- Hey guy, thanks for joining me today.
Here I'm going to be looking at some aftermarket products
that I got from EVAnnex for my Tesla Model S.
And if you have an older model like I do prior to 2016
then it doesn't come with a center console
so I had them ship this over to take a look
and see how it fits and how I like it.
So let's dive in and do a quick unboxing here.
Alright, so here I have a Model 3 book,
nice little gift bag here.
This is for the cubby, which I'm gonna be taking a look at
a little bit later.
So this is, let's just take look at it now.
Nice little packaging.
Easy to open.
Thanks for taking a look at this, yada yada.
So this matches my exact style of the interior.
It has a nice little rubber component here
which will be good because it sticks everything.
And this essentially attaches to a magnet in the back there
and that magnet is how it actually stays in.
So this will go inside where there's an open space now
and give you a nice little compartment
that isn't exposed.
So you can keep stuff more private if you want.
So that's a cubby.
And here you have the actual center console.
So the center console here is,
let's open this guy up.
Get rid of the packaging.
Tear it open then here you have the actual center console.
So one thing that's nice about this
is that it just pressure fits in.
It just pops right in and we'll do this here in a second
and you can see that it matches my exact wood grain
that I have on my car.
There's a hole here it looks like for USB
so you can see that right there and that'll pop out
on this other side exactly where the USB will come through.
Kinda take a look inside of there and see, yep.
And let's see about this.
So this piece would be in the car like that.
This piece comes down, nice little finish
and a little back plate
so things probably don't go flying back there.
One thing that I've been told that's really nice about these
is that with them there are these guardrails here
and the guardrails keep things from falling out.
So if you have the actual stock one from Tesla
then it doesn't quite fit that.
And I mean this is pretty nice.
So it's kind of this rubber tight little part on the bottom
so it'll stick nice, it won't move around.
And then this is really good leather.
So this might even be same quality
if not a little bit better
than the one that's in the car already.
So I mean this looks like the exact thing that I would get
from the Tesla themselves.
Okay, so there you have it, unboxing.
Now we'll go take a look at the actual car
and see how it fits.
Alright guys, so here I am in my Model S
and I am going to install the center console
and see how it goes.
Now the first thing they say to do is to run your USB cable
and I actually have two because I have an Android phone
and my wife has an iPhone.
So I'll run both of those now if I can find 'em.
Okay I've got both of those here.
It says to first put them through the bottom here.
So we'll see how easy or difficult this may be.
It does say that there is a provided hook.
However, I couldn't find it but I may need that.
Let me see if I can figure this out without it.
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Alright, let's just try one at a time.
This might be the hardest part of the whole thing.
There it goes.
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Alright, popped something off, that's a good sign.
Popped this little piece off here.
Got the cable through now we'll do the next one.
Pretty straightforward without that hook on it,
without that cover.
You can just stick your finger in there, pop it through.
There is number two, so I've got both through.
Now let me put this hook back on or this little cover here.
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Perfect.
Now I don't know if you can see that
but essentially they're both coming out of there.
So this is how you connect your phone
in this little phone caddy here.
Alright now, now the match.
Notice that the wood and everything matches perfectly
so that's really nice.
It's gonna feel and look very Tesla like.
And it says to do this from the passenger seat;
hence, why I'm here
and to basically just fit it down in there
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There's a little gap there but overall that's pretty sturdy.
Now I have a nice center console.
I've got my cords still stickin' out and I'm good to go.
So that was the install of the EVAnnex center console.
I think it fits really clean and nice as you can see
and let's take it for a test drive now.
See, I can still move it around
but I think it's supposed to go right about here.
For the cords coming into the phone caddy
there's a little spot here.
So this is supposed to go below that.
You know I think I'm okay without using the phone caddy
but there you have it installed
and that was easy as it was just basically popping it down.
The phone caddy I'm not in love with.
That's something I think can maybe be improved
or really it's fine how it is
I just don't think it's necessary to run the wires through.
Alright so what's goin' on here
is they're trying to run this through.
You can see that little notch in the bottom
by the 12 volt there.
And you're supposed to plug in the USB through there
and then it runs through this little hook
inside of the phone charger.
But since these are exposed anyways
I think I'm just gonna leave it as is
and just use that to put my phone in.
I don't necessarily think I need it running through there.
Now I understand that if you don't want any wires out
or anything like that then that makes a lot of sense.
But for me it's not that big a deal
so I'm just going to go ahead and pull them out
and then run 'em through the top.
How do you feel about it in there?
- Is this for the video?
- Yeah.
- I don't know, I guess I liked the open
just because you could put your purse and things in there.
But it is nice having the cup holder
because these ones are really hard to use
because you put your elbow there.
- Right, exactly.
- And it's like that just doesn't feel natural
to not put your elbow there.
So how many times do we put cups here?
- Right.
- And you can't put two side by side
otherwise we both have to like drive like this.
- Yeah, it's kinda nice having it down there.
- Yeah, that's where I think it comes in handy
is having a cup holder down there
so you could actually use the armrest and stuff.
You like it?
- Yeah, it's pretty cool.
- For your man stuff
you could put like your man stuff in there.
- Man stuff.
You can put your sunglasses in there.
- Sunglasses and--
- My sweet, $10 sunglasses.
- Yeah.
- Oh, it is rush hour.
- Rush houry.
These ones?
- Yeah, let's show people those ones
'cause those are clearly the better choice.
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- Look at this lady's like--
- This lady's upset.
- This is why we don't go get coffee
at four in the afternoon.
- Do you have any tea that is not caffeinated?
Iced tea?
- [Drive Through Worker] I do,
I have an herbal berry iced tea.
- [Brunette Woman] Sounds good to me.
- There's a muffin, there's some cookies, there's a brownie.
Scones mostly.
Okay, so the coffee test or the cup test.
It looks good.
- [Brunette Woman] They're just a little smaller than,
it looks like it's just a little smaller than this.
Actually I think it's the same size as that
it just has those suction things.
- [Man In White Hat] The little rubber insert?
- Yeah.
- Gotcha, okay perfect.
- This little rubber insert comes out
so the small ones--
- And then that way yeah, now it's kinda really big.
- Now you have that room in there.
And now it becomes like you can put your other
water bottle in there or can put this--
- Your thirst buster.
- Down in there.
- What are they called Big Gulps?
So thanks for checking out my review
of the center console insert from EVAnnex.
It was fun because I have wanted one of these
for a long time and I was able to get one
and review it here and share that experience with you
and so if you have any questions about that
or you have other products that you'd like me to review
go ahead and leave the comment down below
and I'll take a look at those and we'll see what we can do.
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So thanks again and I will see you back here next time.
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