Hey, I dont know what you Miata guys are complaining about. I am 6'4" tall
and got to drive a students 99 miata at the regions drivers school.
Visibility was great! Completely unobstructed even with the visors in place!
Especially since I was looking mostly OVER the windshield. :)
John Moore
1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R (STS)
1993 Toyota MR2 NA (CS)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Maycock [SMTP:tmaycock@interaccess.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 11:52 AM
> To: team.net
> Subject: Re: Short People
>
> > We're talking comfort and convenience (and safety). I just don't see
> > how removing the mirror is giving someone an unfair advantage - just
> > the opposite in the case of cG impaired individuals. And requiring the
> > original mirror to be in place when you install a Wink is simply
> > ridiculous.
> >
>
> Have to agree with this, and add my thoughts about sun visors.
>
> I'm 6', and drive a Miata. The sun visor blocks about 1" to 1.5" of the
> top of the windshield from my view. When I first got the car, I frequently
> got a slightly sore neck from continuously scrunching down just a bit to
> see traffic lights, avoid that claustrophic feeling of wearing a hat with
> too big a brim.
>
> It was a happy day when, a few weeks into Miata ownership, I discovered
> just how easy it was to remove the sun visor. My neck has felt better ever
> since. If that's not the essence of comfort and convenience, I don't know
> what is.
>
> Thus I would argue that removing sun visors and repositioning interior
> rear-view mirrors should also be on an "allowed C&C mod". And, yes, I'm
> pretty sure I would feel the same way if I were 5'5" and sun visors
> weren't an issue for me.
>
> For me, the sun visor thing doesn't offer any performance improvement as
> best I can tell--that upper 1 inch just doesn't come into play on the
> autox course. For some people in some cars, however, I would guess
> repositioning the rear-view would make an on-course difference, but its an
> "advantage" that I wouldn't have a problem allowing--I'd much rather err
> in favor of keeping course workers from getting run over.
>
> Just MHO. And I agree that spelling it out specifically in the rules one
> way or the other would probably be helpful, even if those rules differed
> with my preferences.
>
> Tom Maycock
> Chicago Region BS
> '99 Miata 10AE
>
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