Before I owned this car, apparently I was never adjusting my mirrors properly because my other cars gave me such freedom to do it wrong and still mostly see everything. Now that I properly adjusted the mirrors on the Z, I can comfortably change lanes in traffic at any time without trying to look back over the shoulder.
You need to move them way to the outside, so that there isn't much overlap between the rear view and side view mirrors. With your head in its normal driving position, you shouldn't be able to see the edges of your car at all in the side view mirrors, by a comfortable margin. With this properly set up, there's never a time when a nearby car isn't either visible in the rear view, the side view, or obviously sitting right outside my side window. There's no "blind" spot for them to hide in: I can watch a car passing me move from rear view to side view to visible straight out the side window without ever disappearing.
My only remaining complaint in this regard is that the proper adjustment on the driver's side is pretty close to the max the adjuster allows.
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