as still there are some hard areas where we can hurt, i decided to do something. traced templates of those areas and cut them from a rubber mat and glued them with lepages contact cement.
the mat i found at walmart is this: https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/hometre.../6000196605405. i know it is really memory foam because the knives loose sharpness in a moment, but the results are rewarding. the largest runs all along the area where the bolster was located; another is a half moon at the left edge of the console, where my right knee rests; another at the area behind the **** that adjusts the mirrors, and another covering the lid of the storage compartment. these 2 cushion my elbow when i rest it.
now i can move freely without the worry of geting more pain!