Tissue box on the parcel shelf? Mercedes usually

[soad]

Today's observation. Does anyone know what they're for?
I mean, driver can't reach that far.
Yours, puzzled

[RobinBanks]

Jaguar S-Types too. And no, I don't know why!

[shred2bits]

That's how you spot a Indian looking Pakistani, probably

[soad]

Must be the older folk.

[mattshiz]

handy when cleaning up from some back seat shenanigans

[jimbop1]

Pakistanis and the elderly often need to blow their noses.

[RedBull]

Given the trend for screens in the back of headrests an in-car DVD players, I wonder if the tissues are for any rear seat passengers who might want to watch some "gentlemans entertainment" on a long journey?

[Horse Pop]

https://www.google.com/webhp?q=tissue%20on%20parce...

It's not just you wondering this

[minky monkey]

As found on the back of Jimmy Savilles roller, along with a bag of wurthers originals.

[Rick101]

Understood it was an Asian thing. Tissue's for passengers in a hot humid climate. Habit's die hard I guess.

Either that or there are a lot of dogging sites round Leicester.

[Google [bot]]

I have a box of cheap tissues on the parcel shelf of my Camry, which is pretty much as far as I've got in my quest to make a sleeper.

[Mound Dawg]

It's the cars with a Bible on the rear shelf you need to watch out for.

I think it's like a medal that marks out the truly st drivers from the common herd who only carry the stupid fish thing on the boot lid.

[rb5er]

Those Asian types just love a not so handy tissue.

[deltashad]

When I was a kid central consoles and door pockets were only the reserve for the more affluent types, The rear parcel shelf would have been the only option. Its a tradition, like hanging magic tree from your rear view mirror, on a completely different note, why were Fue oranges hung from the indicator stalk and magic trees from the rvm?

[Yiliterate]

Jack Dee observed that the type of driver who has a box of tissues on the rear parcel shelf often has a tin of travel sweets at the front as well...making him speculate as to who the driver was trying to pick up and why!

[Jon1967x]

Box of tissues, bible, or a fluorescent yellow safety vest on the parcel shelf... Try to avoid conversation with all of them

[vikingaero]

They normally have one of those gold and red plastic tissue box covers. I have my box o' tissues in the near side rear footwell alongside the transmission tunnel for easy reach when I need to have a good dig in the nasal passage.

[swisstoni]

Time was. of course, when the rear parcel shelf was for speaker boxes!

[vikingaero]

Time was when the rear parcel shelf was somewhere I use to sleep as a kid - and the footwells!

[vescaegg]

This it just be an Indian thing. On top gear Clarkson put one in the rear window when Sanjeev Bhaskar did his lap