On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote:

> And now they are still the most useless pieces of dung hung on the side of a
> vehicle.

More useful than the inside mirror!  I'm 6' tall, so the inside mirror
gives me an excellent view of the pavement up to twelve feet behind the
van.  I can see tailgaters, my smoke plume, and anything I've just run
over, but that's about it. ;) Those big flat outside mirrors are handy
when backing.

I'll have to try the fresnel lens someone else mentioned.  I have to
wonder, though...if it's held on by the vacuum created by applying it with
water, won't it fall off in the winter when the water freezes and expands?

> Large fisheye mirror attachments.

I've had the 2" stick-on ones on every van I've owned.  They're very
helpful for lane changing.  I stick them on the inside corner, where they
don't block the view of anything important in the main mirror.

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