I do this on long drives, but always have to put it back to normal when it's time to park. It would be neat if cars would implement some sort of automatic switch between this configuration and the straight-back mode when reversing.

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Melatonic 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why do you need to see the sides of your own vehicle to park ?

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bluGill 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't, but I need to see things an inch away. I need to see the lines which are often close to my car as well.

Meanwhile when parking I don't need to see things more than a couple feet from my car.

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Melatonic 2 hours ago | parent [-]

So you also angle the mirrors down a ton ? My old car (a VW) had an option to automatically do this on the passenger side mirror when in reverse. Not sure id want to do this manually each time though (up and down)

	▲	bluGill an hour ago \| parent [-]
		With manual mirrors I aim for driving and 'hope and pray' when parking. My current car has cameras which show me the ground around it when I press a button which solves all my needs. Probably a better solution, but not on most cars from what I can tell.

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yostrovs 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Many cars do this. Typically they point the mirrors in and down when the car is set into reverse, so you can see the curb.