[Trochoidal]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

99% of people don't adjust their SIDE mirrors correctly. If you are behind a car and can see the driver's face in the SIDE mirrors, they are not set correctly. Another good indication of this is when they are merging and whip-lashing their neck a bunch of times to see in back of them. If you are in your car and using the SIDE mirrors and you can see the side of your car, they are not set correctly.

+1 Everything you said here works well. I can’t see the quarter panel at all looking at driver side mirror and a very small amount from the passenger mirror.

I believe it’s a trust factor having the mirrors set as you mentioned. I don’t have a need to look over my shoulders. If the vehicle in the adjacent lane isn’t in my mirrors they are either beside the door or far enough back that a lane change can be accomplished safely.

[JTS]

Every vehicle has a blind spot. Just like life , adapt to the situation.

[LT1gen6]

is the people that are unable to grasp the concept that acceleration eliminates blind spots (usually, haha)

[ZPirate]

Originally Posted by Chutzpah

2. I have a difficult time judging passenger side parking island curb distances while taking a corner. I tend to over swing those just to be safe.

If the car was my daily driver, more than likely the above wouldn’t be issues. I guess it’s all what you’re used to.

I agree with you. That's what I meant in my prior post about it being a wide car, or at least feeling that way.

[rst08tierney]

Originally Posted by ex-boxing champ

The Camaro is a near perfect car to me but the blind spots are terrible. I know this can be fixed with blind spot monitors but you would think the engineers would have made it more visible for drivers to see out of our cars. It's very dangerous to say the least. Changing lanes is a hassle.

there needs to be an age demographic on the ones complaining about not being able to see.

If you know how to drive visibility's not a problem.

Where Chevy went wrong was introducing budget friendly builds to the younger generation who loves to find something wrong with everything.

[activeSS]

I guess the cheap seats have a regular mirror?

[Anjilslaire]

Originally Posted by ZPirate

I agree with you. That's what I meant in my prior post about it being a wide car, or at least feeling that way.

Yup, I scratched up the passenger side wheels the 1st week after taking a right turn too closely.....


Otherwise, no visibility issues with mirrors set.

[Anjilslaire]

Otherwise, the worst thing about a Camaro, is how heavy my foot feels lol

[KMPrenger]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Having to look over your right shoulder for left hand turns out of parking lots gets very dicey. Other than that no significant issues.

THIS is the only concern. If you have to make a left on a road that is not perpendicular to the road you are turning from and what you need to be looking at is roughly in the same direction as the passenger rear quarter window....that's pretty much a guessing game. Good luck. I'm sure there are places some people drive where that might be a problem, but for me its only happened a few times in this car, and if you anticipate it you can angle the car better on the approach to help a lot.

But the complaints about simple passing maneuvers are way overblown. You MUST adjust your mirrors correctly. That's it. If you can see those sexy rear shoulders in your side mirrors you are doing it wrong. Adjust the mirrors much farther out so that they connect to the view you get out of the rear view mirror.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by FlukeSS

Biggest complaints I have about my Camaro:

I'm too fat and can't break the 12 sec barrier
AND
Its not @arpad_m or @Joshintaor's Camaros

Josh has a crazy monster build, mine is almost tame compared to his. The idea is to make sure the car scares me a bit so I don't forget to respect the power. By the way, you're at 12.03, you only need to drop 25-30 pounds and hello, 11s

As to the OP, it's user error, there are no blind spots with proper mirror adjustment, except the passenger side C pillar blocking the view when making a left turn at an obtuse angle (which is like 0.1% of traffic situations where I live). Now, is it like a fish tank, of course not, but that's part of the appeal, I don't like teardrop shaped body designs like Porsche or even the Mustang, aero be damned

That said, all the relevant answers were already given above, setting the seat height properly is important as well.

[Gunkk]

Originally Posted by ex-boxing champ

The Camaro is a near perfect car to me but the blind spots are terrible. I know this can be fixed with blind spot monitors but you would think the engineers would have made it more visible for drivers to see out of our cars. It's very dangerous to say the least. Changing lanes is a hassle.

There's a factory option that completely removes all of the blindspots

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by Gunkk

There's a factory option that completely removes all of the blindspots

...hm, did you mean to say SIX HUNDRED FIFTY HORSEPOWER CONVERTIBLE?

[LStick]

After having 3 5th Gens, I'm quite content with the 6th Gen .
Even if its a base model.
One complaint- Passenger needs a booster seat to see out the windshield.

[Gunkk]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

...hm, did you mean to say SIX HUNDRED FIFTY HORSEPOWER CONVERTIBLE?

Why yes, yes I did indeed.