Driving with Mirror Blanks

1. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

   #1 15th September 2010, 20:10

   Just wanted to know,
   
   How many people (if any)
   
   actually are NOT running door mirrors,
   
   As im looking into it, with mirror blanks, Wanted to know if anyone has any first hand experience driving without any.
   
   Thanks, Andy
2. Ben_C22 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2010 carmarthen Posts: 206 transit connect s1 rallye 16v track toy

   #2 15th September 2010, 20:13

   dont you need 2 rear facing mirrors for mot purposes
3. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #3 15th September 2010, 20:14

   WTF? Errrrrrrrr. Dunno mate.
   
   Ive got some steering wheel blanks though if you want them. Also limo tinted front wind screen.
4. Rudpud Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2009 Oxford Posts: 4547 '55 Plate C2 VTS

   #4 15th September 2010, 20:14

   Why would you do that?
5. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

   #5 15th September 2010, 20:14

   MOT isnt a issue, as iv just had one done, the week before trax, so i can put standard ones back on.(car will only get weekend use too)
6. user_40784 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2010 London Posts: 2768

   #6 15th September 2010, 20:14

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by db_sax WTF? Errrrrrrrr. Dunno mate. Ive got some steering wheel blanks though if you want them. Also limo tinted front wind screen.

   huhuhuhuhuhuhuhu
7. Morgzc Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Colchester/Coventry Posts: 2809 92 Mx5

   #7 15th September 2010, 20:15

   Yeah, no mirrors is illegal. iirc you can get rid of the rear view though.
8. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

   #8 15th September 2010, 20:16

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by db_sax WTF? Errrrrrrrr. Dunno mate. Ive got some steering wheel blanks though if you want them. Also limo tinted front wind screen.

   Nah im good thanks mate!
   
   The 'euro/cleaned theme? is the aim, just wanted opinions on the idea thats all.
9. Rudpud Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2009 Oxford Posts: 4547 '55 Plate C2 VTS

   #9 15th September 2010, 20:17

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by db_sax WTF? Errrrrrrrr. Dunno mate. Ive got some steering wheel blanks though if you want them. Also limo tinted front wind screen.

   What about square wheels? and no drive shafts?
10. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

    #10 15th September 2010, 20:18

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rudpud What about square wheels? and no drive shafts?

    Arent you a clever clogs!
11. user_40784 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2010 London Posts: 2768

    #11 15th September 2010, 20:19

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rudpud What about square wheels?

    Square wheels are a must have on the euro look these days
12. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #12 15th September 2010, 20:19

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Andyc123 Nah im good thanks mate! The 'euro/cleaned theme? is the aim, just wanted opinions on the idea thats all.

    Mate, my rear view mirror has broken off and i fkin hate it, and that isnt an essential for MOT etc. No wing mirrors would be hell, trust me.
    
    

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rudpud What about square wheels? and no drive shafts?

    Thats fine aslong as you have the accelarater pedel blank. Its in the Haynes manual
13. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

    #13 15th September 2010, 20:20

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by db_sax Mate, my rear view mirror has broken off and i fkin hate it, and that isnt an essential for MOT etc. No wing mirrors would be hell, trust me. Thats fine aslong as you have the accelarater pedel blank. Its in the Haynes manual

    Thank you, thats all i wanted to know, Cheers for the help,
    I shall be keeping them in the future, Thread can be closed etc,
14. user_16747 Banned Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 4328

    #14 15th September 2010, 20:25

    By law you only require a mirror on the drivers side.-
    about 25yrs ago it was common place for a car to leave the factory with only one mirror, and the addition of the 2nd mirror was an optional extra!
15. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

    #15 15th September 2010, 20:25

    I have a classic car he doesnt need wing mirrors (not a legal requirement) and its a bitch to drive. You dont realise how much you use your mirrors until you dont have them.
    
    Plus cars that are supposed to have them look odd without them.......its would be like you with no ears.
16. Andyc123 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Rushden Posts: 1234 Saxo VTR Mk2 (again!)

    #16 15th September 2010, 20:27

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by J222JRA I have a classic car he doesnt need wing mirrors (not a legal requirement) and its a bitch to drive. You dont realise how much you use your mirrors until you dont have them. Plus cars that are supposed to have them look odd without them.......its would be like you with no ears.

    lol!
    
    Thanks, iv only seen 1 or two without any mirrors, So i can understand what you mean, maybe just smaller mirrors is gunna be best.
    
