Hey all,
Is there a purpose to the seemingly stupid armrest angle?? That is, for the life of me, i cannot find a way to put my elbow on the door armrest while driving. My '05 Corolla armrest was nice...while driving, you can rest your elbow on the door armrest. In the '09 Corolla, the armrest slants steeply away from your elbow, making it useless. Thus, you are forced to put your elbow on the HARD cheap plastic window sill.
The same goes for the rear door armrests...rear passengers cannot use it to rest their elbows!
Is there a reason why Toyota felt the need to change to this design?? I didn't get the electric steering, but for me, this armrest design is even worst because this will be my daily driver! My guess is that this design was done to improve side crash test...so that the armrest does not crash into the rib area. Still, if so, then that is kinda dumb because '09 come with standard seat mounted side airbags to protect the ribs.
Anyway, is it just me or do you guys feel the same way about the door armrests??
Thanks.
