Series III and more leg room

[yorker]

My only complaint is trying to see out the windshield at a traffic light .

That drives me nuts in most cars I drive, I need a periscope or some sort of mirror to see the traffic lights. I always have to scrunch down to see them. Sometimes I just end up looking at the reflection on the hood.

[SalemRover]

Sometimes I just end up looking at the reflection on the hood.

That is one shiny tire!

[Wander]

I think we may have scared Spencer off LR's guys.

Several of you mentioned not being able to see stop lights. There is a prism decal that you can stick to the inside of your windscreen that will refract the light from the stop light and allow you to see it go from red to green without having to see the actual light. This is a problem with MINI Coopers too due to their upright windscreen-I think FJC's also have this problem. I can't remember where to get them but I think they are fairly easy to find. I'll do some digging.

Here it is...http://hhrboutique.com/items/hhr-int...ism-detail.htm

[yorker]

I remember someone on the LRO list mentioned those prism's years ago- I never bothered to find one but man- I have been tempted at times.

[yorker]

That is one shiny tire!

ha! needless to say the shiny hood thing doesn't work in my series rovers!!

[Andrew IIA]

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/windsh...rism,2327.html

I also recall a flat stick-on prism thingy for the windscreen; and some have said they use a small round wide-angle mirror on the their bonnet-mounted spare tire.

[yorker]

http://tawayama.com/gear/crewcab/crewcab.html

[robert wood]

Well I'm 6'6 and have been driving series since the sixties. I never think much about the leg room. Longest trip I ever did was when I drove from Vancouver to New York - container ship to Rotterdam - and down to Italy where I worked for a year. And a side trip to Syria.

My spine remains flexible but I have hearing loss as a result. Ray

[Spenser]

Sorry, no didnt scare me away yet! The periscope issue is kind of funny though, I have the same problem with my Jeep Commander, similar small upright windshield. That is where the sunroof comes in handy! I will continue the search, have my eyes on one locally, waiting for the email back to go visit it. And the Tamayama 130 build did catch my eye, that was, or still is for sale but is WAY above what I was thinking about spending. As always, thank you one and all, and will report back as things progress, or if surgey to shorten my spine is successful!

[Wander]

Now your talking! It's not a problem with the Rover, it's a problem with you.

Good luck with the search, check back often and let us know what you are looking at. I really enjoy the rearch/search part of the process and enjoy it even more when it's other peoples money!