Mirror Knocked Off

[kgwedi]

Last week someone tried to steal something from the WalMart near me, and the guy got chased by WalMart employees. He ran through the parking lot and broke the passenger mirror off of my Metro.
It looks real sleek without it. I think I'll leave it off. I have one of those large curved inside mirrors that fits over my regular interior rear view mirror, and that seems to be more than adequate.
Whether there will be a noticeable gain in FE remains to be seen, but it looks so nice. Now I want to remove the drivers side mirror also.

[MetroMPG]

Conventional side mirrors account for 0.03 of a vehicle's drag coefficient, according to a comment made by one of the engineers on GM's PNGV Precept.

That figure is repeated & quantified at 3-6% of total vehicle drag for a modern car in a report called " Contribution of different devices to the total drag " (PDF). (link is now dead.)

I replaced my Firefly's passenger mirror with a convex inside mirror placed just inside, next to the window glass. I figured removing one mirror was good for 1.5% increase in fuel economy on the Metro/Firefly.

Reflections on side mirrors: testing drag vs. MPG - MetroMPG.com

Like many individual mods, it's too small an improvement to detect outside of normal tank-to-tank variability, but it's real.

[SoobieOut]

I think it was destiny that of all the cars in the lot the thief found an Ecomodder's car side mirror to rip-off...

[ajjct]

check state laws and see if you can remove drivers side and go with inside mirrors. i have the same rear view mirror that gives that extra view and removed both out side mirrors but alot of peole go with small mirrors on the inside but i put in a set of 4x8 on the inside to give a better view and there is no blind spots any were.