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Our Fleet Test Drive: Mitsubishi ASX - 4th report
Date: 11 January 2011 | Author: Rachel Burgess
Armrest
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A recurring problem in many cars is that if you want your MP3 player out of, for example the centre armrest storage compartment where in the case of the Mitsubishi ASX the USB and aux-in socket are located, it means leaving a wire dangling out of the box.
This could lead to either potentially damaging the wire by shutting the compartment to allow lazy drivers (not me, of course) to lean on the armrest, or leaving it open, which means the loss of an armrest and/or it falling shut and hitting a floating, aching arm in the process.
Mitsubishi has come up with a brilliant, if basic, idea I haven't seen on any other cars yet. A small, U-shaped notch in the front of the central compartment just beneath where the lid shuts (see the bottom of the picture, left) allows the wire to be fed through. This means that music can be listened to hassle-free without the concern of having to replace an inevitably pricey USB or aux-in wire. So simple, yet so effective. Other car manufacturers should take note.
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