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You may have seen my thread Help Sell A Long-time Accord Owner On A Taurus. After all the discussion I figured I ought to drive one again, it's been a while, years since I drove a Taurus.
First up was a 2000 SES with about 50,000 miles. Pretty boring overall, looks, colors, features (cloth interior, column mounted gear shift, etc.). It had the Duratec engine and pretty good pep.
But the car that really caught my eye was an 03 SES wagon they had on the lot with 9,000 miles. It was a light gold color with all leather interior. Very attractive. But I found out something quite amazing -- I couldn't see out the front windshield very well.
If I wanted to look just to my right out the front I'm looking right at the rear-view mirror. I'm about 6' tall. Tried all the seat height adjustments, but nothing made much of a difference. It created a huge blind spot and seemed very dangerous to me. I could duck down and look under or stretch up and look over. Otherwise the big mirror is right there at eye level. This car had some kind of compass and other fancy features in the mirror. I went back to the plain 2000 sedan I drove earlier. The problem was similar there, but not quite as bad.
I always thought that a rear-view mirror was supposed to be up above your head. To look back you have to look up.
Anyone else experience this? Any comments?
First up was a 2000 SES with about 50,000 miles. Pretty boring overall, looks, colors, features (cloth interior, column mounted gear shift, etc.). It had the Duratec engine and pretty good pep.
But the car that really caught my eye was an 03 SES wagon they had on the lot with 9,000 miles. It was a light gold color with all leather interior. Very attractive. But I found out something quite amazing -- I couldn't see out the front windshield very well.
If I wanted to look just to my right out the front I'm looking right at the rear-view mirror. I'm about 6' tall. Tried all the seat height adjustments, but nothing made much of a difference. It created a huge blind spot and seemed very dangerous to me. I could duck down and look under or stretch up and look over. Otherwise the big mirror is right there at eye level. This car had some kind of compass and other fancy features in the mirror. I went back to the plain 2000 sedan I drove earlier. The problem was similar there, but not quite as bad.
I always thought that a rear-view mirror was supposed to be up above your head. To look back you have to look up.
Anyone else experience this? Any comments?