NSTG8R
Elio Addict
I spent years in trucks with no inside rear view. Setting mirrors as suggested above gives no view straight behind you in that circumstance.
I'll leave my mirrors with a sliver of body visible, and check my blind spots. It's worked for me for over 25 years now.
Of course, with good driving habits, you already know a vehicle is there. It shouldn't be a suprise that another car is alongside you. They just don't beam down, yet.
Sounds like a good reason to have a 'full-time' rearview camera installed in the Elio, with a monitor mounted in the rearview mirror position [maybe with a fish-eye lens on the camera]. You could get away with adjusting the sideviews out that way. Don't want to be playing 'bumper cars' with something the size of the Elio for sure.