Posted by Hachiroku on September 16, 2005, 10:01 pm
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:46:40 -0500, richard schumacher wrote:
>
>> The car certainly does have a blind spot to the left rear. I was coming off
>> a ramp, after dark, onto the highway, and the car which was to my left rear,
>> which I'm sure had its headlights on the whole time, just jumped out of
>> nowhere. It was as though it snuck up with its headlights off, and then
>> suddenly turned them on just as it came up to my left rear. You do have to
>> watch your mirrors and stay alert.
>
> It helps to use the Car Talk method for adjusting all the rear-view
> mirrors.
The "Car Talk" method?
knowing those two, I'm afraid to ask...
Posted by kari on September 17, 2005, 3:34 am
Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see the
right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the same for the
left mirror. It works for me.
Kari
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:46:40 -0500, richard schumacher wrote:
>>
>>> The car certainly does have a blind spot to the left rear. I was coming
>>> off
>>> a ramp, after dark, onto the highway, and the car which was to my left
>>> rear,
>>> which I'm sure had its headlights on the whole time, just jumped out of
>>> nowhere. It was as though it snuck up with its headlights off, and then
>>> suddenly turned them on just as it came up to my left rear. You do have
>>> to
>>> watch your mirrors and stay alert.
>>
>> It helps to use the Car Talk method for adjusting all the rear-view
>> mirrors.
> The "Car Talk" method?
> knowing those two, I'm afraid to ask...
>
Posted by Ingenuous on September 17, 2005, 3:51 am
> Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see
> the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the same
> for the left mirror. It works for me.
> Kari
Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the nav lady
do the talking?
Posted by richard schumacher on September 17, 2005, 9:10 pm
> > Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can just see
> > the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left and do the same
> > for the left mirror. It works for me.
> >
> > Kari
> >
> Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the nav lady
> do the talking?
What do you mean? What Kari described is the method. (Uhh, the car is
parked while doing this, of course...)
Posted by Michelle Steiner on September 17, 2005, 9:20 pm
> > > Lean to the right and adjust your right mirror so that you can
> > > just see the right rear corner of the car, then lean to the left
> > > and do the same for the left mirror. It works for me.
> > >
> > > Kari
> > >
> > Is there something you say to your car while doing this or does the
> > nav lady do the talking?
>
> What do you mean? What Kari described is the method. (Uhh, the car
> is parked while doing this, of course...)
I think that he doesn't realize that "Car Talk" is a radio show that
proposed the method--either that or he's joking about "car talk method."
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>> The car certainly does have a blind spot to the left rear. I was coming off
>> a ramp, after dark, onto the highway, and the car which was to my left rear,
>> which I'm sure had its headlights on the whole time, just jumped out of
>> nowhere. It was as though it snuck up with its headlights off, and then
>> suddenly turned them on just as it came up to my left rear. You do have to
>> watch your mirrors and stay alert.
>
> It helps to use the Car Talk method for adjusting all the rear-view
> mirrors.