One thing i noticed when test driving the s2000 is that with the top up its really hard to see traffic to the side and behind you. has anyone else noticed this? i tend to actually look before changing lanes or whatever and the rear veiw mirrors on the car don't seem to cover much area. Anyone with a hard top notice better visibility?
I plan on getting a hardtop eventually for the glass rear window and hopefully that will have better visability.

 

search for "hardtop" and you'll see that the visibility is better but not as good than when the top's down

 

Yes, my advice is in line with ricosuave's...only drive the car with the top down.

There have been people who have used those weird little mirrors that attach to the windshield and have more panoramic view of the rear...though I can't remember the name of those things.

 

Someone in a much earlier thread also posted the correct way to have your mirrors setup.

Here it is in a nutshell.

Basically your side mirrors should be adjusted outward so that no part of your car is visible in them. When a following vehicle moves out of the sight of your rearview mirror they should immediately appear in the side mirror.

Someone else may care to elaborate further.

 

I think that's good advice, but doesn't work for tall drivers. I have the seat in the rearmost position, squeezed against the back wall. The mirrors won't adjust out enough and on top of that i get more of the soft-top blocking the view because i'm sitting so far back. I've found i need to lean forward and take a peek over my shoulder just to make sure. But that's OK, i already have that reflex from driving my bike.

 

Make sure you order the Linda Blair "Exorcist" option so you will have a full range of view.

 

Yeah... every time I change lanes to the left, I make my best effort to find out if anyone is there, and then just pray that if someone *IS* there, they will move before I hit them.

I also tend to enter the freeway at about 100mph to avoid this problem. That way I only have to keep an eye on whether I just passed someone. Once on the freeway, I usually slow down a touch.

 

Its a parabolic mirror

 

wal mart,

auto section

"hot spot" mirror

takes care of those nasty blind spots

 

Another solution is to use aspheric mirrors.

These are like regular mirrors on the inboard portion, but then transition into a convex design in the outboard area. This gives a much wider angle of view, but with the distortion associated with non-planar mirror designs. I don't think they are available for the S2K, but here's a link for aspheric mirrors designed for a Boxster: http://www.toolworks.com/bilofsky/boxster/mirrors.html