Honda Civic rear visibility...

Zipppy

Honda Civic rear visibility..how bad is it really in every day motoring due to that rear spoiler?

Would it put you off buying?

colm_mcm

Nah, the mirrors are plenty big and you get used to it.
The lack of rear wiper on the 2005> model is more of a pain tbh but again you get used to it quickly.

Technique

I've got rear parking sensors on my Civic so it has never really bothered me.

Skylinehead

It doesn't really bother me as much as I thought it would. If you struggled with reversing normally, then maybe it would be an issue.

colm_mcm

Jeez How many people have 8th gen Civics on here!

high horse

I find that the spoiler prevents me from getting blinded by cars driving behind me with badly focused lights at night.

MuppetCheck

It's only a problem if you have poor spacial awareness. It's poor alright but easily judged.

Like anything you will get used to it very quickly, after a few hours in a LWB Opel Vivaro I had gotten no rear window and no side windows behind the driver.

Zcott

high horse wrote: »

I find that the spoiler prevents me from getting blinded by cars driving behind me with badly focused lights at night.

Yep, this. I won't deny visibility would be better without the spoiler there but it's not really an issue.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

high horse wrote: »

I find that the spoiler prevents me from getting blinded by cars driving behind me with badly focused lights at night.

when i had mine thats what i liked about it too

i dont think its in the way at all

then again its not necessary to have a middle rear view mirror anyway

colm_mcm

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

then again its not necessary to have a middle rear view mirror anyway

Said the bus driver