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Old 03-09-2006, 10:46 AM
kmh3 kmh3 is offline
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Real Name: Kurt Hutchison
Hybrids: 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid MT
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Default Re: Improving rear visibility in 2006 HCH

If the '06 was a hatchback and MT I would buy it in a heartbeat,
but I can buy mirror addons for less than $850 and I get
to keep my MT.

I recently have had two near collisions due to my inappropriate lane changes,
leading me to believe my right-side mirror has inadequate field of view.

I found a dizzying array of mirror add-ons on the internet.
Amazingly, my local auto parts store had most of them in stock.

So I bought a Wink, and some of the small square stick-ons
which let me see my tires for parallel parking. I liked the square ones
because they take less real estate from my side-view mirrors
than the round ones do.

And after all that I checked my mirrors for adjustment,
and wouldn't you know it, my right one was way off. The cheapest
solution of all would have been to adjust them properly.

I am not sure I am going to like the wink, while its field of vision is
nothing short of amazing, it interferes with the sun visors and lacks night mode.
I almost never drive at night so it may be ok, and since it
is a clip-on I can rip it off for night driving. If I did a lot
of night driving this would irritate me enough to chuck it however.

The square stick-ons are a no brainer however, they take so little
from the mirror and add so much, they will go on all my cars.

Thanks guys for starting this thread. :-)

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