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Yeah I put my head against the glass on the driver side to adjust that mirror, and try to put it right above the center console to adjust the passenger one. On the F-Type it seems like my head needs to be just a bit off-center toward the driver side (compared to other cars) to get the passenger mirror just right. Maybe because of those sexy wide hips
Try a Lotus Esprit for awhile. It will make you think all other cars have perfect visibility! All you see out the rear view mirrors is the wing and the side view mirrors are so small they're nearly worthless.
Now for something possibly useful. My FJ Cruiser has a serious blind spot issue on the driver's side. Even with the mirrors adjusted wide, cars on my quarter panel were completely invisible. I searched for variable angle mirrors like the ones you can get in Euro cars but to no avail since the FJ was never imported into Europe. I did find a company in the UK that would build me a convex mirror for the drivers side. I had to send them a stock mirror for a pattern and they sent me a the new one and the old one in a couple of weeks. With covex mirrors on both sides, the blind spots are gone. Things are "closer than they appear" on both sides but that's easy to get used to. With most Jags being right hand drive, I would imagine the factory UK spec mirror would already be convex or maybe multi-angle. Can probably find one that supports the Blind Spot Monitor if your car so equipped.
Hey Bob, I find our own Esprit to provide better visibility when reversing, compared to our F-Type 'vert. The difference is the blind spot created by the Jaguar roll hoops. At least, with the top down, I can HEAR other cars approaching.
Thank goodness our F has the cross traffic alert!
But honestly, BOTH cars create the most GRINS when moving forward!
Agreed, I don't have any rear-facing blind spots with the mirrors adjusted properly, just the thick A pillars. . Blind spot monitoring is there, also, just in case, and has once pointed out a dummy driving with no headlights in the dark that I didn't see.
I agree. When I was test driving F-Type, on a T-intersection, which was a bit uphill, a hatchback just disappeared behind the passenger's A-pillar. I had nearly a heart attack.
The blind spot is rough, and if I did not have blind spot mirrors, I would be very uncomfortable. So I don't solely rely on the Bspot mirrors, but they are the difference-maker.
The other visual obstruction is the A-pillar. For me, with cornering (especially aggressively) the A-pillar is directly in my field of vision on the road edge that I need to see (more so on the driver's side/left turns). I'm getting used to it, but initially, it was a bummer and a challenge.
I find the pillars on either sideto be a problem when pulling into a road at an oblique angle.
Unable to get my neck around far enough to see approaching traffic from the rear.
I do have blind spot detection but not sure I would ever trust it enough to pull out without line of sight.
BSD is a back-up rather than primary system, though I guess eventually all cars will be self-driving then I will have no choice
At least, with the top down, I can HEAR other cars approaching.
