At 09:11 AM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Gary Atkinson wrote:
>
>> If you really need the larger mirrors for towing etc then go for it,
>> but...be advised, they cause a blind spot behind them.
>
> That blind spot is also pretty pronounced on my Dak with the 5x7
>remote mirrors. The pillar in my Club Cab, along with the mirrors,
>makes for a blind spot bigger than with any other vehicle I've driven
>since I was a bus driver.
>
> The blind spot is pretty easily taken care of, though. Just go get a
>couple of stick-on convex fisheye mirrors. I think mine cost me US$2-3.
>
>> > I'd spend the extra $20 or so for the 6x9 power mirrors -- both for
>> > the extra view, and because they fold.
>
> I hate power accessories and avoided the 6x9 power mirrors, but I can
>speak from bitter experience that the 5x7 mirrors _do_not_ fold. Now I
>have a new passenger-side mirror, and a nice little dent in the door. :(
>
> Ron
>
>
Guys:
I have the 6x9 power mirrors and have a bit to add to this. Adjusting the
mirrors precisely seems to cover the blind spot...ie. vehicle passing on
left appears in peripheral vision about the same time as it disappears in
the mirror. The mirror is wide enough to see around a small house trailer
and my boat trailer without using an add-on.
The fold in feature is handy. I got 'mirror clipped' by a jerk who was
over way over center line in a Toyota 4x4. The mirror popped in and only
cracked the lens. Now, since CC doesn't offer replacement lenses, I got a
new mirror out of the deal, but you can buy after-market glass that fits.
I did, now I have a spare drivers side mirror.
I didn't want power mirrors either, but it was the only way to get the
larger folding mirror.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
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