Speaking of mirrors, I actually glued convex spots to my wing mirrors - don't know why particularly, but there seems to be a heck of a blind-spot with these cars, and I've seen other drivers around do the same thing.

Incidentally, my passenger-side mirror is stuttering when I do the kerb-monitor trick - it is much smoother when facing further outwards and dips further, but pressing the glass outward doesn't seem to give help, ie, give it a more oblique angle relative to the position of the switch; seemed not to make any difference at all! Is it possible that the mirror carrier has got bent out of shape, and can this somehow be re-aligned to dip properly for the kerb-monitor?


So after my strange afternoon at the vehicle test centre here in Abu Dhabi where they failed it on the license plates (stock) and then did the bumpy road test with the window open until the lifter got busted, I didn't fancy the 30 minute trip to the industrial area where all the car repair shops are... scrubbed the seats instead with Bio washing powder in HOT water, followed by Maguiar's Gold Class Rich Aloe Conditioner, interior detail with CyberClean, and quick coat of wax - job done for tonight.