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Originally Posted by brucey
The mirror is just on a piece of metal bent and wedged into place behind the speaker there. The overall view is smaller, tinier, and not as focused, but I can still see whats there without the outside mirror.
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Is it better than one of the multiple mirror rearview mirrors? For instance, this one (not that I have it or endorse it, it's just an example) :
Day Night & Blind Spot Rearview Mirror
Most of the multiple view rear view mirrors lose the day/night function, which makes them awful at night, but the one above has retained this feature, at least on the main mirror. I tend not to use the side view mirrors at night in any case since it is tough to judge distance from a pair of glowing spots.
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Originally Posted by brucey
I'm keeping the outside mirrors (but folded in) because backing up this boat in tight quarters is near impossible without them.
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The folded in position on the external mirrors isn't terribly aerodynamic. When extended the mirror sits on a stalk of sorts, so that some of the air can flow along the car body between the mirror and the car. When folded in I think the mirror will disrupt this flow. Also in the folded in position the leading edge of the mirror isn't very aerodynamic. While completely removing the side mirrors would definitely reduce drag, it isn't clear that folding them in will.