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anyone notice a problem with this ever?

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Old 03-02-2012, 11:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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anyone notice a problem with this ever?
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never had a problem... Maybe lower your seat?
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Haven't picked up my z yet, just watched a youtube video of a guy driving his. I noticed everytime he looked to his right he had to dip his head down to see under the mirror
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I've never consciously had a problem. I suppose compared to normal cars the window may be more angled, giving the mirror more room on the window. But I honestly don't see how it would be a problem. Maybe post up the video so we can see.
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yeah, it's annoying. and the wing mirrors also are dangerous view blockers for cross traffic, whenever there's hills around, which there are a lot of in my hood. I have to lean forward to look around the wing mirrors to make sure there are no vehicles in that blind spot.
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Seems to me most people complain about the side mirrors mostly. I have a problem with the rear view mirror and have considered removing it and installing a rear view camera instead. I wonder if this could be due to a persons height? I know that I have roughly an inch or so between my head and the roof. THe side mirrors have never been a problem while the rear view mirror gets on my nerves quite often.
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Seems to me most people complain about the side mirrors mostly. I have a problem with the rear view mirror and have considered removing it and installing a rear view camera instead. I wonder if this could be due to a persons height? I know that I have roughly an inch or so between my head and the roof. THe side mirrors have never been a problem while the rear view mirror gets on my nerves quite often.
Ya I'm a tall guy too so I think i'll experience this as well. Oh well worth it to drive the car
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never had a problem... Maybe lower your seat?
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Well at 6'5" I had the same problem, then again I have that problem in all my cars.
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I have this problem on certain on ramps. I try to look ahead and all I see is mirror. I'll see if lowering my seat helps but I'm 6'2" so there isn't much hope that this helps.
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Ya I'm a tall guy too so I think i'll experience this as well. Oh well worth it to drive the car
6"5 no issues whatsoever... Adjust seat.
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I drive my Z around the city and have nearly run over pedestrians or hit cross traffic a number of times at 4-way stops due the position of the center rear view mirror. It's just large and in the perfectly right (or wrong) spot to block a glance for cross traffic from the right.

Adjusting your seat to see under a mirror is the wrong thing to do. You adjust your seat for proper driving position (pedal distance, steering wheel reach, etc), not to see below a center mirror. Compromising proper driving position during 99% of your driving experience to improve vision during 1% of the time is dangerous. I just duck my head when checking for cross traffic now.
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The mirror size is TERRIBLE. Very intrusive to the right. I don't know why the Z needs pick up truck sized side mirrors. Sometimes I feel like retrofitting the Altima 3.5 mirrors. My accident with the silver Z I patrially contribute it to the size of the mirrors. Also if you had an 09 Z the A pillar is more round and looks wider than the Z's of later. So nissan knows the right side has a huge obstruction.

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The mirror size is TERRIBLE. Very intrusive to the right. I don't know why the Z needs pick up truck sized side mirrors. Sometimes I feel like retrofitting the Altima 3.5 mirrors. My accident with the silver Z I patrially contribute it to the size of the mirrors. Also if you had an 09 Z the A pillar is more round and looks wider than the Z's of later. So nissan nose the right side has a huge obstruction.
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The mirror size is TERRIBLE. Very intrusive to the right. I don't know why the Z needs pick up truck sized side mirrors. Sometimes I feel like retrofitting the Altima 3.5 mirrors. My accident with the silver Z I patrially contribute it to the size of the mirrors. Also if you had an 09 Z the A pillar is more round and looks wider than the Z's of later. So nissan knows the right side has a huge obstruction.
The discussion is about forward view with the central rearview mirror. Not about the side mirrors...they've been discussed and complained about since the car was released. And the Z needs huge side mirrors because it has huge blind spots.
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