My son called me one time stuck in a parking lot. He turned off the Camry (2003 LE, greaaaaate car), and as he was pulling the keys out he dropped them. They fell in the slot below the console park brake. He tried a bunch of ways to get to them. Luckily he was only a few miles from home. I brought my whole tool box, just in case. I used a magnet on an aerial, and reached down in there. I was done in 2 seconds. He was impressed and relieved as he'd been trying to get his fingers down in there for a while but couldn't. Not exactly the same as the issues above, but resolved quickly like the issues above.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 50.9 mpg (Imp)