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Someone just spoted this on a coupe forum, and it may well just apply to coupe, or maybe just 406's with electric folding mirrors.

If you look at my passenger mirror, it's looks shorter, as in it's more angled compared to the driver's mirror. Is this the same on saloon/estate 406's. I haven't got any dead central photos of my old saloon to tell.

PS it's not just my car, loads of photos on the coupe forum show the same thing:

I found a pic. Looks like it's the same on the saloon. Here a photo of my old babies:

It'll be because you're sitting further from the mirror which means the angular range you can see through it is much less, therefore need a lot more acute angle on it otherwise you'd never be able to see anywhere near the side of the car.

Neil, if there was an Award for brand-loyalty then you, my friend, would win it hand's down

I remember the old Mercs having a shorter mirror on the passenger side, allways wondered why?

I shall have to have a look at the puggy later...........

'tis boring being off work with a bad back, so I've fired up the award-winning technical design program 'mspaint' to elaborate on my above reply...

mjb wrote:'tis boring being off work with a bad back,

....It certainly is

Actually, I feel for you chap, in 1997 I suffered a lumbar sacral injury extruding inferiorly on L5 (a slipped disc) I was off work for 6 months, not being ''off sick'' I mean proper poorly like disabled with very little movement.

There was no internet at that time really either

I still get bad sciatica at least 4 or 5 times a year, 10 years later

So, take your time with your back and take care.

Well answered post BTW

Welton wrote:[Actually, I feel for you chap, in 1997 I suffered a lumbar sacral injury extruding inferiorly on L5 (a slipped disc) I was off work for 6 months, not being ''off sick'' I mean proper poorly like disabled with very little movement.

I've had a couple of bad attacks of backache, the first one (about 5 years ago) was the worst really - I was only about 22 at the time but it pretty much disabled for a month or so until the pain subsided enough to let me walk outside. Had to have a work buddy come round my house every couple of days with some microwave meals cos I couldn't make it to the shops. Bloody doctor called me a liar and refused to even write me a sick note, let alone refer me to the private specialist that work would have paid for. He cost me my job and house

Thankfully the doctor I've got up here in Stoke is much better and has given me some nice strong drugs. Mmmmmm

There was no internet at that time really either

I was on the Internet back in '93. Paid for the computer and the phone bills all on £10/week paper round money ;)

Well answered post BTW

We all have our own special ways...

Just 3 years ago, I had a discectomy (L4-L5) after 5 years of sciatica. NHS put me on the urgent waiting list, which took 2.5 years. I was off for 3 months after the op. I wish I had a laptop then. Still not perfect now, but at least I'm not taking any medication now and it doesn't stop me doing anything.

I remember the feeling when I could get back behind the wheel. Fantastic, freedom all over again.

The worse thing about back pain is that others don't really understand.

It's not just aching, your whole body, and attitude, is affected.

It's not nice back trouble, not nice at all.

They would not do spinal surgery on me at the time, prefering as they did to ''see if it heals itself over time'' I had an Epidural Injection and two Root Block Injections under local aneasthetic, this is where the push a big needle straight into the disc wall using a camera

It did heal up I suppose, but has left me with 10 years of a weakness in that area and regular episodes of sciatica.