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15 messages, Last post on Jul 14, 2011 at 4:38 PM
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#13 of 15 Re: Do I have the last car with good visibility? [ronsteve] by benjaminh
Jul 14, 2011 (12:34 pm)
Replying to: ronsteve (Jul 14, 2011 4:29 am)
Yeah, I always loved those Volvo wagons--and one the reasons was the great visibility. I have what I feel like is a modern-day version of it--a Mazda5, which has good but not great visibility.
#14 of 15 Re: Rear visibility crisis [lemko] by benjaminh
Jul 14, 2011 (12:35 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Jul 14, 2011 6:34 am)
Sounds nice. Did you buy it new?
#15 of 15 Re: Rear visibility crisis by hoosiergrandad
Jul 14, 2011 (4:38 pm)
Replying to: benjaminh (Jun 27, 2011 11:24 am)
My family had a '65 Catalina hardtop with great rear visibility, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in it if it rolled over. Whiplash was pretty likely if you were rear-ended (no headrests). I currently own a Crosstour, which has caught some Flak because the roof supports "only" 2.8 times the car's 4000+ pounds of weight.
Look for Federally mandated rear visibility standards down the road, even though previously mandated standards are no small part of the problem. Same could be said for safety (weight) vs. gas mileage requirements.
All of this can probably be accomplished......at some price.
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