Brent et al.--

I'll put the info that I think is new in this thread first in this e-mail
then I follow with telling you what everybody else has already. I do the last
because it makes me feel important, so bear with me.

FLAPS usually sell a suction cup interior rear view mirror. You can suction
cup it to the windshield and see how new placement of the mirror will suit
you--what's the best spot etc. Problem with the suction cup mirror is it
vibrates like a son of a gun, and, while it's not useless, as a permanent
fixture it is not optimum. But the suction cup mirror gives you opportunity
to decide if you like the idea without a permanently mounted mirror.

Then like some others have I mounted a day-night rear view mirror low on the
winshield, about 3 inches or so above the dash. And same as others, if their
are people in the back seat you'll only see their heads with the new mirror.
I deal with that by organizing the ride so the best looking people sit in the
back seat when I'm travelling with more than two people.

I got the day-night mirror that glues to the windshield at FLAPS and it's
black and suits the interior fine. Problem is it wacks out the dash mounted
compass rendering the compass useless. Go figure. I've seen rear view
windshield mounted mirrors in the new Jettas that look like they might be all
plastic--mine from the FLAPS has a metal mounting shaft which I think is the
culprit of the compass debacle which had me heading south to Wichata, KS
thinking I was heading to west to Colorado in the mirror's early days.

I kept the stock interior rear view mounted where it is and it is useful also
and doesn't really take away from the rakish lines of the Vanagon--think the
scooter on the cover of the Quadraphenia album.

And further I would say "yes" to the fishnel lense in the rear window. It's a
real nephew saver. "Yes" to the rectangular convex mirrors on the outside
rear view mirrors.

Jeff
83.5 Westy
93 Fox
LA,CA

In a message dated 3/19/2002 7:55:15 AM Pacific Standard Time,
sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> 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?