Originally Posted by 62thunderbird
Never too old to learn. My friend's daughter learned in Driver's Ed how to adjust the mirrors. She was taught by a UPS driver. She told me how and I scoffed. But I went ahead and tried it. Damned if after 42 years on the road, I now have my mirrors correctly set. I have no blind spots on the Crossfire coupe and it's easy.
1. Lean as far to the right as you can and adjust the right mirror so you can just see the side of your car.
2. Lean left and do the same to the left mirror.
That's it! Now a vehicle leaving your rear view mirror will seamlessly enter the appropriate side mirror. And as it leaves the side mirror(s) it's into side window view. No on-road blind spots. If I need to see the side of my car for backing up, I simply lean in. all my cars are now so adjusted.
Try it. It works. As far as a lower view out the back, I don't think anything will help that other than a rear view camera.
Exactly the same way I position my mirrors as I mentioned here before. The idea is no overlapping between the rear mirror and side mirrors, which means maximizing the area that the mirrors can cover.
But the way I setup the side mirrors is slighter different. I position the mirror on the road. I let a car to pass me on my left, and I adjust the side mirror so that as the car disappear in the rear mirror, it then begin to reappear in the left side mirror. Same thing on the right side.