05 Jetta cell phone holder

Benjet · Jan 6, 2020

I have a rather basic question about my son's 05 Jetta TDI and thought this forum would be a good place to get help. Am looking for a cup holder cell phone holder for the center console. The console has two cup holders and he wants to place the phone in the forward most holder;however it is quite shallow at 2" depth and the base for the holder I bought him for Christmas and others I look at exceed 2". What do those of you who drive this model VW use to hold your cell phone?

Thanks

Nero Morg · Jan 6, 2020

I use a suction cup style to my windshield. A few friends of mine use the left side vent holder style. They all work, it comes down to preference.

hitman1985 · Jan 6, 2020

Benjet said:
I have a rather basic question about my son's 05 Jetta TDI and thought this forum would be a good place to get help. Am looking for a cup holder cell phone holder for the center console. The console has two cup holders and he wants to place the phone in the forward most holder;however it is quite shallow at 2" depth and the base for the holder I bought him for Christmas and others I look at exceed 2". What do those of you who drive this model VW use to hold your cell phone?

Thanks

Upper cup thrower attachment above radio. Works smooth and is free

Blocks the drivers side center vent with a laptop size phone if he has that; but a normal sized cell will be held just fine in that. And angled almost perfect at the same time.

The center cupholders require me to move my eyes too far from the road and can cause a major issue with such in my personal opinion

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KrashDH · Jan 6, 2020

hitman1985 said:
Upper cup thrower attachment above radio. Works smooth and is free

Blocks the drivers side center vent with a laptop size phone if he has that; but a normal sized cell will be held just fine in that. And angled almost perfect at the same time.

The center cupholders require me to move my eyes too far from the road and can cause a major issue with such in my personal opinion

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I've tried this method but the phone will always angle awkward and then slide down through the base.

hitman1985 · Jan 6, 2020

KrashDH said:
I've tried this method but the phone will always angle awkward and then slide down through the base.

Works fine with iPhone and galaxy s8/s9+ since years. Unless your cupholder springs are weak it wont fall

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Mike_04GolfTDI · Jan 8, 2020

I guess leaving the cell phone in his pocket and driving the car is not an option?

KrashDH · Jan 8, 2020

hitman1985 said:
Works fine with iPhone and galaxy s8/s9+ since years. Unless your cupholder springs are weak it wont fall

Nah not the issue. My cupholder is brand new. I have an S9. It doesn't work for me.

Mike_04GolfTDI said:
I guess leaving the cell phone in his pocket and driving the car is not an option?

Some of us use our phones for google maps or similar. Everything else is hooked up to bluetooth for hands free.

Blacktree · Jan 8, 2020

hitman1985 said:
Upper cup thrower attachment above radio.

Cup thrower indeed. Apparently, the engineers only designed it to hold soda cans.

Rrusse11 · Jan 8, 2020

Suction mount lower left corner of the windshield. Experimenting with
a flexible GPS mount center of the dash just above the vents.
Finding somewhere that doesn't block the windshield with minimal
eye movement from the driver's line of sight to the device is tricky.

hitman1985 · Jan 8, 2020

Blacktree said:
Cup thrower indeed. Apparently, the engineers only designed it to hold soda cans.

Fun fact- the 250.000liter cups dont really exist where these cars were designed

I think the closest *fast food* joint to where I grew up was 30 min of a drive and 24hr stuff doesnt exist either [emoji14]

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garreth5 · Jan 8, 2020

Something like this-- https://www.amazon.com/WeatherTech-CupFone-Universal-Adjustable-Portable/dp/B07KY1XKRQ

Rxfire · Jan 9, 2020

As hitman showed, I use the cupholder above radio also. I think a rubbery protective case on the cell phone also helps, as skinny little slippery cell phones might slip thru. You could always put a short cup in there, and put skinny little slippery cell phone in the cup. Adjust height in cup with paper towels. Drill hole in bottom of cup if you need a charger cord attached to phone.

