[JimD]

Sorry, I did not intend to confuse anybody. I do not have the iDrive. Because I do not have the iDrive, BMW would say I have two cup holders. But one is under the armrest so it is not very useful. I say I used to have one usable cup holder plus one somewhat usable one. I wanted two good ones.

If you get the iDrive, you lose the usable cup holder. Because of that, BMW gives you a cup holder up where 5th gear is on a manual (as illustrated in the pictures). You can buy the cup holder and the mounting pieces from a dealer and add it to a car like mine that does not have an iDrive but wants another usable cup holder. That's what I did.

Jim