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Old 12-12-2011, 12:34 AM   #13 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by 3dplane View Post
California98Civic: Why do you have police attention? And what would they say about the small mirrors? As long as you can see whatever feet behind the law says!?
They look cool. But they are so small that with my luck I'll run into a cop who will want to get a closer look, which means I get pulled over. That happened with my 9 year old in the car. She was so embarrassed! Then I can easily imagine an officer debating whether I really can see the statute's required 200 ft behind the car. I might get a fix-it ticket from that debate alone. But lastly, when they have me sitting there, they might just decide to write a "fix-it" ticket for my tint, which is a bit darker than permitted on the forward side windows. It's just a balance I try to strike. After my second traffic stop and warning for the dual mirror delete, I replaced the driver's side and deleted the passenger mirror and left it at that. The passenger mirror is not required in Cali.

But I love your mod. The paint and the fit are really excellent in these pics!

Congrats!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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