Does the driver side mirror tilt in reverse?

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Why not? I always have to manually adjust the mirror on my side when doing back-in to a parking spot that's right beside a curb (curb on my side, that is).

You know, tilt-down mirror is not just for parallel parking... [:)]
 
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330i and like it said:
You are parking in the wrong direction. If you parking with the flow of the traffic then you only need the passenger mirror to tilt for curb reasons.
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I guess you had parallel parking in mind.

I was talking about parking in, say, a mall parking lot. [:)]
 
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I've always used the right mirror when i'm parking in a mall lot. Look back and turn the car, then use the mirror to guide how far I am from the lines on the right side of the car. I gotta say that tilt feature is verrrrryyy spoiling. Spoiling enough, that if i drove a regualr car w/o that feature, I be like. umm.. how on earth do i back this thing again.
 
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Pardi, are you Asian? Just curious cuz it seems that parking backwards into a spot tends to be an Asian habit.

I've noticed that I don't need both the mirrors to tilt when backing out of my g/f's driveway in SF. It's always a tight fit cuz cars on the street park into the driveway opening but just using the mirrors is fine.
 
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codex57 said:
Pardi, are you Asian? Just curious cuz it seems that parking backwards into a spot tends to be an Asian habit.

I've noticed that I don't need both the mirrors to tilt when backing out of my g/f's driveway in SF. It's always a tight fit cuz cars on the street park into the driveway opening but just using the mirrors is fine.
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Yes, I'm Asian but I'm not sure if it's really an Asian habit because I do see many people of other ethnic origins doing the same.

I don't do back-in's all the time. It really depends on the situation. Say in a chaotic parking lot (IKEA comes to mind), I usually find a spot that's right beside a curb so that I can leave as much room as possible to avoid potential door dings. It's easy to do a front-in, of course, but that would make it so much harder to back out when I leave because the space is really tight and you don't want your front wheel to go over the curb etc.

I just find it safer and more convenient, that's all...
 
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