It was a dark and stormy night...
...actually it was just kinda foggy.
I was waiting patiently at a red light when the driver behind me, who obviously wasn't paying attention that traffic had stopped, slammed on his brakes and skidded toward me.
Then he just disappeared...
Nothing hit me, thank goodness. I knew he was behind me somewhere. But rear visibility in the FJ Cruiser is so nonexistent that it seemed as if the car had disappeared in a poof, like Harry Potter on platform 9 and 3/4.
The vehicle you see behind me in the mirror in this photo is actually three cars back.
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor
desmolicious says:
01:23 PM, 02/ 8/07
And that is my main beef about the FJ. For something so off-road capable, it is impossible to see out of safely. Truly a design where form triumphed over function.
My neighbour in her BMW Z3 just got run over by an FJ, and now this blog makes sense! She was stopped behind him on a surface road, when he suddenly put his FJ in reverse and backed into her. Apparently he had just seen a parking spot behind him which he now wanted and could not see the car behind him...
banhugh says:
07:33 PM, 02/ 8/07
lol, I have the same phobia whenever I am behind any SUV. Especially at highways, I pass them as soon as possible to avoid being in any of their blind spots.
anythngbutgm says:
10:26 AM, 02/12/07
You think the FJ is bad, try following an H2. Might as well close your eyes and hope the best. It's like driving behind a Semi.