"What'sa behind me"...I'd occasionally like to see.

I find that the central interior mirror does a great job of giving a view out the back and I always assume there is someone in my blind spot so I regularly do shoulder checks. I find that I rarely would benefit from a door mounted mirror and I am hardly ever surprised to see someone overtake me that I was not already tracking in my mirrors when I drive. That's just me maybe but years of racing has taught me the value of regular instrument checks and being aware of your surroundings at all times of which the center mirror does a plenty good job for me.

 

I can see fine. And when my original door mounted side mirror is properly adjusted I have no blind spot on my left.

 

That is what the PASSENGER is for.

Everyone has a job to do. yours is to pilot the ship, the passenger's is to make sure you have room to pass.

Oh, and I could see a little bit out of each mirror, not enough to be comfortable, be enough to avoid being hit by a tractor-trailer. (I'm 5'10"-ish tall.)

YMMV.

D

 

Perhaps you need to mess with the tightness/position of the inside RVM. As I recall, it had a fair amount of movement, but I also seem to remember fussing with it, A LOT, to get it to go to, and stay in, a useful position.

D

 

Slide your seal all the way back and drive with the tips of your toes and fingers. That way you may improve your view to the rear.

D

 

I am 5'8, as was Colin Chapman. He thought anyone taller was abnormal and didn't build cars for them. I fit perfectly in all his cars, GT40s, and Dinos.

Just kidding. Maybe someday someone will develop wireless, unobtrusive rear cameras and screens that pop down from behind the dash.

Andres

 

If the door mirror has been mounted in the wrong position it can render it nigh on useless. One of my cars had a door mirror that was mounted too far back (almost midway blow the quarterlight) and I struggled to see anything useful in it and had to contort myself to do so. When I had the car restored I had the mirror mounted in the correct position by the front lower corner of the quarterlight and it was a transformation in terms of rearward vision.

 

I brought an aftermarket mirror and made an attachment to the original support bracket.
It works a treat, and the original mirror can be reattached whenever. Only issue is folding down sun visors interferes with the wider mirror. No problem for me as at 193cm I never use them.
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