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ManhattanBMW · 12-10-2012, 09:15 PM

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As you may know, the M5 has a cavity between he cup holders for placing your key fob when you are in the car. However, the M6 has no such cavity, but it does have a channel connecting the cup holders where I sometimes place my key fob. The problem is that the key fob then moves between the cup holders when the car is moving. Has anyone come up with, or purchased, a trim piece for that channel that will hold the key fob in place? If so, I would appreciate learning about what you are doing or using. Thanks.

RufussCkingston · 12-11-2012, 02:28 AM

I thought the Key FOB stays in your pocket...

barclay · 12-11-2012, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ManhattanBMW

As you may know, the M5 has a cavity between he cup holders for placing your key fob when you are in the car. However, the M6 has no such cavity, but it does have a channel connecting the cup holders where I sometimes place my key fob. The problem is that the key fob then moves between the cup holders when the car is moving. Has anyone come up with, or purchased, a trim piece for that channel that will hold the key fob in place? If so, I would appreciate learning about what you are doing or using. Thanks.

Good point. It is an annoying little detail they should have addressed.

M6-4KIX · 12-11-2012, 08:37 AM

yup... I thought that's why they put pockets in pants?? You don't have pockets?? Where do you put your coffee???

jettie1767 · 12-11-2012, 11:03 AM

I never used the key fob holder on my 535. My keys are always in my jacket pocket or pants pocket.

ManhattanBMW · 12-11-2012, 11:30 AM

Living in NYC, it is not always advisable to keep the key fob on one's person, since the car gets valet parked every day. So it is often easier, and more sensible, to leave the key in the car so I do not inadvertently walk out of the parking garage with the key, and the attendants then cannot move the car. Thus my desire for some sort of key fob holder.

evanevery · 12-11-2012, 12:24 PM

I never understood why my X6M had a key fob holder in the first place. Why would anyone want to take the fob out of your pocket (or briefcase, purse, etc)?

I very rarely drive without pants on...

M6-4KIX · 12-11-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ManhattanBMW

Living in NYC, it is not always advisable to keep the key fob on one's person, since the car gets valet parked every day. So it is often easier, and more sensible, to leave the key in the car so I do not inadvertently walk out of the parking garage with the key, and the attendants then cannot move the car. Thus my desire for some sort of key fob holder.

Oh, so you are only talking about the valet key which becomes separate from the fob????

ManhattanBMW · 12-11-2012, 04:56 PM

No, this is my regular parking garage, so I do not bother removing the valet key.

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ManhattanBMW Private Drives: 2013 F13 M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New York Posts: 66 iTrader: (0)	Key holder in M6 Featured on BIMMERPOST.com As you may know, the M5 has a cavity between he cup holders for placing your key fob when you are in the car. However, the M6 has no such cavity, but it does have a channel connecting the cup holders where I sometimes place my key fob. The problem is that the key fob then moves between the cup holders when the car is moving. Has anyone come up with, or purchased, a trim piece for that channel that will hold the key fob in place? If so, I would appreciate learning about what you are doing or using. Thanks.
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12-11-2012, 02:28 AM	#2
RufussCkingston Enlisted Member Drives: F13 BMW M6 / E71 BMW X6 50i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 49 iTrader: (0)	I thought the Key FOB stays in your pocket...

12-11-2012, 08:37 AM	#4
M6-4KIX Second Lieutenant Drives: 2012 6 M(pkg) Coupe Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 221 iTrader: (0)	yup... I thought that's why they put pockets in pants?? You don't have pockets?? Where do you put your coffee???

12-11-2012, 11:03 AM	#5
jettie1767 Second Lieutenant Drives: '12 M6 Vert - San Marino Blue Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Colts Neck, NJ Posts: 297 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 Range Rover Sp ... [0.00] 2012 BMW M6 [0.50] 2013 BMW X3 [0.00]	I never used the key fob holder on my 535. My keys are always in my jacket pocket or pants pocket.

12-11-2012, 11:30 AM	#6
ManhattanBMW Private Drives: 2013 F13 M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New York Posts: 66 iTrader: (0)	Living in NYC, it is not always advisable to keep the key fob on one's person, since the car gets valet parked every day. So it is often easier, and more sensible, to leave the key in the car so I do not inadvertently walk out of the parking garage with the key, and the attendants then cannot move the car. Thus my desire for some sort of key fob holder.

12-11-2012, 12:24 PM	#7
evanevery Private First Class Drives: 2013 X6M & 2013 M6 Convertible Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 131 iTrader: (0)	I never understood why my X6M had a key fob holder in the first place. Why would anyone want to take the fob out of your pocket (or briefcase, purse, etc)? I very rarely drive without pants on...

12-11-2012, 04:56 PM	#9
ManhattanBMW Private Drives: 2013 F13 M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New York Posts: 66 iTrader: (0)	No, this is my regular parking garage, so I do not bother removing the valet key.