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Old Yesterday, 12:21 PM   #198
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Originally Posted by Martinjlm View Post
I highlighted what sets you apart from a vast majority of the driving public. I have shown countless numbers of friends and relatives how to set their mirrors to eliminate blindspots. Most of them have gone back to the "normal" way of setting their mirrors. The way where when you look in the mirror you see the side of your own car. THAT is the type of person Chevrolet still needs to sell to. That is the type of person that will sit in the car in the showroom and say "Wow...blindspot. This falls off my shopping list".
There haven't been many things in my life that surprised me more than the unexpected truth of this statement.

Except for my youngest son who just about to reach driving age, literally everyone else in my family "gravitated" back to the wrong mirror setting that lets them see the sides of their vehicle. This happens even after several times of me showing them how this isn't helpful, and how other vehicles on the road will "travel" from one side mirror into the rearview (or vice versa) with the correct settings, meaning they can always see it no matter the side mirror blindspots.

On top of that, the 6th gen Camaro had blind spot monitoring and auto mirror tilt down in reverse, so no excuse for not being able to park when backing into a space.

Absolutely dumbfounding, but I agree to James's point that GM wouldn't want to lose out on these customers. It's a perception game, unfortunately.
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