XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 3 Aug 2023 08:54:55 -0700, The Real Bev   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 8/2/23 8:34 PM, ? Mighty Wannabe ? wrote:   
   >> On 8/2/2023 11:19 PM, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 08:41:05 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> What REALLY drives me nuts about the 2013 Corolla:  too many blind   
   >>>> spots.  Headrests.  Pillars.  Can't raise seat high enough to compensate   
   >>>> for the decreased glass at the lower edge of the windows.  When I   
   >>>> contemplate a lane change or turn I do multiple head swivels, especially   
   >>>> in parking lots where I KNOW drivers are only looking for empty spaces   
   >>>> and pedestrians are only looking at their phones.   
   >>> I have never had a passenger in my current car and someday will remember   
   >>> to take the passenger head rest off. In parking lots and such when you're   
   >>> looking for things coming from the side it creates a huge blind spot.   
   >>   
   >> You can slide the front passenger seat back like a passenger with very   
   >> long legs is sitting there, and recline the seat's back all the way like   
   >> the passenger is looking at the sunroof.   
   >   
   >All my passengers have long legs :-(   
   >   
   >I should remove the rear-seat headrests, but it's my OWN that bothers me   
   >the most --   
      
   I should too, the rear-seat but they're mounted on some sheet steel that   
   goes down into the seat.  I'm willing to saw it off except that a new   
   owner may not be able to pass inspection or get it licensed.  Maryland   
   only inspects cars once, when you first buy it, after that it can fall   
   apart unless a cop notices and complains.   
      
   No one ever sits in the back seat so it's not protecting anyone, and   
   when the top is down, the headrests really hurt the view.   
      
   > I have to tilt my body to the right in order to see around   
   >the damn thing.  Parking lots are the worst -- the bastards can come at   
   >you from all sides and just because the path was clear two seconds ago   
   >doesn't mean that it's clear NOW.   
      
   Since I stopped sleeping on my belly, my neck has lots its ability to   
   turn 90^.  I can go maybe 60^ and them move my eyes almost the rest of   
   the way.   I really noticed this on my foreign vacations where the   
   streets were narrower and the buildings closer to the corner, and I had   
   trouble turning my head to see who was coming.   In  the US it's not   
   really a problem, except I don't like being handicapped.   
      
   Would stretching exercises put my neck back to normal?   
      
   >I didn't really appreciate the seeability of the 1988 Caddy that tried   
   >to kill me.  There are always tradeoffs, right?   
      
   In practice probably, but I don't think there has to be.   
      
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