Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 22:22:35 -0500 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: Purchasing a Saab
Just Bob wrote: > > On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 15:53:04 -0500, "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> > wrote: > > >There are too many gimmicks on the car, starting with the key between > >the seats, > > That's not a gimmick. It's been a Saab characteristic for many years. > They didn't add it just to be different, instead they didn't change it > to be the same as everyone else. > > >but there isn't enough adjustment for the > >U.S. standard, which requires a flat mirror that gives a more restricted > >field of vision. > > My field of vision out the mirrors is fine. It adjusts the same > as every other vehicle I've owned. The mirror is similar in size. > I'm not sure what your trouble is (???) > > -- > Bob > > United We Stand I'm aware that the Saab key has always been where it is. I just don't see the point. A longstanding gimmick is still a gimmick. As to the driver's side mirror on my Saab, at the limit of its outward adjustment, it it leaves a blind spot, and requires a glance over the shoulder before certain kinds of lane change. The blind spot wouldn't exist if the mirror had convex glass, as European-specification cars do. I have not found this on other U.S.-specification cars. I have two cars, the other one being a Mazda MX-5 Miata, and the driver's side mirror on the Miata doesn't have this problem. So I am constantly aware of it (as well as a number of other respects in which comparisons between the two cars are not to the Saab's advantage, although the Saab cost much more money). Nor did the blind spot problem exist on other cars I have owned that had electrically adjusted mirrors.
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