How do you utilize the extra glove compartment?

[Walter]

Thats where my tach is going to go once I do my 6 speed conversion... hidden away.

[07typeS]

what glovebox on the driver side? is this a liftback only thing?

[Pars]

Yep, liftback specific. The top cup-holder is also liftback specific and makes for a great holding area for the blackberry since the screen is nicely exposed.

Driver side is my most used glove-box. Maui Gim Glasses, portable nav (when it's unplugged), coins, blackberry (when it's not in use). Also ideally located for using 'speaker phone' mode on the cell. Just pop up the glove box and talk into it, it does a great job a isolating the voice from the rest of the car (it helps that that the motorolla v525 has a good speaker phone built-in)

It be cool if Toyota Put-in a smooth glassy service on the dash so that the suction cup device can be mounted directly on the dash, instead of the windows. (e.g. portable nav).

[ECHOKnight2000]

Originally Posted by 07typeS

what glovebox on the driver side? is this a liftback only thing?

Its only on the liftback to my knowledge. There's one right infront of the driver behind the steering wheel which imo is a good use of space because obviously the guage clauster isn't there. The sedan has some glove compartments but not as much as the liftback.

[fazali]

As a matter of fact, I believe the drivers side glove is a hatchback only trait- another reason to go hatch only.

[Ryosuke]

Sunglasses, money, some papers...

[RABYARIS]

GPS....

[edmscan]

I put my Yaesu FT-7800 control head for my ham radio in my compartment. It works pretty good .. the "radio" part of the radio is mounted in the rear liftback area.

[Yaristeve]

I dunno if this was said before but the most enjoyable way I "utilize" my driver's side glove box is to gloat in front of my non-Yaris owning friends. I like to show them the glove box behind the wheel (and the top box on the passenger's side) and hear them say, "wow, that's so cool!"

But mainly, I stick napkins in there for easy reach/access and gas station receipts.

[Revsson]

Originally Posted by edmscan

I put my Yaesu FT-7800 control head for my ham radio in my compartment. It works pretty good .. the "radio" part of the radio is mounted in the rear liftback area.

Any chance you have some pics of that installation? What did you use to
mount the control head inside? What kind of antenna are you using?

[jambo101]

The way some people are replying i'm starting to think maybe we arent talking about the small compartment under the drink holder at the left knee location, have i missed a functional glove box in my 08 sedan on the dash where the instruments usually reside on most cars? if so how do you open it..
Any pics of the glove box in question?
This is basically what i'm looking at,i dont see a drivers side glove box..Yeah i know the pic is of a hatch.

[edmscan]

Originally Posted by Revsson

Any chance you have some pics of that installation? What did you use to
mount the control head inside? What kind of antenna are you using?

Sorry I don't have any pics but I can answer your questions. I used sticky on one side Velcro to attach the control head in the glove compartment on the drivers side (right in front of the driver). I am using a Larsen 2/70 amateur antenna with I believe a Diamond mount mounted lowdown on the liftback area.

[eTiMaGo]

Sunglasses and coins for the tolls...

Might move the EDFC controller box in there too in the future.

[BMGYaris]

When i finally graduate and start traveling on the weekends with my future wife, i plan to put a gps up in there. Im thinking one that can retract and cutting out the center of it and making it removable. Then i can just pop off the middle, push a button and raise up my gps and have it right in front of me but not an obstruction. Then cover him up at nice and no one will notice. giong to be nice, but still a while to go before i get to that point.

for now though, i just keep trash that i see on the floor in it, that way it keeps my car looking clean.

[Black Yaris]

maybe this car was made to transport drugs.... what cop would look behind the steering wheel for a "glove box"?

[leowhy]

i usually store reciepts, badges in this unique compartment... :)

[DorytheYaris]

In the passenger side upper glovebox, I put napkins, straws and extra stuff I get from fast food places that I could always use some other time, lol. In the regular glovebox I have my car purchase papers, insurance and registration. And in the drivers side glovebox I have random stuff.. pens, my debadged Toyota emblem, lipgloss, etc. :)

[Kitt]

stuff...