:>On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:57:40 -0700, me/2 wrote: :>
:>>On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:34:15 -0600, Roarmeister :>> wrote: :>>
:>>:>On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:24:37 +0100, Michael Heiming :>>:> wrote: :>>:>
:>>:>>In alt.autos.ford.focus Andy Lee : :>>:>>> On 15 Nov 2005 01:51:28 -0800, "grebz" :>>:>>> wrote: :>>:>>
:>>:>>>>To original poster, you can get some focus power collapsable mirrors :>>:>>>>from these guys in the UK :>>:>>>>
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:>>:>>> The originals are collapsable by hand they just need a good shove :>>:>>> always fold mine in if it's parked on the street. are the American :>>:>>> ones different then :>>:>>
:>>:>>Hi Andy! :>>:>>
:>>:>>Thx for acknowledging. Mine are although collapsible per default, :>>:>>which made me curious about the thread. The above URL :>>:>>"fordpartsuk" suggests at least that it's European. :>>:>
:>>:>Now I'm really curious - do the European mirrors have the heater function? :>>:>or is this a North American and specifically a Canadian design option? :>>:>
:>>:>I have heated seats (standard in my ZX5 and higher level packages) - the :>>:>switch is also connected to the heaters in the mirrors. I suppose they :>>
:>>That's interesting. On my '04 SVT Focus with the heated mirrors and :>>the heated leather Recaro seats (courtesy of the Euro package) it :>>states in the owner's manual that the heated mirrors are turned on :>>when you turn on the rear window defogger. I have verified on mine :>>that the seat heaters have nothing to do with the mirror heaters. :>
:>I've always wondered if that was a misprint or not. It makes sense to link :>it with the defrost instead of the seat heaters - may it was a misprint in :>'03? In any case, the heated mirrors and collapsible mirrors may have been :>mutually exclusive.
Just for the record, on the SVT Focus the mirrors are heated, electrically adjustable and collapsible. Oh yeah, and they have body colored covers unlike the black covers on the other Focus models. I guess we got more than just a SVT badge for the extra bucks. :-)
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