Two weeks ago I was driving this 300ZX
and believe it or not, it had all around worse visibility that the FJ. Additionally, it was much harder to see a traffic light when you were the first one at it. Sometimes no amount of head-bobing would let me see the light, so I'd have to watch for the car next to me to start going! Additionaly, I'd be sitting maybe 16" off the ground, so that didn't help visibility matters much.
But as with the Z, I added the small round convex mirrors to the side view mirrors of the FJ right away. So after two weeks and 600 miles of driving the FJ I feel like I have much better situational awarness of my surroundings than I did with the old Z.
I agree with you. I had a 1997 Dodge RAM 1500 before my FJ. When I first sat in a FJ on the dealer lot, I though there was no way you could have good visibility out of this thing. But after driving it for a week or so, I knew that I had more than my Dodge even though there is less glass up front on the FJ. The window pillars are in a much better location blocking less view on the FJ, and the mirrors are placed much better with a smaller blind spot.
just slap on some of those mini blind spot mirrors and if you really want, you could get one of those oversized RAZO type rear view mirrors. it'll kick up your visibility up a bit.
The visibility in the S2000 is absolutely horrendous.
Agreed. I could only see in mine with the top down and learned to use the mirrors... so...fortunately, the transition to the FJ was a piece of cake after the S2000. Visability problem?...It is relative!
Now that I have had mine for the last couple months and driven it across country, blindspots just don't bug me as much. Maybe you just adapt, but that's just me.
UB
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