[Mister Pontiac]

Originally Posted by Stuart

I'm trying to figure out why there's a building in the reflection in one of the mirrors and not in the other.

Actually, the building is there, it's just that with the standard mirror, you can only see what appears to be the parking garage level, and the tall part of the building would be out of view to the outside edge. The standard mirror only shows a very small portion of what's behind you, which equates to the space between the persons middle and ring fingers who is holding the new mirror. It just takes a little bit closer look.

My problem lies in the 'information' overload portion of this new mirror. It's wonderful that it shows so much, but that's also its downfall... perspective is lost. It's the same reason we all look in our convex mirrors on the right side of our cars, and even if we see something there, we don't know how close it really is without turning our heads. In the picture, notice how much smaller the silver Honda appears in the new mirror vs. the original mirror? It's very difficult to judge distance in these instances, and it's why we have that disclaimer on our right side convex mirrors now... "Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear."

You simply must look over your shoulder to get a proper perspective of where the car actually is when viewed thru a convex mirror.

Standard or Convex, I will always turn my head to look.