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Do 9n wing mirrors fold in?
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:56 pm
by damci
This might sound like a daft question but do they?
I've tried pushing them in but they seem a bit stiff and didn't want to break them off
side mirrors
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:59 pm
by knaps
yeah they do.....wish it was at the flick of a button tho
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:51 pm
by dino
Yep, Just push them in from the side.
Mine were a bit stiff to start with but now i do it daily they go in much easier.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:08 pm
by damci
cheers fella's
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:16 pm
by GaryUK
You learn something new every day, I never knew they did this!
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:54 pm
by macemc86
dino wrote:Yep, Just push them in from the side.
Mine were a bit stiff to start with but now i do it daily they go in much easier.
ditto!
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:15 am
by logistix
they fold "out" too! useful when careless drivers ride close to you and your mirrors "softly" touch
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:42 pm
by macemc86
logistix wrote:they fold "out" too! useful when careless drivers ride close to you and your mirrors "softly" touch
i didnt know that! hehe, im off out to try now lol!
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:38 pm
by dino
macemc86 wrote:logistix wrote:they fold "out" too! useful when careless drivers ride close to you and your mirrors "softly" touch
i didnt know that! hehe, im off out to try now lol!
Did it work?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:37 pm
by inder
maybe it snapped off hehe
j/k
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:14 am
by Si_GTi
It is a shame that our Polos don't have the convenience feature some cars have, whereby the mirrors can be set to fold in when you take the key out of the ignition and lock the car as you leave. Its a nice touch IMO. If my neighbour's 3½-year old Laguna has it fitted, why not VWs?
Came back to my car after work one day (parking arrangements are that the staff use the Cineworld carpark across the road, very much out of sight) to find that my driver's side mirror had been pushed about halfway in
thankfully no other damage so must have been a clumsy passenger getting into the car next to mine - despite the fact that I reverse-park on the end of a row and leave as much space as possible on the driver's side, and none on the passenger side (the end of the row)!
Carelessness is a b*tch
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:32 pm
by inder
There is a fuse in the polo, well a space for the fuse, labelled for folding mirrors
I wonder if it can be reversed engineered from another model of VW that has folding mirrors?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:54 am
by damci
I agree, for the amount of money you pay for the polo it would be nice to have electric folding in mirrors but then again I wouldn't swap it for any other small car!
I think the new Passat has the convenience feature but I think I would prefer a button to press to fold them in rather than them folding in automatically
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:11 am
by nickpolo
really? i never realised about the fuse, would be so up for fitting the stuff, does anyone know more about it?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:59 pm
by macemc86
yup deffo worked lol!