Nearly all my friends are 5'10+. Anyone know of any proven growth hormone pills for peeps who are 21? Men are supposed to continue growing until 25, so I still have time.

Funny thing is, fitting comfortably is cool, but I actually pull up my seat about 2 clicks to drive. My friends who've driven my car all go all the way back, but are still comfortable, except for my 6'5 friend. That being said, I want 3 more inches! I don't want penis enlargement pill emails anymore! Give me grown hormone pill emails!

 

The convex mirrors are going to be my next purchase.

 

Solution: Do a blind spot check (aka shoulder check)

I never fully trust the mirrors

 

Or you can opt for surgery. I think they break you leg in several places and have all sort of stuff inserted into your leg at different places for you to turn at different times. I read it's extremely painful. Worth the extra 3 inches? You tell me

 

Did anyone actually read the OP's post? In this situation one would NOT utilize the side-view mirrors at all.

Astonishing! Out of 9 replies, 8 of which were after the OP politely corrected the first reply in stating the the mirror is not useful in this situation, 6 mentioned something about the side-view mirrors or an over-the-shoulder check.


JackS, your post was completely clear to me!

There are a few roads that I use that 'T' into a main road with a stopsign at angles other than 90 degrees. One in particular is quite extreme at somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees and it poses the exact same situation as you mention when I have the top up. The difference is that none of these roads use a yield sign so stopping and taking my time is no problem.

When there is a stop sign, I generally try to stop such that the car is perpendicular to the main road so that I can see out of both sides as with any other car. The only trouble is that if you are turning left (with your left turn blinker on), and the car behind you thinks that you are turning right because you straightened the car 90 degs to the main road, they may try to pull up on your left side. THAT'S when I just double check my side-view mirror before pulling out.

What complicates your situation is the yield sign. If there are enough other visual obstructions that you can't guage traffic ahead of time, you really need to stop (as you say you do).

I think you've got the right idea to just avoid it if you can.

I hope this helps.

 

Yeah, I heard about the leg breaking business. It's supposed to be some kind of method developed in China. They break your leg and stretch it, then when your bones grow back, it becomes an inch or so longer. It's supposed to take 3 months or something. Anyways, I'm not down for breaking my legs. Maybe if I owed the mob krazy money and they broke my legs, I'd use that opportunity to make myself taller. HEEEEEEEY~ now that's an idea. Borrow about $20k to do all the shietz to my car, grow taller, then with the 3 months I'll be out because of the broken legs, I'll leave the car in the garage to get everything done since I can't drive anyway.

 

If I'm interpretting this correctly, he is trying to see traffic coming from his RIGHT at an angle that is slightly BEHIND him. He already has a convex mirror on that side. In this situation, a convex mirror on the driver's side will NOT help him and even setting the right side mirror as far out as it will go may not be of any help due to the angle. Unless there is a long line of obstructions (trees, fence, etc.) as you approach this "intersection", you should be able to scan traffic that is on this road from a ways off as you approach, thus letting you know as best as possible any traffic that may be vectering towards you. They have the yield, but of course, one can't always assume that they will actually yield, so the onus is still upon you to ensure that it's safe to proceed.

 

Im 6'0 and i still have the convex mirrors. you can tell a big difference with them. that would be my next step if i were you.

 

There are some roads, in LA even without blind spots in a car, that I HATE driving on because of merging yields or just bad city planning.

If you can, avoid these to make your life less stressful.


Although I've been in the S for about 6500 miles, there are still a few occasions, where I can't see due to blind spots, but they are becoming fewer and fewer.

 

[QUOTE=00CivicSi,Aug 21 2006, 11:30 PM]Did anyone actually read the OP's post?