    Thanks again
17. user_29778 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Stourbridge Posts: 3996 Vauxhall corsa 1.2 Saxo 1.6 vtr

    #17 15th September 2010, 20:32

    Iirc you have to have drivers mirror and either passenger or rear view to pass an mot / be road legal

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18. Jim-Bob Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 5704 Looking for a 205...

    #18 15th September 2010, 20:35

    There was a punto in FC a few months back with blanks, but had one on a suction pad attached to the drivers door for getting around, as soon as he parks up somewhere it goes in the glovebox...winner!
    
    Have the magazine somewhere still
    
    James
19. chrisvtr1989 Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 dunstable, luton Posts: 1563 mk2vtr

    #19 15th September 2010, 20:36

    keep normal mirrors day to day, blanks for when your at shows..... simple
20. sax0gal Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 279

    #20 15th September 2010, 21:11

    for an mot you need one rear view interior mirror and 1 o/s door mirror n/s isnt applicable
21. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #21 15th September 2010, 21:21

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sax0gal for an mot you need one rear view interior mirror and 1 o/s door mirror n/s isnt applicable

    What do vans do then, when they have metal rear doors or something separating the cabin to the back?
22. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

    #22 15th September 2010, 21:24

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by db_sax What do vans do then, when they have metal rear doors or something separating the cabin to the back?

    derrrrrrrrrrr xray vison rear view mirror
23. Rudpud Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2009 Oxford Posts: 4547 '55 Plate C2 VTS

    #23 15th September 2010, 21:31

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by db_sax What do vans do then, when they have metal rear doors or something separating the cabin to the back?

    Drive into things after over taking coz they dont know how far past they are
24. mechsman Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2010 Bristol Posts: 906 Saxo 1.4i SX 3dr, 106 (engine swap under way), p

    #24 15th September 2010, 21:36

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by db_sax What do vans do then, when they have metal rear doors or something separating the cabin to the back?

    I once drove a vw lt35 van that had a rear view mirror even though it had a solid internal bulkhead seperating the cab from the load bay. It came from the factory like that!
    
    The rules as far as I remember are that an off side mirror is compulsory and you have to have one other mirror (either internal rear view, or near side external).
    
    If the car is a classic that did not have 2 mirrors to start with they are exempt.

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25. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #25 15th September 2010, 21:49

    No van ive ever been in or drove has had one, all from the factory like that! Having a rear view mirro and metal doors on the back or a a wall inbetween is as good as having a rear view mirror with a peice of paper stuck on it. Nahhh
26. mechsman Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2010 Bristol Posts: 906 Saxo 1.4i SX 3dr, 106 (engine swap under way), p

    #26 15th September 2010, 22:36

    ^ it struck me as fairly bizzare as well. I presume it's because they did that model as a cab chassis and a flat bed version as well. You could see the indent where the rear window would have been if it had been a flat bed or whatever.
    
    The ford escort van I drove a couple of times also had one, but to be fair it only had a half height bulkhead so you would have been able to use it had somebody specified the rear window option (this one was a basic one and had blank rear doors).
27. Azzybonjela Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 206

    #27 15th September 2010, 23:50

    only need drivers side for MOT
28. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #28 16th September 2010, 00:43

    when db_sax says 'what do vans do....' he is trying to say sax0gal is wrong by saying its a requirement to have an interior mirror. Hes not genuinely asking what do van drivers do as a question lmao
    
    idea of mirror blanks looks odd. why not 106 mirrors? look way better
    
    that toss-pot who got banned comes to mind aswell
29. user_38198 Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 West Mids Posts: 1847 Peugeot 106 1.1

    #29 16th September 2010, 13:59

    Fairly sure you would get pulled on an annoyingly regular basis becuase no mirrors would be an easy spot for the old po-po
30. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

    #30 18th September 2010, 10:01

    mot requirement to have 2 mirrors
    
    plus you'd have whiplash from constantly turning around!
    
    on the van topic, its normally because the windows are all made the same with mirrors attached, so they don't know what its going to go into and you may aswell leave it on!
31. Jim-Bob Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 5704 Looking for a 205...

    #31 18th September 2010, 10:13

    this is the car i was on about Andy: http://www.fastcar.co.uk/04570735434...iat-punto.html
    
    James
32. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

    #32 18th September 2010, 10:22

    ive drove mine with no drivers side mirror for a bit, when it got knocked off.. it feels a bit dodgy,
33. user_31637 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Isle of Man Posts: 9844 92 Eunos

    #33 18th September 2010, 10:23

    the glass fell out of my drivers side once.....the drive home was hell....kept looking at it and being suprised i couldnt see behind me......hated it.
    
    
    EDIT - I also thought this was a thread about going for a drive with that mirrorblanks guy who got banned.....