Interior Exterior
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I like to punch something big (like the center of the wheel or the other driver) when something bad is about to happen.
The problem with horn buttons in the center of the wheel - no make that the airbag - is that when you hit the thing you are beeping at, the airbag going off would tend to rapidly move your hand into your face. Most likely extensively damaging both of them. With the horn buttons near the rim, the bag will tend to push your hands to the sides.
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Seriously, horn buttons where they are make a lot of functional sense. I would rather not spend the time taking my hand off the wheel to hit something, specially at speed.
I often find myself deliberately placing my thumbs on the horn buttons as I pass a larger vehicle that might not see me. Nice to be able to do so with my hands still on the wheel.
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Yeah, I agree that they make more sense while you are at speed - I just so rarely use the horn, that it only comes up when I'm stopped or near stopped. I'm sure I'll get used to it with time.
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Yeah, I agree that they make more sense while you are at speed - I just so rarely use the horn, that it only comes up when I'm stopped or near stopped. I'm sure I'll get used to it with time.
You do. Most all of my cars for the last 20 years have had the horn buttons near the rim. When I drive my Ranger with the airbag/horn button, I want to press the steering wheel spokes to make the horn honk. Pressing the center of the wheel just seems unnatural now...
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I had a car once (GM product, I think) that you squeezed the steering wheel rim to activate the horn. It was a very natural operation, but also very easy to accidentally sound the horn. Wouldn't work at all for a car one would autoX.
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Weren't there some cars (or a time period) where there was a horn 'button' on the floorboard that you would activate with your foot - kind of like highbeams? (I love the highbeam switch on my 'stang!)
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Weren't there some cars (or a time period) where there was a horn 'button' on the floorboard that you would activate with your foot - kind of like highbeams? (I love the highbeam switch on my 'stang!)
Thats where the windshield washer button is on some old alfa's ...crazy italians!
"mia, GM a'giva us a 2 billion and a'casa floora buttons, what we gonna do?"
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My uncle has a Bentley from the early 50s with a peddle on the floor for oiling the chassis
He bought it from Grant’s dad in the early 80s.
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I had a car once (GM product, I think) that you squeezed the steering wheel rim to activate the horn. It was a very natural operation, but also very easy to accidentally sound the horn. Wouldn't work at all for a car one would autoX.
My brother-in-law's mid-70s Cutlass had this feature...
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the black plastic mirror is 7.5" wide at its widest point(towards the bottom)and 2.25" high.it tapers some at the top,sorry if I ruffled any feathers I thought you guys would like to know
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Thanks, Peck. I knew it couldn't be 3.5 inches tall. I'm still inclined towards that mirror, tho I really like the smaller size of the Sector 111 mirror. But I STILL haven't had anyone respond to my question about the lack of the day/night feature -- doesn't that make for glare at night? What do you do about that?
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Post a picture dagnabit!!!!
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Yep. I posted that cause one person complained in a post somewhere that the Sector 111 was just a bit too small, so the 6 inch would probably be more to that person's liking. (But I only saw one person say that -- everyone else seems happy with the Sector 111.)
I, and a few others have said that the sector 111 mirror was a tad too small from a maximum rear visibility point of view. I measured the visible window opening between the headrests as seen through the mirror (for my seating position), and it came to 5.5 inches wide by about 1.5 inches high. That is what I would like. Try that measurement yourself. Just sit in your car, put a ruler up to the mirror, and measure the distance between the headrests and the vertical opening distance. Note that for taller drivers who sit further back, this opening will be smaller, and people with the seat more forward, this opening will be larger. And, generally, for rear view safety reasons, it is best to be just a little wider and taller than need be so that when you head moves around a bit, you still can see the full opening to the rear. You don't want tunnel vision out the back. Of course, that has to be balanced against front view safety if the mirror is blocking to much of your vision.
It comes down to how you want to balance your vision priorities. Personal taste. I am more worried about seeing cars in neighboring lanes (minimizing the blind spots) than I am about being able to see a cone at the right front corner of the car during auto cross. But, then, I am shorter and can see under the stock mirror.
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Post a picture dagnabit!!!!
PLEASE post a picture dagnabit!!!!
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PLEASE post a picture dagnabit!!!!
Man, you gotta love this place. You give them some good info, and what do you get for your trouble? They browbeat you for more!
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But I STILL haven't had anyone respond to my question about the lack of the day/night feature -- doesn't that make for glare at night? What do you do about that?
Drive faster
It is really not a big problem
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ok here it is
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ok here it is
That is small
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anyone else have quality issues with the sector 111 mirror?
the first one i received had a mirror refraction/ripple defect in the reflective backing, the replacement had a chip in the glass, and the replacement for the replacement had a refraction/ripple defect as well as a glass chip. sector 111 would not send me another one despite my stated preference to give the product one more chance.
if it were a $40 mirror i would not care but for $110 it should be perfect. imho, the build quality on this item could use improvement.
my 2 cents.
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The '58 Fairlane has a rim around the top half of the steering wheel that you pull to sound the horn. It is cool because with two hands you can rock it back and forth to make all kinds of neat patterns of short horn bursts.
That car also has a pedal on the floor to momentarily activate the vacuum operated windshield wipers. Actually a pretty cool idea. Need a bit of mist wiped off? Just step on the skinny pedal to the far left.