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Otherwise it defeats the purpose of calling it a glove box. If gloves are not in this box it would be more accurate to describe that volume as a passenger compartment.

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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I just call it the garbage can because that's what I use mine as. My car has a little box inbetween the driver and passenger seat with the USB port for Android auto and such that I use for actually keeping things in. Does that box even have a name? I've heard it referred to as a center console but... It ain't no console. WTF?

[โ€“] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Console means a type of support in some contexts via Latin consolor "to alleviate, lighten" so I'd bet it comes from there as it probably originated as an armrest