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From: Tunku on 12 Jun 2010 16:26 johannes <johs(a)sizefi435335353tter.com> wrote in news:4C137EB6.B02B6251 @sizefi435335353tter.com: > The MPV type window arrangement feels > claustrophobic; you can see straight ahead and through the side windows, > I move my head about to see, just like I do on my motorbike. Is this a problem for you? -- The above post may contain traces of irony
From: johannes on 12 Jun 2010 17:32 Tunku wrote: > > johannes <johs(a)sizefi435335353tter.com> wrote in news:4C137EB6.B02B6251 > @sizefi435335353tter.com: > > > The MPV type window arrangement feels > > claustrophobic; you can see straight ahead and through the side windows, > > > > I move my head about to see, just like I do on my motorbike. Is this a > problem for you? Not a problem, only a matter of smaller pleasure.
From: Stu on 12 Jun 2010 18:27 On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:26:58 +0000 (UTC), Tunku <none(a)none.com> wrote: >johannes <johs(a)sizefi435335353tter.com> wrote in news:4C137EB6.B02B6251 >@sizefi435335353tter.com: > >> The MPV type window arrangement feels >> claustrophobic; you can see straight ahead and through the side windows, >> > >I move my head about to see, just like I do on my motorbike. Is this a >problem for you? I'm with you. Any car has plenty of glazing to see out of, all that's needed is a slight movement of the head when looking to join another road etc. If there's one desirable aspect that modern cars have lost, for me, it's character. Stu
From: DavidR on 12 Jun 2010 18:41 "johannes" <johs(a)sizefi435335353tter.com> wrote > Because you can't see out of them. The MPV type window arrangement feels > claustrophobic; you can see straight ahead and through the side windows, > but the view at an angle is obscured by heavy pillars. Why this backward > step in car design? Because manufacturers are following a fashion that believes crash survival has higher priority than crash avoidance. As well as poor visibility, there is also a suggestion going round now that, with cars having recently bloated out so much in width, more crashes really are occuring.
From: Mrcheerful on 12 Jun 2010 18:44
Stu wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:26:58 +0000 (UTC), Tunku <none(a)none.com> wrote: > >> johannes <johs(a)sizefi435335353tter.com> wrote in >> news:4C137EB6.B02B6251 @sizefi435335353tter.com: >> >>> The MPV type window arrangement feels >>> claustrophobic; you can see straight ahead and through the side >>> windows, >>> >> >> I move my head about to see, just like I do on my motorbike. Is this >> a problem for you? > I'm with you. Any car has plenty of glazing to see out of, all that's > needed is a slight movement of the head when looking to join another > road etc. > > If there's one desirable aspect that modern cars have lost, for me, > it's character. > > Stu some of the modern vehicles have massive blind spots, I was quite surprised by how bad the view is from a Honda thing (Jazz?) I drove a little while ago, it had massive A pillars with a little triangle window, and it was very obstructive. Why anyone would test drive one and then buy one is beyond me, you could miss a bus in that blind spot !! Ford Focus has a large blind spot each side when you look to the rear. |