It's no secret how much I luuuuve our 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X MR but honestly that just makes it harder for me to figure out what to blog about when I have it. Ummm, oh! There was no one in front of me on the Walgrove curves today! Wee!
All right all right, well, I was able to take off the rose-colored glasses long enough to realize that visibility in this car, at least for me (I'm 5' 6"), isn't all that great, again, for me. I would never change lanes unless I was absolutely sure that no one was there. Rearview mirror, side mirror, blind spot check and switch. But in this car, I always get nervous when switching over to the right and end up triple-checking that blind spot and holding my breath.
Dan Edmunds had mentioned before that his wife felt uncomfortable when turning left: "Seeing the line into left hand corners and making left turns at intersections...was impossibly tough for her because a panoramic blind spot sweeps across the humungous, forward-leaning mirror housing, through the window-mounted mirror base and past the A-pillar."
And the view of the rear spoiler doesn't bother me that much but I totally can relate to what Albert Austria said about 5-0 checks.
For me it's the B-pillar (not the passenger seat which can obviously be moved out of the way, although this one was moved up a bit) and the high window line. This probably wouldn't be much of an issue if the driver seat was height adjustable. In any case, there. I said it.
Caroline Pardilla, Deputy Managing Editor @ 11,711 miles
huyracing says:
05:12 PM, 02/25/09
You're driving a rally car... all you need to do is see forward and out the side! :)
altimadude00 says:
06:12 PM, 02/25/09
Yeah, a rally car in a demolition derby/NASCAR race.
sealclubb3r says:
06:17 PM, 02/25/09
How does the visibility compare to the Vanilla Lancer? Are the seats lower in the Evo?
I think its ironic how you need to small to fit in the seats comfortably but big (tall) to see out comfortably.
carfreak8394 says:
07:39 PM, 02/25/09
Those seats look comfortable.
lysine says:
07:52 PM, 02/25/09
I have the exact same problem in my MR. I happen to be 5'6" as well.
Switching lanes, not so bad. Just do it when you pass. :)
Pretty much everything else. Is a game of dodge and roll. I'm pretty much moving my head in various positions to make sure everything is clear.
Oh and the mirror game as well. Can't depend on the rear view mirror. I have to do a 2 position check in rear view mirror just in case something is blocked by the wing, and then a left right mirror check.
Never been in a vanilla Lancer, but I expect it to be the same problem with the pillars and the super high window line.