Damn blind spot!

[Hemlawk]

[Hemlawk]

hahahhaaha

[2011 5.0]

Poke your head out the window?

[Zabo]

Originally Posted by Revo1

$3, done deal.

Or what I do in my 4th gen.. go exorcist and spin my head.

$0, done deal (Well.. aside from funeral costs).

I've since given up using my side mirrors since getting this car, so much easier for me to actually rubber neck WWII fighter pilot style to know just where everyone is.

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by 2011 5.0

Poke your head out the window?

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[The Stig]

There is a vendor on here somewhere that sells convex side mirrors. I don't know the exact figure but it gives you roughly like 140% visibility over the OEM mirrors.

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by Zabo

Or what I do in my 4th gen.. go exorcist and spin my head.

$0, done deal (Well.. aside from funeral costs).

I've since given up using my side mirrors since getting this car, so much easier for me to actually rubber neck WWII fighter pilot style to know just where everyone is.

That's the I drive in my 4th gen as well I never even use the mirrors, just whip my head around.

Nice that you can do this in gen 4. Turning your head right doesn't do much in the 5th gen, and turning left reveals nothing at all. You gotta use your mirrors every time, so they had better work...

Originally Posted by Ivas

One can always adopt the Beijing school of driving rules:

Never use mirrors at all.
Keep one's gaze fixedly straight ahead.
Never make eye contact with another driver, or you lose your dominance of the road. If you feel too weak to stick this last point, where dark glasses at all times.

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS

Yeah, but I just can't do that.

Aaaaaaaaand why not?

[Jacqs]

Originally Posted by KeepItGreasey

Don't blame the car.

Not nice. Compared to my civic HB... it is the car.

I will not put one of the concave mirrors on the camaro. My parents swearrrrr by it but they drive a Prius. Hopefully tomorrow it's not sleeting/snowing and I can fuss with the mirrors in a parking lot.

I checked both the side and rearview mirror AND looked.

I think a lot of it has to do with being tall. I noticed when I scoot the seat up - like I was short - I could see out of the passenger side much better. Whereas with the thing nearly all the way back - I'm leggy 35" inseam - I don't really see squat. Just an observation.

[Revo1]

Originally Posted by Jacqs

Not nice. Compared to my civic HB... it is the car.

I will not put one of the concave mirrors on the camaro. My parents swearrrrr by it but they drive a Prius. Hopefully tomorrow it's not sleeting/snowing and I can fuss with the mirrors in a parking lot.

I checked both the side and rearview mirror AND looked.

I think a lot of it has to do with being tall. I noticed when I scoot the seat up - like I was short - I could see out of the passenger side much better. Whereas with the thing nearly all the way back - I'm leggy 35" inseam - I don't really see squat. Just an observation.

WTH not? Because your parents told you that you should? Kinda pithy if you ask me. You don't like crashing, do you? Don't let your pride kill your Camaro.

[Jacqs]

Originally Posted by Revo1

WTH not? Because your parents told you that you should? Kinda pithy if you ask me. You don't like crashing, do you? Don't let your pride kill your Camaro.

LOL - no. Because when my mom asked why not I told her it was for "Old people" (totally joking) and that I wasn't putting THAT on my car until I messed with the mirrors first. Plus, they're not "pretty".

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by Mr_Draco

Go here

http://www.caranddriver.com/features..._spots-feature

Originally Posted by Sanddemon

I guess it's just me, but this car has no more of a blind spot than any other car I have owned.

Thank you both!!

Adjust your mirrors properly and any "blind spots" go away!
Of course turning your head helps, too....

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Jacqs

Not nice. Compared to my civic HB... it is the car.

I will not put one of the concave mirrors on the camaro. My parents swearrrrr by it but they drive a Prius. Hopefully tomorrow it's not sleeting/snowing and I can fuss with the mirrors in a parking lot.

I checked both the side and rearview mirror AND looked.

I think a lot of it has to do with being tall. I noticed when I scoot the seat up - like I was short - I could see out of the passenger side much better. Whereas with the thing nearly all the way back - I'm leggy 35" inseam - I don't really see squat. Just an observation.

Where do ya' find one of those concave mirrors to add on to the Camaro's regular accoutrements? The ones I've seen are all convex (bowed outward).
What is the advantage of the concave type, and where does one install them?

[RubyCamaro]

Originally Posted by stieger

There is a vendor on here somewhere that sells convex side mirrors. I don't know the exact figure but it gives you roughly like 140% visibility over the OEM mirrors.

I got mine at Wal Mart! They just stick on the mirror on the corner. No blind spots anymore. I had them on my Intrepid which had horrible blind spots. Problem gone. I would not want to drive without them now. They do not look bad either. I'll try to get a pic of them when I get a chance.