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Originally Posted by Fastbrew
What's that off of? That slays for visibility. I do not like the stock mirrors and Rexspeed seems to be the goto - however - that mirror makes it look silly.
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I found that pic off this page you can read the explanation:
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/bl...a5-jetta-golf/
I used to have this for my Golf GTI, it's what German cars come stock from the factory in Europe / RoW. It allows you to change lanes to the driver side amazingly fast without the need to shoulder check (imagine merging into the fast lane on the Autobahn with cars going 200km/h+). The passenger side mirror is already convex (some people buy the UK market driver side mirror to put on the right side, I didn't).
Here in Canada, the only Japanese car I've seen that is equipped with this stock is the new Honda CRV, and Saab used to come with this here as well. The driver side mirror on the new Fords seems ghetto to me (they use the top left corner like those stick-ons).
The electronic blind spot indicator is not all that effective as I've almost gotten hit by SUVs equipped with this system a few times already (I had to honk at them hard).
Those Rexpeeds look interesting, but the blue tint (like old Bimmers) may get a little hard to see during heavy rain, and there's no dotted warning line to indicate the blind spot area.