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Some manufactures keep great visibility. My Subaru has very narrow A pillars and good blind spot visibility. I can adjust my mirrors to get rid of almost all bl

Some manufactures keep great visibility. My Subaru has very narrow A pillars and good blind spot visibility. I can adjust my mirrors to get rid of almost all blind spots on my Impreza.

rconti 7y ago
The first car I noticed with "poor" visibility was my wife's 08 Impreza (compared to my 90s BMWs). The Subaru, by now, of course, counts as 'good' :)
- i80and 7y ago
  Subaru improved the A-piller visibility a bit in recent models, I think! My '13 Crosstrek has good visibility; the '08 Forester I used to drive was much worse.
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thro_away_n 7y ago
I'm 6'2" and my 2019 Forester left mirror does not move far enough outside for proper sight lines with how far back I have the seat.
soperj 7y ago
Was gonna say, my Forrester has probably the best visibility of any car I've driven.
- ummonk 7y ago
  Same here - my forester has excellent visibility.
nucleardog 7y ago
Ditto for my '16. Apparently instead of just making the pillars thicker to satisfy rollover ratings like many manufacturers, they used some engineering and higher strength materials to reinforce it. (https://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebSiteID=282&WebPageID=20188 https://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebSiteID=282&WebPageID=2...) My wife (unfortunately) has a Jeep Renegade. Every time I get in it I'm surprised she doesn't get in more accidents. Never mind the A/B pillars, the C pillar is like a solid foot and a half wide: https://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/2016-jeep-renegade-sport-fwd-suv-angular-rear.png https://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/2016-jeep... If you try and back out of somewhere at an angle you're backing out 100% blind.
djsumdog 7y ago
I too drive a plain ole 2006 Impreza with a manual transmission. Every appendage is fully engaged in driving my car. There is a lot of concern over a lot of these auto-assist features reducing the engagement of a driver. It is a trade-off of course. An automated system with good sensors can react faster than a human driver to prevent some types of wrecks, but they do have limits. Over reliance can lead to the situation where that Tesla drove full speed into an exit ramp barrier. Until ever street has guide rails and ever vehicle can attach to a track, truly safe autonomous vehicles are a very difficult problem and a long way off. A standard street track system would probably be cheaper honestly (and it's a solved problem).

Some manufactures keep great visibility. My Subaru has very narrow A pillars and good blind spot visibility. I can adjust my mirrors to get rid of almost all blind spots on my Impreza.

rconti 7y ago

The first car I noticed with "poor" visibility was my wife's 08 Impreza (compared to my 90s BMWs). The Subaru, by now, of course, counts as 'good' :)

i80and 7y ago
Subaru improved the A-piller visibility a bit in recent models, I think! My '13 Crosstrek has good visibility; the '08 Forester I used to drive was much worse.
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thro_away_n 7y ago

I'm 6'2" and my 2019 Forester left mirror does not move far enough outside for proper sight lines with how far back I have the seat.

soperj 7y ago

Was gonna say, my Forrester has probably the best visibility of any car I've driven.

ummonk 7y ago
Same here - my forester has excellent visibility.

nucleardog 7y ago

Ditto for my '16. Apparently instead of just making the pillars thicker to satisfy rollover ratings like many manufacturers, they used some engineering and higher strength materials to reinforce it. (https://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebSiteID=282&WebPageID=20188 https://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebSiteID=282&WebPageID=2...) My wife (unfortunately) has a Jeep Renegade. Every time I get in it I'm surprised she doesn't get in more accidents. Never mind the A/B pillars, the C pillar is like a solid foot and a half wide: https://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/2016-jeep-renegade-sport-fwd-suv-angular-rear.png https://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/2016-jeep... If you try and back out of somewhere at an angle you're backing out 100% blind.

djsumdog 7y ago

I too drive a plain ole 2006 Impreza with a manual transmission. Every appendage is fully engaged in driving my car. There is a lot of concern over a lot of these auto-assist features reducing the engagement of a driver. It is a trade-off of course. An automated system with good sensors can react faster than a human driver to prevent some types of wrecks, but they do have limits. Over reliance can lead to the situation where that Tesla drove full speed into an exit ramp barrier. Until ever street has guide rails and ever vehicle can attach to a track, truly safe autonomous vehicles are a very difficult problem and a long way off. A standard street track system would probably be cheaper honestly (and it's a solved problem).