Name rings a bell

I just read a letter in the Sunday Times motoring supplement written by Antony New - talking about his Triumph, so definitely the same chap who used to post here regularly. He was saying that wing mirrors are less vulnerable than the door mirrors on modern cars. Ten minutes after reading that, I knocked the glass out of my wing mirror by clipping a bush on my drive that I'd been meaning to trim for ages. Damn.

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Willy Eckerslyke
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Willy Eckerslyke realised it was Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:00:59 +0000 and decided it was time to write:

I'm looking forward to your letter in the Sunday Times.

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Yippee

Not only that, but any movement reflected in the wing mirrors would be seen in the driver's peripheral vision while still watching the road ahead, . Door mirrors require a conscious effort to look in, and the driver's eyes are taken off the road ahead to do so. I suspect the modern fashion of putting mirrors on doors is more to do with aerodynamics than usefulness.

And I bet you weren't going fast enough to trim the bush at the same time! :-)

Jim

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Jim Warren

I'm sure that originally they were moved to the doors because they could then be adjusted from within the car. Modern motor technology negates that problem.

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Chris Bolus

I think it had more to do with people sliding into them on their way across the bonnet when hit.

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wexnz

It's relevant, yes. but mirrors made the shift to the door long before we became so safety-aware. My 1974 Mini had door-mounted mirrors (actually mirror - single!) as standard. My 1969-registered Elf has them on the wings.

I suspect another factor was legislation making at least one compulsory

- manufacturers could easily design them into the doors. Before then, most were retro-fited by the DIY motorist, where drilling the doors was a tricky operation.

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Chris Bolus

I only get them handed down to me about a month out of date (I'm not going to line the Dirty Digger's coffers myself), so it's always too late to write. Which is just as well, given some of the stuff their regular correspondents come out with.

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Willy Eckerslyke

Yup, though I do find door mirrors more useful for reversing, due to the larger/closer image.

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Willy Eckerslyke

It's been a while since I have driven anything with wing mirrors, but ISTR more problems with being dazzled by following headlamps than with door mounted ones.

Ron Robinson

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R.N. Robinson

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