TomTarzian

For those who now have their Spyders, how is the visibility from the driver's seat to the rear quarters and rear, especially with the top up?

God bless,
TT

Sausage416

Terrible ,worst than a camaro with the top up. With the top down ,it feels like you’ve taken the blindfold off.

VVG

I actually found it to be better than what I had thought. The actual field of view out the small rear window was the same as in my 981 Cayman GTS, and the blind spots to the side rear are not really any different than many other sports car convertibles. You can not expect the visibility to be great when buying this type of car to begin with.

Sausage416

wasnt expecting visibility to be great ,just letting op know that it’s terrible. I’ve had a 981 cayman gts many moons ago as well ,visibility on that was terrific for the type of car. Convertible 911 are fine when the roof is up...

Westcoast

Personally I never look back to see who is chasing me!

Sausage416

Was talking about looking to the side for blind spot while changing lanes. Once you get your car ,you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Dyim

Are you saying there is always going to be a blind spot no matter how you adjust the side mirrors (with top up)?

I am talking about a blind spot that a small car can completely disappear, not bikes.

Mark Dreyer

That’s a great question. It makes me think the folks telling you visibility is terrible don’t have their mirrors adjusted properly. I haven’t had an issue with visibility but it does require adjusting the mirrors to remove blind spots.

Larry Cable

note that you can get aspherical driving mirrors that do "help" with blind spots, I have one on the drivers side of my '15 GTS Cab

https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/SKU991ASP.html

n4v4nod

It’s no different than the 981 Spyder (Has the exact same roof and boot)... the Boot Humps are awesome looking, but they block rear three quarter view... in fact all Spyders do... it’s the nature of the design with humps. It’s no biggie though, As mentioned it’s just a matter of adjusting your mirrors properly.

Larry Cable

I'd recommend installing a pair of the aspherical mirrors ... really reduces that nasty blindspot where a car can hide where you might cut them off when lane changing ... easy to DIY install...

Archimedes

In the 981 Spyder there was a definitely a blind spot that required leaning forward and or looking up and over the hump.

s2kspyder

How about never drive the car with the top up? Should never be out in the rain anyways!

I came from another car with a big blind spot (s2000), over time I got used to it and adjusted accordingly.

Archimedes

The Spyder still has a blind spot with the top down, unless you’re seven feet tall.

s2kspyder

I am no where close to that height! I like to sit low too, going to be in trouble. Maybe I should see the car now.....