I think it's because that's the way a lot of the catalogs show them.
Check out the Bus Depot Catalog, they're all shown wrong. People just
follow what the pictures show without thinking about it.

Jim

On Apr 22, 2005, at 9:56 AM, jbange wrote:

>>
>> though still a sweet van..
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
>> ViewItem&category=15291&item=4544740482&rd=1
>
> My god, why is it that so many people can't seem to figure out the
> manual
> side-view mirrors? Does it not strike them as odd that they have to
> push
> them all the way down on the swivel and even then they don't quite sit
> level? Is it not OBVIOUS that they're on the wrong sides? Is the fact
> of
> "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" lettering showing up
> written SIDEWAYS on the "driver's side"  not a beat-you-over-the-head
> clue
> that it actually goes on the PASSENGER side? ARGH!
>
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
> 9 months owned - $11144 "invested"
>