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Old 09-17-18, 05:42 PM
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Hi. I am really bad at driving in general, but I'm having a hard time parking. I messed up my passenger drive rim pretty badly and I was wondering if there were mirrors or something I can do to see the ground better? I'm vertically challenged and even though my chair is at the highest, Im having a hard time. I bought one of those autozone mirrors with double stick tape and taped it underneath the rear passenger side mirror, but it looks awful. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by abaitedcat
Hi. I am really bad at driving in general, but I'm having a hard time parking. I messed up my passenger drive rim pretty badly and I was wondering if there were mirrors or something I can do to see the ground better? I'm vertically challenged and even though my chair is at the highest, Im having a hard time. I bought one of those autozone mirrors with double stick tape and taped it underneath the rear passenger side mirror, but it looks awful. Thanks.
I just aim my passenger mirror down when i'm a near a curb...
Old 09-17-18, 09:08 PM
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You don't have the rear view camera? If so it shows exactly where your headed with lines curved the the turning angle.
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I had to get used to this on the IS when I first got mine. For some reason this is one of the harder cars to maneuver without curbing the wheels. never had that problem with any other car. could be the low seating position coupled with high belt line and low roof. you get used it though.
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You should get smaller ones they're not too bad and you can see blind spot and ground.

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Old 09-19-18, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TOPENDMS
You don't have the rear view camera? If so it shows exactly where your headed with lines curved the the turning angle.

For parking along a curb at night, I am very careful, and usually need to inch in.....using several tries.

Are the back up camera guides accurate enough to avoid curb rash? Only works when you are backing up to the curb obviously.

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