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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    I legit keep a pair of leather work gloves and a flashlight in my glove compartment.

    It’s come in handy multiple times

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    Maybe it’s not that you’re required to have gloves, but rather that if you leave gloves in the car, they must go in that compartment.

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    tires were a lot less reliable than they are now, and i mean to the point that you really needed to be ready to change a flat every time you drove your car… they didn’t fail all the time, but they failed at a much higher rate and when they did it was usually catastrophic… modern tires tend to deal with punctures and failure in general a lot better than the inner tube tires used prior to the 80s… and obviously nobody had a cell phone to call for help…

    so you kept work gloves in there for changing a flat tire

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    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?

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    Not thinking of many off the top of my head but I am sure there are many things called by an obsolete name.

    Trunk of a car, maybe. Used to be a literal trunk (box) strapped to the car.

    Filming someone. Or taping. No film/tape involved now.

    “Floppy” disk icon for saving in PC apps. Youngsters probably wonder wtf that is.

    There’s probably a word for this.

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    On my Fiat 500 (which admittedly doesn’t have a door that can be closed) the manual refers to it as an “oddments compartment”.

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    The glove box is for your registration, proof of insurance, and a collection of assorted useless bullshit that you’ll see once a year, and clean out maybe twice for as long as you own the car.

    That cheap keychain you bought? Glove box.

    Three tire pressure gauges that don’t work very well? Glove box.

    Throw in a dull utility knife, some electrical tape, fuses that don’t fit your car, a blinker bulb, expired mints or chewing gum, a Bic lighter, and a clicky pen you got for free for going to something, and you’ve got a well-stocked compartment.

    It’s the junk drawer in your kitchen, but for your car.

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      Don’t forget hundreds and hundreds of fast food napkins that make it impossible to find anything else in there.

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      I keep very small tins of peas and carrots in there mostly

      You never know when you’re going to see a hungry hungry duck

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    Honestly, I think there should be legislation. that any usb ports should only be allowed to be placed within closed compartments (such as the glove box) so that to charge your phone or use Car play / android auto your phone would have to be away and inaccessible.

    They could then be renamed to a phonebox

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      And by closed compartments I mean, closable and usually, when the car is in motion closed. I don’t want them to lock closed when the car is in motion or even have electronics to check that the compartment is closed before powering the usb or anything.

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      So people without in-dash display units to use Car Play don’t get navigation then? My phone sits on the dash with maps plugged in for roadtrips.