Syl's secrets to drinking coffee in the car. Excellent tips. I have one to add: If you don't have a beverage holder (apparently, people started drinking in their cars sometime around the early '90s), you usually have to put the cup between your legs. This used to result in me arriving to work most days (back when I used to drive through the craziness that is SOMA on the weekday morning) with a latte-splotched crotch. But I discovered, if you turn the sipping hole away from your crotch, this has much less tendency to happen. Obvious, perhaps, but it takes thought to remember to turn the lid away again every time you take a sip.