Red08

Just curious if anyone uses a small convex mirror on your drivers side rear-view mirror? I bought a small 2" one to help view the blind spot.

FortMorganAl

NO!!! There are no blind spots. The mirrors on the C6 are very good. Your issue is that you haven't adjusted them correctly. You do NOT need three views of the same car behind you. You adjust the center mirror for cars directly behind. The driver's and passenger mirrors should NOT be able to see those cars. They are adjusted to see the cars in the lanes beside you. You should NOT be able to see the side of your own car in either door mirror unless you lean WAY over.

k_arnold

Yes, I put these convex mirrors on all of my cars.

ufaj26

admittedly, they're not the best looking thing to have but I also use them on my vette and SUV's as well. It does make it a lot easier to see vehicles in your blind spot with minimum efforts. Also helps when backing into parking spots as well since the parking lines will be in your spot mirror. Just saying.

dvilin

Correct. Most people do not adjust their mirrors properly.

Flame Red

C5-1

Not on a corvette...it's not like we're driving an rv

iclick

Based on what I've experienced in a month driving a C6 I would have to agree. I use the wide-angle attachments on my motorcycle (both sides) and had one on the left mirror in my old car, but this car seems to give good visibility in stock form. What I can't see on the right is the curb, probably because I'm seated so low and the angle is bad. Thus, I've had to move the mirror downward when parallel parking, which I find difficult and worrisome in this car since the chrome wheels and low-profile tires likely aren't very forgiving of curb contact. In fact, the thought of that makes me cringe.

frankmp

+1 , for the small 1.25" diameters. Looks OK and besides having too much visability looking backwards or sideways does'nt hurt.......



Frank

ButWhatDoIKnow

I have never seen a blind spot.

ip-do-tan

MTsVette

I have them on both side mirrors. Gives me a lot more vision when passing... other cars...

MT

gbgary

i've put them on all my cars for years. they've saved me from trouble in the vette.

1bdvet

The only car I ever own, that I felt I needed them was my RX8, they had blind spots. Not on Corvette.

vettman96

You bet, I almost wounded my car with a telpole while backing up, another 3/8 of an inch and the body would have been UGLY. Put one on the next day, one of the best things I've done, no blindspot.

Us old guys need all the help we can get

saplumr

I have them on every van, truck, sport ute and car I have. You cannot possibly adjust the mirrors to eliminate blind spots....no way.

scopeguard

Grand Sport and my Avalanche

Gearhead Jim

You may be able to adjust your mirrors so there are no blind spots big enough to hide a car, but I wouldn't bet on seeing motorcycles. And if you're on a multi-lane freeway, no way your mirrors can be set to see a guy moving into the same lane that you are trying to move into from the other side.

I simply do a lot of head twisting in those situations, but can see the advantages of the convex mirrors.

FortMorganAl

I would disagree on two lane and I might agree on multi-lane EXCEPT... On a multi-lane where each of you is attempting to change to the same lane from different directions, you should both know the other is there. Next, one of you should be ahead of the other if only by a foot or so and the one behind should be able to see the other without a mirror. I've driven cars with real blind spots and little convex mirrors and I can tell you that a convex mirror isn't going to be any help in this situation. This is where defensive driving and peripheral vision comes into play.

As far as motorcycles go, I drive them also and maybe that's where I learned defensive driving. The driver of a motorcycle should expect that most cars are driven by people who couldn't see an elephant, let alone a motorcycle and position themselves accordingly. But a C6 mirrors can be adjusted to see a pedestrian near the rear corners. I know this because when I go to check the PO Box we park in a large lot with lots of distracted people walking all directions. As a pedestrian I'vsurpriseded a lot of drivers who were backing out but I have never missed a pedestrian and I use only the mirrors when backing.