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workingonit · #**14160** 10-03-2021, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Instead of bind spot mirrors I bought European style panoramic mirrors they are incredible. No blind spot at all. I can see the hood of a car that passes me before it leaves the mirror. There also is a line printed on the mirror to mark where it curves that works perfect as a lane change guide. When the line crosses the center of a car I just passed, the car is about 1 car length behind me.

I'm too cheap to try to retrofit/modify my X5 to better side or interior mirrors. It has the base mirrors with two small spot mirrors added, no blue tint, heating, or folding function. If I find the need for more blindspot coverage, I might add a non-BMW-ish "Wink Panoramic" mirror, like I once used on my '66 Chevelle Malibu 2-dr., when I used it on the street.

I drove 120 miles round-trip diagonally across Tarrant & Dallas counties (into Collin Co.) on my daily commute, through some of the worst traffic in the state of Texas (for over 30 years). When I occasionally drove the Chevelle, its' small mirrors and huge C-pillars made for extreme blind spots that I needed to overcome.

I added a Wink (I think, or Pilot, or Rally) Panoramic mirror just under the regular rear-view mirror. Its' five panels helped me see the devious swerving and lane-changes made by women putting on their make-up at high speed, so I could avoid car carnage.

Once I quit street-driving the Chevelle, and dedicated it to dragracing only, I gave the mirror to another guy (not much need for a blind spot panoramic mirror on the drag strip; lane changes are frowned-upon).

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