WARNING - Do NOT put a pen in the Car manual compartment in the glovebox!

[ConR]

And what about a child in the front putting something in the CD/DVD slot, or the AC vent, or down the side of the gear selector, or down the side of the glass in the window or .........

Sorry, I think you're comparing apples and oranges here Mav...one is six year old who doesn't know up from down, or left from right (I'm sure most adults would know that placing something in any of the devices you listed is not proper)...the other is a grown adult placing something as simple as a pen in what they consider to be a storage compartment for the car. You're argument doesn't hold up to me.

If you miss the warning about not putting things up in the top of the glovebox I doubt that a warning stick is going to be noticed

That's a little naive. We clearly all haven't graduated VW University like you have. I would find it next to impossible to believe that having a warning label in a manual that you read once in a blue moon as opposed to a sticker label on the actual device that you could potentially see every single day would result in the same "misuse" of it. After you visually see things over and over, common tendency is to accept it. You've obviously read every single page of every manual of every item you've ever owned (and memorized them), and have never had anything go wrong for you.

And congrats for the Mark V...this is the Mark VI forum. Agree with REX, your tone is just plain arrogant and rude 90% of the time.

[yowie]

ktrianta,
Thanks, you put it much clearer than I did.
And I think you and Mav are both right about signs and stickers. When toothpicks come with instructions, it makes one wonder about the sanity of the world, to paraphrase Douglass Adams.
The issue is whether an adult might make the leave Biro with manual error.
I am now considering placing hole in the bottom to both dissuade pens being put there, and allow any small object to drop immediately into the glovebox below, removing the risk of blower damage.
Query whether that might affect warranty I guess. Cant see how it would.

[Cossor]

My point in a previous post, is that Toyota saw fit to place a warning label on the radio
advising it was NOT a touch screen.
This was needed while the car was in the SHOWROOM and is removable by the owner.
The same applies to any REMOVABLE sticker after its measage is understood.
My pet gripe relates to installation engineers leaving the protective delivery plastic on a control panel
in place. The operators do not remove it. It becomes torn and dirty. You will see the same on many items
of domestic appliances.