Yes, this is a problem! And, worse, the tray thingy will only fit to the rear of the opening where the driver needs to be a contortionist to retrieve anything. Better if they had designed slide rails the thingy could rest on so if you want it forward you could do so. And it would still lift out. Like you guys, I like the roominess, but I have not found a way to use it conveniently. One thing I keep in it is a soft cloth b/c I learned the hard way not to do this... on a rainy day, open door, get in, start car and windshield wipers, then close door. The mighty windshield wipers threw all the water accumulated on the windshield onto the inside of my open door. Now I keep a cloth in the cavernous console. ;D And I close my door before starting the wipers so I don't really need the cloth anymore.