How many cigarette lighters ya got? Ashtrays?

[Skibane]

IMO, one of the most delightful things about the Q was its political incorrectness - It was physically huge and heavy, cost way too much money for the average peasant to afford, didn't give a good gorram about fuel economy or exhaust emissions, was upholstered with massive amounts of dead animal skin, had a dashboard trimmed in exotic wood, made more more noise at full throttle than several thousand Toyota Priuses combined, and rode low enough to run over even the smallest endangered critters.

Perhaps nowhere was this un-green-ness more evident than in the number of cigarette lighters and ashtrays provided. For example, at a time when many of its peers had zero accommodations for smokers, the Y33 gave each rear seat passenger with his own personal "smoke station", while the driver and front passenger shared a single center-located tray/lighter. I assume the G50 had a similar level of tobacco-friendliness.

However, I'm curious - Did the last-generation Q carry forth this tradition, or did it succumb to nanny-state do-goodery?

And what about its successor? In an M, can you light up or snuff one out from any seat in the house?

[djwarner]

My 02 Q45 came with an ashtray and small map pocket in each rear door and a cigar lighter in the center console.

[OwnerCS]

IMO, one of the most delightful things about the Q was its political incorrectness - It was physically huge and heavy, cost way too much money for the average peasant to afford, didn't give a good gorram about fuel economy or exhaust emissions, was upholstered with massive amounts of dead animal skin, had a dashboard trimmed in exotic wood, made more more noise at full throttle than several thousand Toyota Priuses combined, and rode low enough to run over even the smallest endangered critters.

Perhaps nowhere was this un-green-ness more evident than in the number of cigarette lighters and ashtrays provided. For example, at a time when many of its peers had zero accommodations for smokers, the Y33 gave each rear seat passenger with his own personal "smoke station", while the driver and front passenger shared a single center-located tray/lighter. I assume the G50 had a similar level of tobacco-friendliness.

However, I'm curious - Did the last-generation Q carry forth this tradition, or did it succumb to nanny-state do-goodery?

And what about its successor? In an M, can you light up or snuff one out from any seat in the house?

ROFL -- This is the funniest post I've seen in a long time..

Well you can't miss this lighter's location..

[Skibane]

My 02 Q45 came with an ashtray and small map pocket in each rear door and a cigar lighter in the center console.

Thanks.

I'd like to think that the Q45 went out the same way it came in: Not for everyone, and apologetic to no one.

[evand]

Haha I love this. My 01 t came with lighter/ashtray in center console, lighter in the bottom compartment of front armrest, lighter/ ashtray in both rear doors.

[Q451990]

Even our '05 G has an ash tray and lighter in the front from the factory... my truck did not. I don't smoke in the cars (or anywhere else if you're from the government) - but the fact that they're there makes me happy. I even replaced my plastic "power port" cap in the truck with a spare lighter just to give a little bit of an old school feel.

Heath

[Skibane]

I don't smoke in the cars (or anywhere else if you're from the government) - but the fact that they're there makes me happy.

Same here.

It's the symbolism - the attitude - that matters.