A few wonderings about Clarity features as a new owner
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Yeah, my Hyundai has those TPMS sensors, too. It is nice to have them.
I wonder how well the 11th-gen Civic's Adaptive Cruise Control works when driving into a sunrise or sunset? Happy we have the radar in our Clarity!
Tek_Freek
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Blind spot addition:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MZAE1E8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've added these to the left mirror (and in one case the right as well) for every car I've owned.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MZAE1E8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've added these to the left mirror (and in one case the right as well) for every car I've owned.
neal adkins
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The steering wheel shake is because lane departure. If you use the turn signal it won't shake. I drive my friends kia sportage and it beeps(annoyingly) when close to objects while maneuvering in tight spots. Not a favorite feature of mine. The blind spot camera should be replaced with a front camera activated when close to an object.
Then just multiply that 60 degrees (120 degrees cut in half) by three since you have three rear view mirrors!
The interesting thing is that if you adjust your mirrors properly, you will have very little, if any, blind spot. For some reason many people think they need to adjust their side mirrors so they can see the sides of their own car which is really a waste!
petteyg359
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So you magically split the car and move into both lanes on either side of you at the same time?
And the premise is simply wrong anyway. I have less peripheral vision than most because of a lazy eye, and I can see both the rear view and left mirror at the same time while looking ahead. It's even easier for the right mirror because it pops up on the video screen. Use your blinkers, angle your mirrors correctly (if you can see your own car, they're not out far enough), and be spotless.
That’s exactly right. I don’t think most people realize why most cars have three separately adjustable rear view mirrors. So many times I have jumped into a rental car or a friend’s car and I just shake my head at how overlapped their fields of view really are. You should be able to adjust them such that when a vehicle behind you just disappears out of view of one mirror it has already just appeared in the view of the other mirror. There is no good reason whatsoever for you to be able to see down the side of your car in either of your side mirrors. They should be angled out to see what is next to the car, not the car itself!
There seems to be a need to have the car notify the driver of any and all potential obstacles or dangers, that goes beyond properly adjusted mirrors.
It is just my opinion, that all of these driver “assistance” features breed lazy drivers and develop poor driving habits. Impulsive lane changes are just a bad idea, I don’t care how many cameras, buzzers or blinky lights adorn the car. And for the love of all things precious, if you can’t back a mid-sized sedan into a garage or parking spot without hitting a sign post or parking meter, please take some driving lessons. Please.
It is just my opinion, that all of these driver “assistance” features breed lazy drivers and develop poor driving habits. Impulsive lane changes are just a bad idea, I don’t care how many cameras, buzzers or blinky lights adorn the car. And for the love of all things precious, if you can’t back a mid-sized sedan into a garage or parking spot without hitting a sign post or parking meter, please take some driving lessons. Please.
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I agree wholeheartedly. There is no substitute (yet) for using your God-given faculties of hearing and vision to determine what’s going on around you. The moment you lazily give that up to a computer in your car is probably when you should quit driving.
quiet-cheese
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vision only ACC seems to be the way to go.
even the latest version of tesla full self driving beta seems to be using single front facing camera for ACC
Fast Eddie B
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Thanks! After over 55 years of driving, I can still learn something new!
On both our Clarity and our Ridgeline - the only cars I’ve driven since reading the above, both mirrors showed a substantial portion of the car/truck. Maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the mirror’s surface wasted. Don’t know when I got in the habit of adjusting them that way, but they’re much better now.
Sloanhoo
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The rear backup camera give a very wide view—more than my eyes. Also you can turn your head to increase field of vision. Another true story: We kept hearing soft music when backing, and after a year, I found out that was the backup pedestrian warning. The manual says you can disable it in models sold in Canada but not in the USA. I would like to adjust the volume so any pedestrian knows there is a car, but I can’t. Right now it’s too soft IMHO.
One option would be to buy a 2020 or 2021 model. The alert is allegedly much louder.
The Clarity's left mirror is already convex. For me, that negated the need for the stick on type that you linked. The Clarity is the first car (well, other than our tesla) that I haven't added that same product to in a long long time!
I can attest to that. You can definitely hear our 2020, especially in reverse.
I think I may have mentioned already in one of the areas but correctly positioning your mirrors also goes a long way toward eliminating blind spots. It seems that a lot of people have them positioned to see the sides of their vehicles and that just isn’t necessary.
Oops! Looks like I mentioned it in this very thread earlier in the month. But it’s something I can’t stress enough. When I was a young man, my father taught me this after he had read about it in some tips that were sent out by the car insurance company. Another thing he taught me was to never operate a car in reverse any more than you absolutely have to.