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14th April 2012, 10:27 PM
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Facelift D2 Rearview Mirror Is Massive Blind Spot!
My wife drove my '01 S8 for the first time today, just a 9 mile round trip to the grocery stores.
She had issues when negotiating tight left-hand corners at slow speeds. The rearview mirror creates a massive blind spot. I too have had this same issue, you negotiate a tight left-hander at slow speeds, and you're acutely aware of the rearview mirror. My wife is a petite 5'4" and I'm 5'11". It doesn't seem to matter how the driver's seat is adjusted, the mirror is right in my line of vision when taking slow left-handers. Has anyone else observed this? It never seemed to be an issue on both my pre-facelift D2's.
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14th April 2012, 10:32 PM
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never really noticed it on mine, but now you have mentioned it sure I will from now on
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14th April 2012, 10:43 PM
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I've got the distinct feeling pre-facelift mirrors are different to facelift versions.
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14th April 2012, 11:02 PM
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I haven't noticed that, but just because I'm mod maniac the first thing I did I purchased left mirror with blind spot from LHD car. For unknown to me reason Audi only supplies blind spot mirror from driver side.
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14th April 2012, 11:12 PM
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 - I'm referring to the internal rearview mirror.
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15th April 2012, 07:08 AM
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Never had a problem with mine, then again I tend to sit low in the car and the mirror is not in direct line of site.
Multi story car parks, well I do have issues with those simply because the two I use in Poole are very tight 1970's built and getting up / down the ramps is difficult enough due to the angle of approach.
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