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Euro Split view mirror 'Driver Side' 850 1995

Yup and I do the same .. good habits are hard to break! :)

However ..I took my 850 out for a customer site visit this morning. I usually use the 240 but decided the 850 was ready for a good 200 mile trip .. or I was finally getting spolied with the creature comforts of this car. On the way home I was merging from one freeway exchange to another one. Nothign special .. I do that daily without thinking about it.

I know this baby has a blind spot but GEEZE I never knew it was so large.. I had a double 22 wheeler in front of me merging, you know the ones with the extra trailer and another one in the slow lane "in my blind spot" on the freeway where I was merging on.

Dudes .. I even turned my head and didn't see this big brute bearing on me! There was no sign of him in the drivers side rearview or the interior rear view, but I could hear him since I had the window down. I'm not a big A/C fan since the 240 doesn't have it and I've gotten used to the 2/55-65 air conditioning! :) .

I punched the 850 to get around the slow mover in front of me.. and when I finally got a chance to see the other big heavy it was when I was between lanes.

Arrghhh..... I gotta have a wide angle view on this thing .. otherwise it's gonna be dangerous merging left. Luckily I don't speed and I'm still getting used to the car so no worries. I can't wait to get the sway bars to induce some better handling .. the stock bars suck!!!! My 240 handles turns and cornering much much better that the 850 .. I'm hoping its because of the extra bars on the 240 and the control between the seat and the steering wheel unit! :)


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New Euro Split view mirror 'Driver Side' [850][1995]
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