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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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Default Coins fell into car, is it OK???

I was reaching for coins when few of them got into the E-brake hole.

You guys know Scion uses cheap rubber as a cover for the E-brake area, well I drop some coins in it, but wonder if it was ok to leave them in?
Or will it break anything?? I didn't open it. I don't want to screw things up even more. I bended the rubber down and all I saw was screws and metal parts.

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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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It'll ruin your whole transmission and your car may possibly blow up.

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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ariese
itll ruin your whole transmission and your car may possibly blow up
are you serious?
and is there any tuts on opening the covers ?
Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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trans is already dead now
Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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thats wrong. lol Dont tell him that... you should be fine dude. Think of it as a piggy bank
Old Aug 18, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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rotflmao... It's fine man. Don't even worry about it. I think I have enough change in mine to finish paying for my car note.
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Sorry man I couldn't resist, the E-brake and the transmission have nothing to do with each others.

it's fine man, wont harm a thing, tC guy routinely lose our car wash money when our center consoles eat our change.

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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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I always drop crap in there on accident. Paper, coins and whatever else is small enough to fit in there.
Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by juzlookzfazt
I always drop crap in there on accident. Paper, coins and whatever else is small enough to fit in there.

i've lost doritos and french fries in there...
Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:37 AM
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Murphy lost his virginity in there.
Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:38 AM
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and it was good too, my car is such a ho
Old Aug 19, 2010 | 01:15 PM
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i think that's where my dignity went. i better go check.
Old Aug 20, 2010 | 02:00 AM
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lmao, btw its really easy to take the console apart if you want to cash in on your savings in there.
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No kidding when I pulled my console out to run some wires I found my College class ring and about 10 bucks in quarters
(only quarter because that's all I keep in the car for car washes)

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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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I can find all my quarters and change underneath the seat on the right rail ..covered in grease lol.
Old Aug 21, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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might as well start a thread "what we find under our e brake and seats" lol
Old Aug 21, 2010 | 12:41 AM
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Y'all know it's like two screws and a bolt that hold it in, right? There is nothing special under there btw.
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^ not for the cup holders/ebrake section, you just pull up on the section over the shifter and then pull up on the cup holders and you should have plenty of access to whats in there.
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Great thread, will read again
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Haha, this thread gave me a good chuckle.

I tell my kids all the time to not put anything on the seat that they don't want to get lost.

I call the backseat 'the seat of no return'

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