The Auto Repair team of researchers have been hard at work trying to solve the problem of the automotive cup holder. Ok, it was me, my brother and my sister-in-law, but we’ve spent years griping about spilled drinks and sticky, non-working cup holders. How many times has your center console turned into a tiny bird bath filled with coffee or soda? Unless you’re Jon Bon Jovi or 50 Cent, you don’t need a hot tub inside your car.The answer is finally here, and like many things genius, it was the simplest of answers. I was driving a Porsche 911 at the time (an anti-cup-holder company) and had been helping a friend hang some signs around the neighborhood. In a very ghetto move, we were using duct tape. On the way home we stopped by the great Double-D for a warm-up cup. As I sat down my hand was drawn to the roll of duct tape on the floor, and I inserted my coffee. Amazing! It has enough weight to hold the cup upright, and enough grip on the floor to keep from sliding.Depending on your usual drink of choice, you can choose between the regular 1-inch wide roll of tape or the 1 1/2-inch width for extra-large coffees or Big Gulps. If after a few months your cup holder is looking like a giant dust bunny, you can replace it for $4! You can even switch it up depending on your mood or the seasons and buy blue, red, black or even white duct tape. The duct tape cup holder may not cool your drink or use LEDs to guide you to the hole, but it will keep your drink off the floor, and that’s what really counts. Plus there are so many other uses for your duct tape, like an emergency roadside hose repair! Form, function and versatility, what more could you ask for? News source: About Auto Repair