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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2012, 10:50:42 pm »
I think you mean 'nearside' mirror.  The offside is the driver's side ( on a Right Hand Drive car)

The mirror that dips when engaging reverse is the Nearside mirror for correct and safe parking on the left hand side of the road, preventing scraped alloys and flattening sleeping pussycats.


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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2012, 06:32:35 pm »
Your quite right I do mean near near - schoolboy!

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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2012, 11:11:20 pm »
Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!! 
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982.  Just had my 30th Anniversary!!!  My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership.  A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!

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Re: Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2012, 12:02:12 am »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

I have it on my late 2006 model.

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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2012, 07:58:57 am »
Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!! 
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982.  Just had my 30th Anniversary!!!  My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership.  A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!

HAHA no worries, suprised knowone had noticed prior to this  tbh... :)

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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2012, 10:31:46 am »
Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!! 
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982.  Just had my 30th Anniversary!!!  My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership.  A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!

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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2012, 05:58:34 pm »
Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl

An alternative (and in all likelyhood cheaper) if you don't have the necessary hardware already installed and if you have a highline display is to install a polar fis+ advanced. That will give you that function as well as many others.
http://www.polarteam.net/en/65-polar-fis-advanced.html


Great. Bit of kit. The reverse function works very well on mine.

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How do you get it to work, i can calibrate mine in the Polar FIS, but how do i get it to do so when i reverse parallel park??  :confused:

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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2012, 07:43:15 pm »
Put the selector switch in L Jake and when you put it in reverse it will dip :happy2:


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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2012, 07:46:33 pm »
Put the selector switch in L Jake and when you put it in reverse it will dip :happy2:



Hmm, maybe that's why it won't work Darren, i need the right to dip  :wink:  :grin:

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Re: Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2012, 07:52:21 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

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Re: Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2012, 08:44:24 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

 :surprised:  Thats news to me as my '06 car doesn't have it.
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Re: Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2012, 08:46:25 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

that would be classed as a 2007 MY
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Re: Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2012, 09:01:00 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

that would be classed as a 2007 MY

What does that mean ED?
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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2012, 09:08:52 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

that would be classed as a 2007 MY

What does that mean ED?

It means a late 2006 Car is classed as a 2007 model year
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Re: Offside mirror lowering when in reverse...
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2012, 10:18:08 pm »
From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip

Wrong...

My 2006 ED30 had it..

that would be classed as a 2007 MY

What does that mean ED?

It means a late 2006 Car is classed as a 2007 model year

Yes the MY changes in July, for VW, so if your car was manufactured after July 2006 it will be classed as MY 2007. Just like my 56 plate.
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