>Well worth it, can't see little cars close but the regular mirror does that
>OK.  As long as I don't pile stuff up in the back works fine, seat up or
>down.
>
>Mike

> From: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
> Reply-To: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:19:42 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Seeing out the back window on a Westy w/ AC
>
> 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.
>