Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:12:51 -0500
Reply-To: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
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From: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: rear wipers
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The real problem is all that damned furniture you Westy owners lug around
obscures the view. ;)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 13, 2007 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: rear wipers
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Even for us folks of appropriate height (5'3"), you can't see much of
anything out the back. Doesn't block my forward view, though.
Joy
:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Todd Last
:::Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:30 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: rear wipers
:::
:::I've always wondered about that as particularly for taller drivers the
:::rearview mirror is to high to see straight out the back. Unfortunately
:::manufacturers stopped putting in dash-mounted rear-view mirrors because
:::of safety regulations.
:::
:::I've often wondered if anyone has found a reariew mirror with a longer
:::mount that would replace the stock mirror, or one that could be dash
:::mounted.
:::
:::For me, the stock rearview mirror blocks a significant portion of my
:::forward vision and offers a poor view out the back.
:::
:::Todd
:::'88 Westy
:::
:::
:::Does anyone remember the 4 and 5 panel "Wink" mirrors popular in the late
:::'60's and '70s
:::
:::
:::
::: -------------- Original message ----------------------
:::From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
:::> I installed an additional rear view mirror down low ... one of the
:::> "mount on glass" types that only cost about $12.00 US. Now I can see
:::> straight out the back window.
:::>
:::> Mike
:::> '84 GL 7 pass without rear wiper
:::> '85 GL Westy without rear wiper
:::>
:::>
:::> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote:
:::> > On 2/13/2007 12:26 PM Maggie Dew wrote:
:::> >
:::> >> Umm, you guys use the back window to see out of?
:::> >>
:::> >
:::> > For me, the front center rear view mirror is so high that when I look
:::> > through the rear window with it, I can only see cars that are close
:::> > behind. Otherwise, the line of sight angles down too much to see very
:::> > far back.
:::> >
:::> > --
:::> >
:::> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
:::> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
:::> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
:::> > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
:::> > KG6RCR
:::> >
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mordo
1990 Carat
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