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Old 12-05-2007, 05:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Now - '07 Hyundai Accent GS

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My Accent 'Now' has HUGE mirrors on it. It is actually decieving how 'small' of a car it is when driving because of this. They provide a more than ample view of my surroundings. I had removed them when I purchased the car, and utilized the small convex mirror inside the drivers door. I do not know how much this lowered the drag, but wasn't able to quantify the results.

I drive a lot of miles per year for work (bought 'Now' New less than four months ago and have over 12k miles on it currently) and it didn't take me long to reinstall the mirrors due to vision concerns in traffic. Just after removing the mirrors, I had taken a trip out to Pittsburgh and had problems changing lanes saftely due to the lack of mirrors. I did not have the 'convex' rear view mirror and think that may help alot. I was considering fabricating 'smaller' mirrors, but have put that a little lower on my to do list below grille block, wheel spats and undercarriage tray/paneling.

Mirror delete is on the list for the 'UnNamed Wagon', but I'm still looking for a better solution for 'Now'. Small camera and screen would be nice, but are a little outside of my discretionary income budget.
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