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Cars on the Street in Tokyo
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The fender mount mirrors were a Japanese thing. They are positioned so that you can look throgh the windshield and see your blind spots, instead of turning your head. It actually works pretty well.Originally Posted by ratboycom
You don't need fender mounts to do that. Door-mounted mirrors can be adjusted so they cover your blind spots, too. For the (left-hand) driver's side, lean over to the left, not quite touching your head to the window glass, and adjust your left mirror until you can just barely see the edge of your car. For the right mirror, lean to the right until you're in the middle of the car, and adjust it out until you can barely see the right side of the car. Done correctly, a car exiting your central rear-view mirror will be entering one of your side mirrors. I still look over my shoulders though for smaller things like motorcyclists. --Andre
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It makes more sense when you're trying to pull out into traffic as the mirror can get a better shot of the next lane. Unfortunately, it looks ugly as sin.Originally Posted by j
I love fender mounts, especially on classic Japanese cars (would look great on your 510!)
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You don't need fender mounts to do that. Door-mounted mirrors can be adjusted so they cover your blind spots, too. For the (left-hand) driver's side, lean over to the left, not quite touching your head to the window glass, and adjust your left mirror until you can just barely see the edge of your car. For the right mirror, lean to the right until you're in the middle of the car, and adjust it out until you can barely see the right side of the car.Originally Posted by Andre Yew
Done correctly, a car exiting your central rear-view mirror will be entering one of your side mirrors. I still look over my shoulders though for smaller things like motorcyclists.
--Andre
+1. For some people though, like my gf, they have some weird habit of having to see the body of their car all the time. They fully understand the benefits of having mirrors span out as far as possible, but for some reason they feel disconnected without being able to see their own car. Strange!
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+1. For some people though, like my gf, they have some weird habit of having to see the body of their car all the time. They fully understand the benefits of having mirrors span out as far as possible, but for some reason they feel disconnected without being able to see their own car. Strange!Originally Posted by DarkNWorn
I keep the very edge of my car in both my side mirrors because I need it as a reference point to tell where the things in the mirror are relative to me. I head check religiously though, so I could lose both mirrors and be mostly fine anyway. I also noticed that I almost never use the right one, having gotten most of my early driving practice in cars with only a left one.
Anyway, more Tokyo cars! (Well, vehicles...)
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I saw some really nice cars in Jiyugaoka the other day but I didn't have my camera with me....
Also, if anyone is interested in seeing Japanese street racer type cars, they are quite plentiful in Chiba.
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Originally Posted by dtmt
I saw some really nice cars in Jiyugaoka the other day but I didn't have my camera with me....
Also, if anyone is interested in seeing Japanese street racer type cars, they are quite plentiful in Chiba.
Thats because Chiba=Wangan zone
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I too need to see some part of the car in my mirror.
But my left mirror has, on its furthest end, a part fo it which is built differently, (like a concave mirror or something), which basically covers everything you need to see. Its pretty sweet. When i drive other cars that dont have it i feel a bit lost.
But my left mirror has, on its furthest end, a part fo it which is built differently, (like a concave mirror or something), which basically covers everything you need to see. Its pretty sweet. When i drive other cars that dont have it i feel a bit lost.
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I never use the right-hand side mirror. In fact, I believe older cars didn't even have right-hand side mirrors, only the left-hand one--and sometimes that was just an option.
I particularly like the appearance of fender-mounts--you see them on MGs and Alfa Romeos as some of them didn't have factory side view mirrors.
Some Citroen (seen in Daikanyama)
A Citroen SM.
I particularly like the appearance of fender-mounts--you see them on MGs and Alfa Romeos as some of them didn't have factory side view mirrors.
Originally Posted by ratboycom
Some Citroen (seen in Daikanyama)
A Citroen SM.
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Originally Posted by LabelKing
A Citroen SM.
It is not an SM, the SM is much better looking and has the plexiglass over the headlights extended over the licence plate that is inbetween the headlights, thus following and complementing the shape of the bonnet.
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