KrashDH · Jan 9, 2020

Rxfire said:
As hitman showed, I use the cupholder above radio also. I think a rubbery protective case on the cell phone also helps, as skinny little slippery cell phones might slip thru. You could always put a short cup in there, and put skinny little slippery cell phone in the cup. Adjust height in cup with paper towels. Drill hole in bottom of cup if you need a charger cord attached to phone.

I have a rubber case on mine that's even ribbed, it's still a no go. I def need to find a solution to this as well. I could put a cupholder in there but then it would block the vents. I need to source a cupholder center console...

Rxfire · Jan 9, 2020

In another vehicle with extremely shallow cupholders, I went to the electrical PVC conduit fittings isle at the hardware store.

like these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-13-...021723?hash=item5927fd9d9b:g:3cwAAOSweiFcCZ0N

then went to black rubber fittings in plumbing isle for the bottom. like these:

https://www.amazon.com/EVERCONNECT-...bber+cap+plumbing&qid=1578603924&sr=8-1-fkmr2

The inside was a tad bit small for the size I needed for the bottled drinks of choice (say, Mexican Topo Chico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topo_Chico_(drink), so I had to ream the inside out a bit with a drill bit.

hitman1985 · Jan 12, 2020

KrashDH said:
I have a rubber case on mine that's even ribbed, it's still a no go. I def need to find a solution to this as well. I could put a cupholder in there but then it would block the vents. I need to source a cupholder center console...

You can find those at local yards all day usually in decent condition. I've got several that I keep as spares as I spend a lot of time in my vehicles for example and want everything a certain way. Just keep in mind if it's a manual it may interfere with shifting depending on what the travel or slop looks like on the tower

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KrashDH · Jan 13, 2020

hitman1985 said:
You can find those at local yards all day usually in decent condition. I've got several that I keep as spares as I spend a lot of time in my vehicles for example and want everything a certain way. Just keep in mind if it's a manual it may interfere with shifting depending on what the travel or slop looks like on the tower

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Yeah actually a lot of stuff gets picked thru here in the PNW or the yards want darn near new prices for them. I have a manual, I don't think it will interfere with anything. I have a DG Sigma 5 short shifter and all my bushings are in good shape so I should be good to go. Just need to find one that's reasonably priced

Mike_04GolfTDI · Jan 14, 2020

My wife has been using a vent clip like this for several years. It was a dollar and fifty cents at "Dollarama."

Around here, you can get a huge fine if you are seen touching it while driving. For example, swiping to change songs is forbidden.

KrashDH · Jan 14, 2020

Mike_04GolfTDI said:
Around here, you can get a huge fine if you are seen touching it while driving. For example, swiping to change songs is forbidden.

We're allowed the "1 finger" use for phones. Ie if it's in a holder, you can tap tap tap, slide, whatever. Soon as you use that second finger though, all hell breaks loose.

I think for the Golf/Jetta fabbing a bracket may be the best option I've seen. I haven't seen too many clever ways to do it. The vents (at least in my car) are too weak to hold a phone.

Rob Mayercik · Jan 15, 2020

Mike_04GolfTDI said:
Around here, you can get a huge fine if you are seen touching it while driving. For example, swiping to change songs is forbidden.

That seems a bit extreme - do they hit you with the same fine if they see you change stations on the radio?

Mike_04GolfTDI · Jan 16, 2020

Rob Mayercik said:
That seems a bit extreme - do they hit you with the same fine if they see you change stations on the radio?

Here's the law: http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/96318_06#part3.1

I would say no, they don't include a radio in the definition of electronic device.

For adjusting the radio they could get you for not driving with due care and attention, but they'd probably only notice if you were swerving or something. They could use this section of the motor vehicle act to nail you for that.
http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/96318_05#section144

For cell phones, you don't even have to be using it to get charged. Just holding it in a position in which it may be used is enough.

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