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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 07:36 AM
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Does anyone know if there is a specific purpose for the rubberized recessed area in the middle of the dash? Is it for a radar detector or what?-Jack
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 08:12 AM
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I am not completely sure, but it really makes a great place to put my cell phone and sun glasses.....
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 09:03 AM
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I keep my spare muffler bearings in there.........
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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whatever you want to go there, or whatever you aren't afraid of hitting you or passengers in the case of a collision with someone/thing else.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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I was curious at first as well, but like DJBD, I have found it is an awesome place for the cell phone. When I first started putting it up there I would swerve all over trying to make the darn phone move - it didn't - must be made of those space-age materials...
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 11:45 AM
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I can tell you one thing its NOT good for, a full cup of cofee!-Jack
 
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 12:05 PM
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I've only had my truck for 5 days, but I to was wondering what others were doing with it. The wife made a comment about starting our tomato plants in it. ;-) Really, t o m a t o, nothing else. Thankfully, she's just kidding.
 
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put your blinker fluid in there
 
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I keep a BlueTooth GPS receiver up there. As for the Material that the insert is made of, I can’t get Velcro to stick to it.
 
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Sun glasses and empty wallet
 
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muffler bearings and blinker fluid, sounds pretty logical to me.
 
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You may have noticed from my name that I am a firefighter (volunteer, 18 years). It will make a perfect place for my blue light on the way to an emergency call!
 
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As I was washing my truck inside and out the second day I had it, I tried to wipe the minute amount of dust/lint out of that tray with a hand towel and increased the lint factor ten fold. Them space age materials grabbed all the free fibers off that hand towel that they could.
 
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That dash piece was created for the sole purpose of making people ask questions about it.
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That dash piece was created for the sole purpose of making people ask questions about it.
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In that case it has performed its function perfectly.--Jack
 
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