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Subject:Re: Seeing out the back window on a Westy w/ AC
From:Stones
Date:Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:19:42 -0500

At 07:55 AM 3/19/02 -0800, you wrote:
>On my drive to the office this morning, I got to thinking that if the rear
>view mirror was mounted on the dash instead of the roof, that a clear view
>out the back window could be had.  Has anyone tried this?  Is there a good,
>OEM-looking rear view mirror that would be suitable for dash mounting that
>anyone knows of?

I would be concerned that you wouldn't be able to see small cars if your
line of sight was from the dashboard (Roof height on a Rabbit) out over the
bottom of the hatch window (Also roof height of a rabbit)...
It would be even worse if you had stuff in the middle and back seats, or in
the cargo area that was higher than the seat back.