Grug! said:
We do have these auto dimming mirriors in australia.
Just havnt seen any on any subies yet.. the bmw ones are very good
and in my expeirence
when i get a chance to grab mum's X5 after dark, i find that they are
as good as a manual one.
Even better because you dont have to click the lever which usually
moves the mirror from where
you last set it anyways.
EARTH
The auto-dimming mirror in my Forester also works just fine. In fact, I've
come to like the fact that the amount that it "dims" the mirror is
proportional to how much glare is coming from behind. A car right behind
you will put the mirror to full dark, but one a mile or two back will only
result in a partial "dimming" of the mirror, so that you can see other stuff
behind you better than with the mirror set to complete dark. I was
uncomfortable with it at first (this is my first car with an auto-dimming
mirror), but now I've come to really like it. In fact, I'm wishing that
they'd put auto-dimming mirrors on the doors, as well. (Some newer
higher-end cars have auto-dimming outside mirrors -- Subaru just hasn't yet
moved that far "upscale" apparently.)
- Greg Reed