks like some intentional forward and aft adjustability - perhaps for part variability, ease of install, who knows - all I know is somewhere down that back hole lies likely 8 oz or so of coffee.
What the hell is below the cup holder? Just fabric covered tunnel? Don't tell me it is where VW mounted the flux capacitor or the turbo encabulator.
The temp solution, I put two canisters of damp rid in the car, 2 fridge packs of baking soda, and odor eliminator rocks (calcium carbonate maybe) from lowes. I have been going for periodic drives with the windows down to help air it out while leaving the rubber bottom pad out. I also removed the other rubber pad from under the arm rest which has a retaining hole for a rubber piece in an attempt to get more air flow.
What I've noticed:
A woeful lack in detailed pictures or videos for the disassembly of the R center console, arm rest, or cupholder area. I'm sure it isn't too different from a MK7 but I would have thought there would be more pictures showing what lives under all this.
How truly fucked am I.
My next idea, get a precision spray bottle with a 1/8 tube to fine nozzle and fill it with a bacterial enzymatic cleaner. Since the 8oz of coffee didn't (hasn't) seemed* to affect anything could I force an ounce or so of that down the hole to help my situation?
What would you do, what can I do.
What have I done?
F.U.C.K.
I was being playful and obviously overly aggressive in a 3rd to 4th shift in my MK6 R, and I failed to notice that I knocked my coffee cup over. It didn't fall over to the side, rather it went straight back into the prone position with the opening facing the arm rest. It was about half full (optimism). It looked contained and I was in traffic so I couldn't stop that second, I pulled over and realized past me used the last of the pilfered Starbucks napkin stash I keep in the glove box and the cleaning wipes I purchased the day before is sitting on my counter.
In the immortal words of Henry Cavill of Witcher fame - "Fuck".
So 8-10 minutes later I procure paper towels, and wipe it clean, only to realize...no way was that all the coffee...it had to have gone...somewhere.
upon inspection and what I'm sure would have been internet gold had I filmed the attempt to get those rubber bottom pieces out (it would likely be rated R) - I succeeded, and my heart sunk.
In VW wisdom, there is a mounting screw hole with what looks like some intentional forward and aft adjustability - perhaps for part variability, ease of install, who knows - all I know is somewhere down that back hole lies likely 8 oz or so of coffee.
What the hell is below the cup holder? Just fabric covered tunnel? Don't tell me it is where VW mounted the flux capacitor or the turbo encabulator.
The temp solution, I put two canisters of damp rid in the car, 2 fridge packs of baking soda, and odor eliminator rocks (calcium carbonate maybe) from lowes. I have been going for periodic drives with the windows down to help air it out while leaving the rubber bottom pad out. I also removed the other rubber pad from under the arm rest which has a retaining hole for a rubber piece in an attempt to get more air flow.
What I've noticed:
A woeful lack in detailed pictures or videos for the disassembly of the R center console, arm rest, or cupholder area. I'm sure it isn't too different from a MK7 but I would have thought there would be more pictures showing what lives under all this.
How truly fucked am I.
My next idea, get a precision spray bottle with a 1/8 tube to fine nozzle and fill it with a bacterial enzymatic cleaner. Since the 8oz of coffee didn't (hasn't) seemed* to affect anything could I force an ounce or so of that down the hole to help my situation?
What would you do, what can I do.
What have I done?
F.U.C.K.
