Went to change lanes. Checked my outside rear view mirror, signaled and started to turn whem wham! Had truck in my blind spot.Truck hit my rear fender and tore up the left side of my 05 350Z. Truck spun me around. I
wasn't hurt but shook up a little. Took a month and a half to get back my ride, (Nov. 15 - Dec. 29). Cost my Ins. Co. 8400 bucks. The Z does have blind spots. Take care good people!!

 

damn sorry to hear that glad your ok and you got your Z back yeah i check my mirrors often when driving i try to know whats coming up whats around or what got on the highway, part because of cops and part so this doesnt happen and i still try to see the best i can when changing lanes.

 

The blind spots can be easily eliminated by adjusting your side mirrors properly. Check out this site for an example of how it's done...

http://www.motorists.com/issues/safe...t_mirrors.html

 

Thanks for the replies. I'll check the adjustments on all the mirrors again!

 

The method in Dave's link above is exactly the way I was shown by my dad sometime back. In the Z as well as our tC, it completely eliminates the driver's side blind spot.

 

I always give a quick check over the shoulder if I'm ever unsure about changing lanes.

 

That's the whole problem, the Z's blind spot is so large that you can't always see what's there, especially on the driver's side.

 

Sorry to hear what happened. I've only driven my dad's Z once and the 1st thing I said to him was "WOW-this car has large blind spots."

 

Damn I thought that was common sense, LoL!.
Good post regardless.

Cheers,

R

 

I'm sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you weren't hurt. I use a small convex mirror mounted to the lower-left of the driver's mirror, and one on the passenger side mirror as well. It's a quick visual confirmation that I use in conjunction with turning to look, but it's also really helpful when parking -- the mirrors allow me to see the lines, and also help me avoid curb rash by staying away from the curbs.

 

True. Between the side and rear mirrors, I typically dont need to turn my head back for confirmation. I still do it out of habit sometimes just to make sure.

 

I set my side mirrors to where I can see the side of my car but that's just a personally reference. The blind spot is never a problem for me, before i change lanes, simply move your body forward towards the steering wheel and look into the left/right mirror, this will change your view angle and will turn your vision towards the original blind spot. This method works well for me and gaurantee you'll see everything u just have to move ur body a little bit but those little body movements can keep me awake while driving. Just my 2cents.

 

^ Try this in ur garage if you're not 100% sure what I mean

 

absolutely, i was about to post the same thing.

 

The Z does not have a significant blind spot. If your mirrors are adjusted properly it should not be an issue. It's funny how every time someone wrecks, they try to blame it on the car instead of the driver.

 

+1

This is the perfect way to deal with it. Takes a little getting used to, but also makes those mirrors useful and gives you no blind spots. Drive with confidence.

 

That's the way we were all taught for many years. The method described in my link above eliminates the need to lean or move around while driving - you only do it once when setting the mirrors.

When you have a split second to make a emergency lane change, by the time you lean one way or the other, with my method I've already checked my mirrors and made the lane change. Another thing I noticed was with the Z's tight steering, when moving around to check the mirrors, you tend to wander across lanes. That doesn't happen anymore either.

I drove for over 30 years with my mirrors the old way. When I bought this Z, it was obvious that wasn't going to cut it. After trying this new way for about two weeks I was totally sold on it. Not just in the Z, but this works in any car.

 

No matter what anyone says and how the mirrors are positioned... The 350Z Roadster has blind spots in the blind spots...

 

Simple solution for that

 

sorry to hear....
glad you got it back....
i used the mirror way aswell.... its pretty useful and quick.
but damn it took them forever to fix it.

i wonder how long they will keep mine ... adjuster is coming to look at it tomorrow. I hope they dont take the Z away from me for like 2 months.