Blindspot question
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I am working on having the drivers side mirror made with a convex glass - like all European mirrors - to eliminate the blind spot on the driver's side. Once I have my first 12 made I will offer them for sale somehow. I now drive all my cars with the convex mirror and love it. Wish DOT would approve so that the US manufacturers could install them from the factory.
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Burning Brakes
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I learned yesterday that with today's cars you have to clear the area visually before backing, even if you are proficient with mirrors. Hit a small black sign pole backing, saw it about a 1/2 second before hitting. Lesson learned to the tune of $500. Car in the body shop today.
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Before I purchased my C6 last year I had a Nissan 370Z which had horrible blind spots. Adjusting both side mirrors very far out helped a lot (although I still had a couple of near misses on the interstate).
It did not help at all however when crossing divided roads with a break in the median. A little hard to describe but I'll try. Assume you're making a left hand turn onto a major road with a divided median. Before you take off you're facing 12 o'clock and can see both right and left. You get to the divide in the median and have to slant the car to around 10 o'clock to get out of the way of traffic coming from your left. If you do this normally in a car with a horrible blind spot you can not see what is coming from your right when you reach the divide.
Would be interest to know if new owners of the C7 experience the same issue and have any solution. Thinking of upgrading to the C7 in another year or two.
It did not help at all however when crossing divided roads with a break in the median. A little hard to describe but I'll try. Assume you're making a left hand turn onto a major road with a divided median. Before you take off you're facing 12 o'clock and can see both right and left. You get to the divide in the median and have to slant the car to around 10 o'clock to get out of the way of traffic coming from your left. If you do this normally in a car with a horrible blind spot you can not see what is coming from your right when you reach the divide.
Would be interest to know if new owners of the C7 experience the same issue and have any solution. Thinking of upgrading to the C7 in another year or two.
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Before I purchased my C6 last year I had a Nissan 370Z which had horrible blind spots. Adjusting both side mirrors very far out helped a lot (although I still had a couple of near misses on the interstate).
It did not help at all however when crossing divided roads with a break in the median. A little hard to describe but I'll try. Assume you're making a left hand turn onto a major road with a divided median. Before you take off you're facing 12 o'clock and can see both right and left. You get to the divide in the median and have to slant the car to around 10 o'clock to get out of the way of traffic coming from your left. If you do this normally in a car with a horrible blind spot you can not see what is coming from your right when you reach the divide.
Would be interest to know if new owners of the C7 experience the same issue and have any solution. Thinking of upgrading to the C7 in another year or two.
It did not help at all however when crossing divided roads with a break in the median. A little hard to describe but I'll try. Assume you're making a left hand turn onto a major road with a divided median. Before you take off you're facing 12 o'clock and can see both right and left. You get to the divide in the median and have to slant the car to around 10 o'clock to get out of the way of traffic coming from your left. If you do this normally in a car with a horrible blind spot you can not see what is coming from your right when you reach the divide.
Would be interest to know if new owners of the C7 experience the same issue and have any solution. Thinking of upgrading to the C7 in another year or two.
Last edited by JerryU; Oct 11, 2013 at 05:33 AM.
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Blind spots aren't as bad as some has made it out to be. First time driving the car out on the streets today... Didn't have any issues with blind spots. The rear view mirror shows you everything you'd see out the back, and the side mirrors are big enough to see what you don't see out the rear.
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Racer
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From: Marietta GA
As others have noted, adjusting the mirrors properly eliminates the blind spots while driving. Backing up and high angle turns across divided highways can be challenging.
For backing up it's pretty much all mirror and the back up camera. The back up camera grid lines are pretty accurate and will keep you off of the curbs etc. I have to back around my truck parked in the driveway every time I leave the garage and it's no problem using the back up camera to do this. However, it's not a very wide angle cam and a pedestrian/jogger close to my driveway on the sidewalk is only visible using the mirrors. So a little slower and more care is definitely required.
Waiting for traffic to clear on a high angle entry across a divided highway is another story. So far, a bigger gap in traffic and less angle (keep it closer to the 90) seems to be the best solution. Or one can pick a gap and step on it.
There's no shortage of acceleration. 
Rat
For backing up it's pretty much all mirror and the back up camera. The back up camera grid lines are pretty accurate and will keep you off of the curbs etc. I have to back around my truck parked in the driveway every time I leave the garage and it's no problem using the back up camera to do this. However, it's not a very wide angle cam and a pedestrian/jogger close to my driveway on the sidewalk is only visible using the mirrors. So a little slower and more care is definitely required.
Waiting for traffic to clear on a high angle entry across a divided highway is another story. So far, a bigger gap in traffic and less angle (keep it closer to the 90) seems to be the best solution. Or one can pick a gap and step on it.
There's no shortage of acceleration. Rat