Coupe owners/blind spot!

[370Z/28]

Ok....I guess I lied before. I have never had this problem before. This morning driving to work, I was just going to change lanes. Glanced in the r/v mirror, nothing. Glanced in the side mirror, nothing. Just about to move over, glanced out the back side glass and THERE WAS A BLUE BEETLE BUG THERE! OMG....I almost turned right into it.



Beware. Small cars can hide there.

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

Thats what you get for buying a coupe

[370Z/28]

Saves me a lot on gas. Nobody will ride in my backseat, so if a group of people are going somewhere we always have to go in another vehicle.

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

I do the same thing... Im like I took my back seat out to save weight...

Don't they sit on the floor in Japan? Because you can pretend to be Asian if you wanna take my car...

Then I get the look and then we just take their car

DJ

[Graflo]

The Sedan back seat is pretty small... I always have to move my seat up and I still get complaints from the lunch crew....

I could care less about the co-workers complaining and the only reason I bought the 4 door was I'm hoping to need a car seat in the not so distant future...

[370Z/28]

I could care less about the co-workers complaining and the only reason I bought the 4 door was I'm hoping to need a car seat in the not so distant future...

[Poyzinous]

The back seat in the V36 lost an inch of room compared to the V35. I've never had complaints about any of my back seat passengers. And I sit pretty far back, I have long sexy mexican legs. As far as blind spots go, becki... I have none. If your mirrors are properly adjusted, you'll be ok.

[370Z/28]

I need to park next to a car and readjust then.

My mirror is probably out of kilter anyway because I had to clay bar off some overspray from it yesterday.

[smockers83]

I think every car has a blind spot...it is next to impossible to cover all areas with the mirrors. You can greatly improve your field of vision by adjusting the mirrors, but you will never remove a blind spot.

Pay attention to traffic ahead of you and behind you and get in the habit of looking over your shoulder before changing lanes.

[zozoka1212]

+1 on ^^

Also I keep checking the mirrors even when there is no move in/out from my part. I like to know where everybody is around me.

Sedan is easier to see around. The pillar is wider and rear side windows are smaller in the coupe. Not just G coupe but almost every coupe out there.

I suggest to rade your coupe for a sedan.

Just kid- just kid

LOL

[99QX4]

A lot of people have their mirrors set incorrectly too.

[zozoka1212]

A lot of people have their mirrors set incorrectly too.

[marlin29311]

I think every car has a blind spot...it is next to impossible to cover all areas with the mirrors. You can greatly improve your field of vision by adjusting the mirrors, but you will never remove a blind spot.

Pay attention to traffic ahead of you and behind you and get in the habit of looking over your shoulder before changing lanes.

I disagree - by setting your mirrors to almost the extreme end, you eliminate the rear panel blind spot, and once the car leaves your mirror, it should be in your peripheral vision. I've not sat in a G37C, but I know in my A/C I don't have a blind spot, nor does my brother's Mustang, my friend's BMW, my friend's Z, and many many more...

The only car that I know of that has a real, hard blind spot would be the Lotus Exige, because the damn supercharger eliminates the rear view mirror...

[WAldenIV]

I disagree - by setting your mirrors to almost the extreme end, you eliminate the rear panel blind spot, and once the car leaves your mirror, it should be in your peripheral vision.

*snip*

You seem to be following this set-up:

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~gdgu...t.htm

That is not how I was taught to set-up my mirrors. The problem with that set-up is that you would be far more susceptible to running over small children and toys when backing up and you would have a much harder time with city driving trying to parallel park and see pedestrians around the car. I do see the benefit to highway driving, though.

My questions are then: is there a preferred set-up? Should they be different based on location (city versus suburbs)? Are the differences regional?

[marlin29311]

You seem to be following this set-up:

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~gdgu...t.htm

That is not how I was taught to set-up my mirrors. The problem with that set-up is that you would be far more susceptible to running over small children and toys when backing up and you would have a much harder time with city driving trying to parallel park and see pedestrians around the car. I do see the benefit to highway driving, though.

My questions are then: is there a preferred set-up? Should they be different based on location (city versus suburbs)? Are the differences regional?

I never had an issue with it in my old Focus when I lived in Philly for school. I could parallel park, I could see thing, etc...never had any issues with it.

And now with my backup camera, I really have no issues

[G37 Man]

They make Blind spot mirrors.Get them for both sides and you will not have a problem,provided you use them.