Yesterday on an unlit dual carriageway, I could see what appeared to be a car some distance behind me, but on the outside lane (I was on the inside lane) and I was about to overtake the car in front of me when suddenly my blind spot warning system kicked in. A* for the blind spot system!
It turned out that the apparent ‘car’ way off behind me, was in fact a motorbike with two headlights, almost in line with the rear of my car! The auto-dimming function had made the whole ‘scene’ in my wing mirror very dark and ambiguously making the motorbike look like a car, much further back. All I could see were lights, but no ‘shape’ of what was actually there.
I hate auto-dimming wing mirrors; as I’ve mentioned before here, I think they are dangerous and totally unnecessary!
Just wondering how others are getting on with them? The last time I had them was on an Audi 13 years ago and they were dangerous then (my opinion).
In over 30 years behind the wheel with an estimated 1million + miles under my belt, I’ve never ever come across a situation where the lights in my drivers’ door mirror are too bright. Yet these stupid auto-dimming systems definitely make them too dark !
Update:
Temporary solution which seems to work - a small square of black tape over the sensor in the rear view mirror
. Unfortunately that sensor controls both the wing mirror and the rear view mirror dimming; I don’t have an issue with the rear view mirror getting too dark, only the wing mirror. I’ll have to ask the dealership to disconnect the relevant cables in the wing mirror, first time it goes in for anything. Rant over. Back to loving the Enyaq again
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