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<blockquote data-quote="Reptar" data-source="post: 156928" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I did the same as nearly everyone does for adjusting my side mirrors, just seeing the very edge bit of my vehicle. Thats how driving instructers told me, how my parents told me, and what seemed natural.</p><p></p><p>While at AAA driving school to get points for a speeding ticket dropped (whoops lol) I learned this method of adjusting my mirrors, and man is is FUNKY at first, but once you're used to it, it really is 100,000x's better. That is the PROPER way to adjust them that's for sure. You can rationalize or justify it anyway you want, but there's no advantage to NOT adjusting them like this. </p><p></p><p>I've even found in a lot of cars though, manufacturers don't even design the mirror for the full proper adjustment range. My dodge stealth the way they were adjusted was FULLY angled out as far as they could go, and it was perfect. With the Raptor, I don't have it quite to the angle they should be to be ideal for this method, because the autofold the glass hits the truck if they're like that, but the mirrors are SO friggin huge, they actually do cover a large enough area I've found a decent middle ground. </p><p></p><p>For those non-believers, try it for a week, fight any urge to readjust them inwards, and next time on the highway passing people and getting passed, watch as the cars always stay in view without ever needing to turn and look. It's moreso useful on cars with smaller mirrors, but still useful to an extent on our trucks dumbo ears as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reptar, post: 156928, member: 1883"] I did the same as nearly everyone does for adjusting my side mirrors, just seeing the very edge bit of my vehicle. Thats how driving instructers told me, how my parents told me, and what seemed natural. While at AAA driving school to get points for a speeding ticket dropped (whoops lol) I learned this method of adjusting my mirrors, and man is is FUNKY at first, but once you're used to it, it really is 100,000x's better. That is the PROPER way to adjust them that's for sure. You can rationalize or justify it anyway you want, but there's no advantage to NOT adjusting them like this. I've even found in a lot of cars though, manufacturers don't even design the mirror for the full proper adjustment range. My dodge stealth the way they were adjusted was FULLY angled out as far as they could go, and it was perfect. With the Raptor, I don't have it quite to the angle they should be to be ideal for this method, because the autofold the glass hits the truck if they're like that, but the mirrors are SO friggin huge, they actually do cover a large enough area I've found a decent middle ground. For those non-believers, try it for a week, fight any urge to readjust them inwards, and next time on the highway passing people and getting passed, watch as the cars always stay in view without ever needing to turn and look. It's moreso useful on cars with smaller mirrors, but still useful to an extent on our trucks dumbo ears as well. [/QUOTE]
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