Angle from which the driver looks through them is also different. :wink2:

But I couldn’t tell you if it’s normal or not without looking carfully.

 

Mine are the same!

I checked using an angle finder/bevel thingy

 

This is like this on a bunch if my other cars, maybe a design thing?

 

Best way to tell if it’s purposely done...compare them between left hand drive and right hand drive cars. If the mirror opposite the driver is angled in more on both, then you have your answer.


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Best way to tell if it’s purposely done...compare them between left hand drive and right hand drive cars. If the mirror opposite the driver is angled in more on both, then you have your answer.

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Need the help of our UK friends to comment on this. Just by looking at pictures on the Internet, it looks to me only the coupes are having this characteristic.

 

Have U guys ever noticed that the passenger side has a nipple on the bottom while the driver side does not ?

 

You may have to fit a clear bra?

 

Different angles on the 4C and on some cars they are in different positions, because you're at a different angle to each mirror, and one way to keep them small is to angle them. Also, the closer (more forward) the seating is to the position of the mirror, the more important the angle be tailored a bit. Oversized mirrors have more room for error.

Semi-related: I spent a considerable time once in the early days of the internet on some message board explaining why objects in the passenger mirror need to smaller than they are, which requires the message of 'objects in mirror are closer than they appear'. Hopefully, we don't go down a similar path.

 

 

I will check but I’m pretty sure the Passenger side will be angled in more. This will be due to the driver position being on the opposite side to that mirror (needs a steeper angle to get the rear view. Some cars have enough adjustment within the mirror casing to allow just the glass to have a steeper angle.

 

Maybe it's just out of place. You know the mirrors will fold in all the way to the body. Maybe it's just not folded out all the way. Give it a little push and see if it "clicks" into place. Mine are the same angle to each other.

 

That's not the case, I have been staring at this thing for 15 minutes lol.

 

Looks normal to me...

You want to basically see from the rear corner of the car to the lane next to you, in each mirror. That means the mirrors have to be at different angles. The glass, that is.

Look up "reversibility of light". The angle of reflection (measured to the "normal" = line perpendicular to the glass or to a tangent to the curved glass you are looking at) equals the angle of incidence.
When you sit in the driver's seat, you are closer to the driver's mirror, and hence those angles are more acute than when you look across to the passenger's mirror. Yes, the glass is what is tilted, but it appears that they may have also moved the housings in our case.

Still awake? You can also check to make sure that nobody has knocked the housing (which does rotate if you hit it - sort of "folding in").

 

In your picture, you can see the passenger mirror casing is angled more towards the body of the 4C. I checked with my 4C buddies in Vancouver and they were surprised all their mirror casing are angled more on the passenger's side. They didn't notice until I pointed it out, one said the Pagani has the same type of set up.

 

Yes, the passenger side is angled in more than the driver side.

And guess what? Same on my other four vehicles. Shocking, I know! Angles are hard!!!

Beyond that, the GT passenger side mirror is several inches further back on the door as well as angled in more. Big A pillars. Imagine that! What will they think of next? :idea:

If the angles are different on three sports cars, an SUV, and a truck, my conclusion is it would be unusual for both mirrors to be at the same angle.

GT40 beside GT (not my photo).

 

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GT40 beside GT (not my photo).

Wow, whale and calf, or what?
:surprise:

I had no idea!

 

Some mirror housings are so large, that the mirror housing on both sides can be the same angle and/or placement, as the reflective glass has a wide range of motion and adjustability. However, small housings and in cars where the seating position relative to the farthest mirror don't provide a proper reflection, its housing is angled or moved or both.

And the glass is curved, making objects appear smaller, because the scope and breadth of light reflecting towards the driver results in a reflection too narrow in scope (divergent over distance) that you'd not see much. Thus, the mirror is curved to bring more light to bear on your eyes. The light is then collected by your eyes, signals sent to brain and images are formed.

The position, angle and shape of the mirror is arranged to reflect light just so.

 

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I noticed this too, they’re not symmetrical!

 

...now here is the "Real" question : Does such a small run/production vehicle actually reverse this for our friends who drive on the wrong (OOOOOPPPPPPs heheee) LEFT side of the Queen's Roads? :grin2:

 

If they bothered to move everything else to the wrong side of the car, I'm sure they didn't stop with changing the mirrors, too! Even things such as headlight offsets are changed to not blind drivers, but illuminate road signs on the driving side of the road.

While we here, someone google 'stubby german car mirrors.' I have more popcorn and beer to enjoy.

lol

 

Back when the passenger-side mirror was angled sharply AND stubby.

 

STUBBIER and different Heights and Positions....(this wording is NOT Sexual !!! Hahaaa) :grin2:

 

I think Audi actually did something similar, but used a big piece of mirror in the 1980's and did not use convex glass (no warning that objects were bigger than they appeared). Through positioning and sheer size, they accomplished the same thing as an angled mirror with convex glass. I am drawing on memory of a 1986 Audi 4000S.
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@lpspeedster Those Beetles were funky.

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