On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Gnarlodious wrote:

> I'll say! When I had my van painted they put the mirrors on the wrong sides.
> After all, they bolt on and work fine, at least until you drive it. it took
> some insistence to get them to notice that the rotation was all wrong, even
> though the mirrors worked as expected.

I drove around for a couple months wondering why my mirrors wouldn't
adjust right before discovering the PO had put them on the wrong sides.

They *almost* work that way.  It took seeing someone else's van, and then
noticing the water drain holes in my mirrors were on the *sides*, for the
light to go on.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon