As the title states, whether it be illicit substances or like me you often drive the vehicle without having your wallet and would like to stash some emergency money or want to leave the keys hidden somewhere on the vehicle.

 

In my case its because I am a runner and train with a club in another town, dont want to take and leave my wallet in the car but sometimes need money for a café bar get together afterwards or could simply break down, I also dont want to carry the keys while i am running so want a convenient place to stash them.

 

For the money/illicit substances there is the under passenger seat storage locker that I did not even know was there but I have just found a really good place which has a very large unused volume, simply unclip the cover on the end face of the dashboard that meets the passenger door, on the drivers side this would house the fusebox, on the passneger side its empty and has a very useable volume that will easily take a wallet and you can even get your hand in and find space out of sight behind the dash.

 

For hiding my keys outside I have been putting them on the front suspension strut spring perch, trouble is there are often people around and it looks very clear that I am doing something odd, someone with a Kangoo or something like that used to open their petrol filler flap and put them there but mine auto locks.

 

Then on close inspection today I found that if I could isolate the release solenoid while the flap is open it could be pushed shut and latched as usual but not locked, this would serve me very well, I could hide the action by leaning close to the vehicle, its a relatively safe area here and I really am not concerned about diesel theft, I have security cameras at my hôtel which cover all the parking areas.

 

So how can I easily disconnect the wiring to the fuel filler flap locking solenoid without pulling out all the internal panels please?

Well, as for your illicit substances, do what the runners do........................stick it up your ar5e, Lol

 

(drug runners, that is).......

Papillon kept his stash there for decades!

 

A bigger volume behind the plastic cover than in my jacksy

I shall not be informing the mrs of the passenger seat storage box. I'm going to fill it with little treats for me to eat

Were you aware of it before?

 

It came as a nice surprise for me.

I found the passenger seat box in my soon to be mine on thursday mk2 while i was digging around looking for issue warning signs (damp/stained carpets etc)  after my test drive.

It looks to me about right size for a factory fit first aid kit.. maybe part if the "taxi pack"?

 

Good for storing a couple of flouri vests

4 hours ago, J.R. said:

Were you aware of it before?

 

It came as a nice surprise for me.

 

Only when I was vacuuming the carpets. I had the car for 3 months by that point!

I use it for storing the owners handbook, service book etc after they have been severely pruned of all other languages, unecessary junk etc, it them means there is some space in the glovebox which it dominated before.

 

Then there is space left for squeezable things like a gilet jaune etc.

 

To me its value is that it is far from obvious especially given that unlike its predecessor the glovebox does not lock on the MK2

People who rob cars know everyplace people hide things.

Once when my car was broken into they even stole the leather belt off my jeans that were on my artificial leg left in the boot.

The fiver out the ashtray was gone, the cards from under the mat in the back behind the drivers seat as well.

 

I did find a quarter of blow in the top glove compartment of a Mk2 Fabia that someone had forgotten about and was not found by the Dealership valater, 

or maybe it was theirs.

Edited 9 April, 20197 yr by Skoffski

Skoffski is right, thieves find any possible stash you can think of.  Humans nearly always hide things in the same type of places and, like it or not, thieves have the same thought processes as everyone else.  You’ll need to go to extreme lengths to create a decent stash and you’ll end up with something that’s too much of a pain to use regularly. 

3 hours ago, mac11irl said:

It looks to me about right size for a factory fit first aid kit.. maybe part if the "taxi pack"?

 

Not sure about 'Taxi Pack', I have it on my Scout. Use it for the passenger safety vest and the IKEA 1st Aid Kit (IIRCC £10). 

 

The other useful storage area the Scout has that does not appear to be something I'll find in its replacement is the storage area in the rear central armrest. Handy for 'life's little essentials'! 

 

I'm glad the Scout doesn't have a lockable glove box, one less thing to repair or replace if the unfortunate was too happen. 

 

If anyone bought a Fiat Multipla which was a favoured smuggling vehicle it was always a good idea to see that everything had been retrieved.

Ford Galaxy were another popular smugglers vehicle, until it became common knowledge.

http://thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1958189/scotland-crime-gang-guns-stashed-cars

 

 

 

Edited 9 April, 20197 yr by Skoffski

Its not to hide from thieves just to have something stashed in case of emergency that is not going to be visible, touch wood never had a car broken into yet but often find myself without money to pay for something and in fact other than a couple of notes in my wallet I dont carry cash or change.

 

Its to avoid leaving my wallet in the car and so that I can just go out as usual without thinking.

 

If ever the car was broken into the damage to the lock, window etc would concern me far more than what they may have found and taken.

 

 

Glovebox then. 

You are missing the point of this thread.

 

Besides the glovebox is full of waccy baccy.

@Fin69 sorry, i meant the F/A Kit... not the cubby

 

 

4 minutes ago, J.R. said:

You are missing the point of this thread.

 

Besides the glovebox is full of waccy baccy.

 

You are right.

Have just managed to disable the fuel filler flap locking solenoid, my new found knowledge may help someone one day who is having central locking problems (there are a couple at the moment and I have in the past) and while their car is screwing them around find they cannot open the fuel flap, _ been there!

 

If you unscrew and partially remove the top boot plastic trim, the one that the luggage cover slides in, then by slipping your hand down behind the fuel filler and working blind you can feel the remote solenoid and actuating rod for the fuel flap release rod, you will be able to release it and disconnect the wiring like I did.

 

I see on some topics there are flags with key words presumably for people to find while searching, how can I attach one for fuel filler lock?

Another way to empty the glove box is to put the cars documents (handbook, service book etc) in the storage tray inside the rear armrest. Fits perfectly and could have been designed for it.

 

In the estate, has any anyone found a use for the full width tray at the top and behind of the rear seat. It takes umbrellas but they slide from side to side and not easy to reach.

3 minutes ago, pikpilot said:

In the estate, has any anyone found a use for the full width tray at the top and behind of the rear seat. It takes umbrellas but they slide from side to side and not easy to reach.

Pair of bino's, tub of Swan & Duck food, tub containing tyre and wheel related items, spare bulbs, 2 x magnetic breakdown lights, 2 x warning triangles and several cyalume tubes of various colours! 

22 hours ago, Fin69 said:

Pair of bino's, tub of Swan & Duck food, tub containing tyre and wheel related items, spare bulbs, 2 x magnetic breakdown lights, 2 x warning triangles and several cyalume tubes of various colours! 

 

That beats me...   We've just got 4 walking poles in there!

Edited 10 April, 20197 yr by skomaz
Like to Pole bloomin autocorrect

^^^ What on earth is a walking like??? (nothing to do with Egyptian's i guess, lol).

 

I think iv'e removed mine. How do you get all that stuff in there (two warning triangles among'st everything else) My binoculars won't fit in there either

11 hours ago, Tilt said:

^^^ What on earth is a walking like??? (nothing to do with Egyptian's i guess, lol).

 

I think iv'e removed mine. How do you get all that stuff in there (two warning triangles among'st everything else) My binoculars won't fit in there either

 

Should have said Pole - damned auto correct must've changed it!

I don't like to boast, but I'm quite used to fitting quite a lot into tight spaces. 

 

L-R;

 

Bino's & tyre pressure gauge, tub for Swan and duck food, spare bulb kit, wheel & tyre paraphernalia, 2 x magnetic LED strobe break down lights & 2 x warning triangles padded out with cyalume tubes.