I'm just curious why this is in the How to Guide section?

That being said the cupholders bite!

 

I remember when cars did not come with cupholders. I never had a cupholder til '89, but these are difficult to use.

 

Get some like mine and clip them to your vents.

The eyes flash blue.

 

Due to health issues (arthritis) I had to give up driving standards and switch an automatic. For about 3 months my wife would laugh at me (more than usual), as we'd be driving along and I'd be moving my left leg to push in the clutch (which in this car is actually the emergency brake)

 

Well I love my cupholders, especially when my XL coffee gets in the way of releasing the park brake....gotta say, love the car, HATE the cupholders but hey, that's not why I choose the cars I do!

 

I found an adjustable cupholder that is designed to be inserted into an existing cupholder hole. Although it covers one of the existing "holes" when inserted, it raises my large coffee mug up a couple of inches, just enough so the handle of my mug can now be placed to the right, above the emergency brake handle (when in the full down position, of course). Since the factory holes are pretty much useless for anything but a soda can, this solution is cheap and easy, and requires no modificatiosn to the vehicle:

 

I don't really have a problem with the cupholders themselves, it's the awkward placement that gets to me. My 7-11 large coffee or McD's XL cokes fit just fine! I also don't like those places that serve large drinks in those super-size cups without the narrowed down bottoms. Now those things are a pain in the butt!!

 

The cup holders are in a weird place. You will get use to to it. It's to the point now where I don't need to look down to see where I am placing my can of Dew. Honestly I am not a fan of the driver's side armrest, usually use the passenger side arm rest instead.

 

Those cup holders are quite annoying but you will get used to them. Just have a tall enough mug that fits in them

 

I agree with you. I also like where the window buttons are located. People with young kids should appreciate them, because they don't have to worry about the kids playing with the backseat windows.

My neighbor has two young kids, and a car with conventionally located buttons. His kids drive him nuts playing with the back windows all the time, even in cold weather. With an HHR, the driver has control over all the window buttons.

I'm careful with my HHR also. I only drink bottled water in the car. Half-liter bottles fit just fine in the cup holders, I haven't had one spill yet. I have no problem reaching the cup holders, the parking brake doesn't get in my way at all.