Can someone explain this? In little words?

carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants
Because I am having a hard time understanding exactly how and why this happens.

I am 5'5" with long legs/short torso. Husband is 6'2" with long torso/short legs. We have a Subaru Legacy wagon and Kia Optima sedan. We have a Nautilus center rear in each car. I just adjusted the headrest and raised the straps to the top position on both seats. I still see out the rearview mirror just fine in both cars. Husband reports that he can no longer see out of the rearview mirror in either car and requests that I move the seat outboard in the car he drives the most (which I will). How does it block for him but not for me? I'm shorter -- I should have a harder time seeing over a tall seat, right?
 
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Maedze

New member
Could it be that you are looking up and thus the reflection comes down and over the top of the seat, while your husband is looking at or down and thus the reflection from out the back is blocked?
 

o_mom

New member
If your Legacy is like mine was, there is a height adjustment on the seat - he is probably moving it down when he drives. That's the only thing I can figure unless he likes a different view of the back than you do - my mom has some system of mirror settings that works for her but I can't figure it out.
 

carseatcoach

Carseat Crankypants
No, he doesn't adjust the height on the seat -- it's "his" car, so when I drive it I adjust the mirrors and move the seat up, but don't bother with the height and tilt and lumbar settings.

What Maezde wrote makes sense, I think. I know I'm looking up and over the seats. I think he's tall enough that he's probably looking down.
 

beeman

Active member
Tell him to try flipping the mirror upside down :twocents: . If he's looking down on it he's going to have poor visibility with or without the seat in the center position. I tried this with my rear view mirror because it was right at eye level and causing a big blind sight in the windshield. With it raised up it made a huge difference for visibility in the mirror too. This way the mirror will look over the seat rather than through it.
 

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