Which used appliance car with blind spot/collision warning

Did the EX35 have BSM?

Before you go car shopping google "Autobahn Mirror". I have been blind in the left eye since an accident in 1966. To me the Autobahn Mirror is better than any blind spot warning system that I have found so far. The mirror lets me see whatever is there any time rather than just when it get close or in a certain position.

The mirror may be hard to find, they seem to appear and disappear from the market at times. The last ones I got were from Griot's Garage.

I rented a Mazda CX5 last week and it was my first experience with blind spot warnings in the mirrors.

I found it pretty useful after I figured out what it was (and that it wasn't my eyes and my brain playing tricks).

So there's one. And it wasn't totally soulless.

Also google "wide angle rear view mirror".

OHSCrifle wrote: I rented a Mazda CX5 last week and it was my first experience with blind spot warnings in the mirrors. I found it pretty useful after I figured out what it was (and that it wasn't my eyes and my brain playing tricks). So there's one. And it wasn't totally soulless.

We have a CX5 with it. It's okay, couldn't hurt. No replacement for situational awareness. It's never missed a car, but it does give a false-positive for Jersey barriers or guardrails from time to time. I rely on it more for a third party indicator of "socially acceptable" lane change space, otherwise I might cut it a little closer.

I wouldn't select a car based on BSM alone. Opt for one with a bigger greenhouse?

Got it on our '14 Mazda 6 and I'll echo Tyler's observations about how it functions. I'll also say it recently saved me from changing lanes into a car that was passing at a high enough rate of speed that I missed him approaching when checking my mirrors.

Mazda's BSM is a lot less annoying threshold than a new Impala I rented. It had lane departure, bsm, flashing red lights in the dash to reflect off the windscreen if it thinks you're approaching a car too fast, etc. Or maybe I really do drive like a dick. hmm...

OHSCrifle wrote: I rented a Mazda CX5 last week and it was my first experience with blind spot warnings in the mirrors.

And that is the problem I have with those systems. The warning indicator is in the mirror so someone with peripheral vision problems won't see the warning. My mirror is mounted inside the car where I can see it with my right eye. The "wide angle" mirrors work well as long as the B and C pillars on the car are reasonable size.