Re: convex stick-on mirrors

["Jan van de Wouw" <Jan@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, deloreanernst@xxxx wrote:
>>>(not the housing) with 'sphered' ones to 
>>>increase the visibility around the car.
> 
> I understand you can get small stick-on mirrors to do that. Put it
in the 
> corner of your existing mirror. Haven't done it myself.

Well I have done so on my Escort and I hated them so much that I 
removed them within a day: They had a black rim around them which was 
drawing my attention so much that every time I used my mirror, I
ended up looking cross-eyed!

Another problem I encountered was that because of the sudden change 
from flat to convex I had to re-focus to use the tiny mirror. Though 
this doesn't take all that long, every time this happens you "loose"
a few seconds of looking forward. On a Highway, driving at about 75 to
80 mph (about 120 kmh) thats around 35 meters (about 100 feet) you 
travel forward each second!

I think the Toyota-mirror someone suggested could be cut to a perfect 
size when done by a craftsman using the right tools. So what if this 
costs some money; any accident that you can avoid because of these 
mirrors will pay back for the costs. I mean what can you replace on a 
"D" for a few dollars? Close to nothing!

Greetings from the Neterlands,

Jan van de Wouw
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