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Five Foot Driver and 2009 Matrix Blind Spots   Message List  
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RE: [Toyota_Matrix] RE: Re: Five Foot Driver and 2009 Matrix Blind Spots

I just use the braille method!  If the surface you are coming close to isn't rough and you aren't on a hill (which makes control hard), just go slowly until you touch!  If the surfaces aren't sliding past each other there is no harm.  Usually you realize that you have about a foot more space than you probably thought you did!
 

From: Toyota_Matrix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Toyota_Matrix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Inert Gas
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 1:27 PM
To: Toyota_Matrix@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Toyota_Matrix] RE: Re: Five Foot Driver and 2009 Matrix Blind Spots

I do the same.

For the front, when I think I'm too close to hitting the front against
something, I look out the driver window to the edge of the bumper and
make a reestimate from there.

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Fri May 8, 2009 5:37 pm

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For the past 33 years I have been driving Compact Ford Hatchbacks and Compact Mercury Tracers. Given that Ford dropped such vehicles after the 2007 model, it... 		Bill Armstrong
wsarmstron
Offline Send Email 		Apr 24, 2009
5:44 am

This is something she will adapt to.  I'm 5'6" and do not see any part of the hood while driving. ... From: Bill Armstrong <wsarmstron@...> Subject:...
chris lam
cswlam957
Offline Send Email 		Apr 24, 2009
2:46 pm

I had never thought about this, but at 5'10" I don't see the hood of my 2004 XR either - I just see the little nibs where the washer fluid comes out, and if I...
Brace, Karl
karlbrace
Offline Send Email 		Apr 26, 2009
3:10 pm

Not an answer to the hood, as I've got used to not seeing front of car after years of driving different ones with steeply sloped fronts... original mini,...
djenkins6ca
Offline Send Email 		Apr 27, 2009
3:30 pm

I'm 6'1" and can't see the end of the hood either. That does not bother me at all. The huge blind spots at all four corners especially at the rear are...
Roger Miller
sapark123321
Offline Send Email 		Apr 27, 2009
2:33 pm

I put small "fish eye" mirrors in the corners of both outside mirrors. It takes time to get used to but they do eliminate the blind spots. I also remove the...
silvershoebox@...
silvershoebox
Offline Send Email 		Apr 27, 2009
3:40 pm

I've never noticed blind spots in my husband's Matrix, but then again we always set our side mirrors as described in these links. Very little blind spot even...
Linda
doingourpart
Offline Send Email 		Apr 28, 2009
4:22 pm

I agree, Linda - I have no blind spots on my Matrix, but that's because I set the mirrors like you do, so the rear and side mirror views just barely overlap,...
Brace, Karl
karlbrace
Offline Send Email 		Apr 28, 2009
9:02 pm

I do the same. For the front, when I think I'm too close to hitting the front against something, I look out the driver window to the edge of the bumper and ...
Inert Gas
rizaljp
Offline Send Email 		May 8, 2009
5:28 pm

I just use the braille method! If the surface you are coming close to isn't rough and you aren't on a hill (which makes control hard), just go slowly until...
Brace, Karl
karlbrace
Offline Send Email 		May 8, 2009
5:38 pm

Thanks to all for your comments, especially those with links to related topics. However, my wife's issue is not the blind spots that may be a result of poorly...
Bill Armstrong
wsarmstron
Offline Send Email 		Apr 29, 2009
12:02 am
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