You get used to it..... just like you get used to any car / van that has reduced / limited / no rear visability via the rear view mirror.
***********************************************************Well, that's just any modern car surely...? The Clio had 3 rear head rests and all modern pillars etc and there was just no useful view out the back.
no that was a 'new model' i'm talking 'facelift' as in same s*it different wrapping. i know my dash is different to the early ones and the gearbox changed for one that didn't go pop and i think there was small other changes too think the facelift was in 2004
Don't I know it - was manoeuvring (sp?) the Golf around the drive recently and on looking out of the back of it, I thought "f*ck me, old cars are brilliant in this respect". A million times better than the Xantia.
my E36 had good visabilty all round, although the back end was a little hard to judge at first but you get used to that. mini is great big windows all round can sling it in anywhere cos you can see all round and it aint very big! my MR2's were really good cos you only had to look over your shoulder and the back window was behind you and it was flat all the way to the back and the spoiler showed you where the end was :)
In my experience, yes. That's one reason I love things like the Ford and the Land Rover. The view out to front and rear is much, much better than any small vehicle I have ever driven.
Ahh, my headrests fold away into the rear shelf at the push of a button...
It cant be as bad as the trav, sorry clubman with the thick rear door posts right down the middle. You could misplace a small Hummer in that blind spot never mind a bike.
They're not *that* thick, honest. Go and sit in one and you'll realise your statement is wrong.
Anyway, drivers of vans with two rear doors have managed to live with this design for years.
Well, in ascending order, these are the cars I have owned, and they're also in the order of amount of rear visibility -
you don't really need to see much behind in the number 4 car cos whatever was behind was losing right? :)
Well that, or you're looking out the front, into oncoming traffic, because the back decided it wanted to be where the front was...
Oh I don't know, it's often useful to be able to see what you're about to hit...
I've driven a few and the visibility really is worse than my van.
Errr... OK, so whats the point of asking then ? Weirdo !
I can see more out of the back of my Clubman than I can out of the back of our works Peugeot Van (Has rear windows) and our Transit (No Rear Windows).
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