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Originally Posted by Number 3
Which is great for you.
I've always said it's great if you can adapt to the car. It's just many people who don't love a Camaro first won't think they have to.
But when we discuss the sales, no one is willing to admit that because you can adapt to it, some people feel they shouldn't have to.
Exactly like you said, "if you like the car and want one, visibility isn't going to be an issue". Now think of the people that are just out shopping for an expressive coupe, which the Camaro is.
For me? I LOVE the car and wanted one in the worst way. I could get used to the visibility, although it is a big detractor. But Mrs. Number 3 can't. We've tried. And at this point I want a car she can enjoy as well.
I still need a trunk that my golf clubs fit in though. That's still my deal breaker that makes it a 3rd car like my Sky Redline was. And I don't have space for a 3rd car anymore. :(
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In my case I live alone and probably will for the rest of my life. I also have a 1999 Buick Lesebra that was my work car until I retired. Now it is my grocery car and bad weather car. So carrying space is not an issue. Even if I ever did remarry, the Camaro has plenty of room for 2 people.
As far as visibility for driving, even when I am driving my Buick on the highway I am tracking traffic in my main rear view mirror and my side mirrors. I can do the same thing in my Camaro. I do find turning left is a problem with the pillar and the big side mirror, but I had that very same problem in my 2014 Mustang. It really was no better at all. I also wish I could see the hood over my instrument cluster, but I can see the nose of the car, certainly enough that it does not impede any of the vision I need for driving. I would just like to see my hood.
The only thing I hate about the visibility is backing out of a diagonal parking spot as I said before. In my Mustang I was able to look through that little window in the back and see if anybody was coming. But a lot of people put louvers on those windows, with a louver there the Mustang would have the very same problem I have in my Camaro. That was why I never put them on my Mustang even though I really like how they look.
For me the Camaro works. But I do understand what you are saying. I can see where a lot of people would see the visibility problems and say "thanks but no thanks". I drove a 2014 Camaro, then went straight to the Ford dealer and drove a 2014 Mustang. The visibility was the biggest reason I chose to buy the Mustang over the Camaro. Then after all the issues I had with the Mustang over 22 months, I decided I would rather deal with the visibility issues on the Camaro so I could have my car at home instead of the shop at the dealer.