Wing mirror help please?

They used to have one, on the offside (driver's side).

A nearside mirror was an optional extra.

Thanks Steve for the quick reply looks like I'll have to eat humble pie!!

Or I could lie to her just to feel like I won!

The message from snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) contains these words:

Sort of.

The offside mirror was compulsory, the nearside was optional on saloon cars. Estates, vans and anything else which could reasonably be loaded to obscure the view through the rear window and the NS was compulsory. Whether it was like that from the start, I don't know, but that was the state of play at one stage.

For all I know it might still be!

Strictly speaking, no cars have wing mirrors now; they are fitted to the door. In the era when wing mirrors were common, they were completely optional. Only the interior mirror was needed.

My Mk1 Fiesta, bought new in 1983, came with only a driver's side mirror. I had to fit one to the NS in order to legally use it in France.

If my interpretation of the MOT rules are correct, it seems like you only need any one of the three on a car in order to pass thge MOT...

Chris

Thanks folks that was really helpful, i guess my wife won the argument (yet again!)

Opel Mantas where the last car I remember as never having them.

They always do, in the end. Or at least you have to let them think so to make them shut up ;-)

Although you could always point out that it was a very long time ago that this was the case, so she must be *very* old to remember it?

That'll help...

It isn't

You need the O/S exterior mirror, and either an interior, or a nearside exterior, unless your car is pre 1978

Unless your vehicle is pre-'78... :-)

Yep, thanks, I can see that now.

Chris.