And there’s kind of a blind spot where the windshield meets the driver’s side window - have you noticed that?
Ahh, blessings upon you.
You are the first one has come out and said what has been a major concern of mine with this car—it has a horrible blind spot right to the driver’s immediate left. The problems that are caused: (1) you can’t see a pedestrian crossing from your left—if crossing just the right speed and angle, you may hit them before you see them. (I nearly did that in a supermarket parking lot—that was the incident that really made me aware of the blind spot). (2) You can’t see cars making a left turn from a side street into your street if they turn at a certain speed. (3) You can’t see when you are making a left turn, or are going through a left-hand bend.
You can try to compensate by moving your head back and forth to see around the pillar obstruction, but it is still dangerous.
Yes, my husband complains about it constantly.
As much as we like the car otherwise - including the great hauling space in such a small car - that would deter us from another one. Ours is a 2013 - I wonder if they’ve adjusted this in newer ones?
-JT
The car is equipped with fender mount mirrors in Japan because of this. It is caused by Federal rollover regulations that require the pillars to support certain amounts of weight in an accident. Thick A pillars like this are not going away any time soon and will be getting worse.