Most stupid looking 'foldy uppy' door mirrors?

[tomw2000]

I need to find images, but my votes, so far go to the Audi Q7, VW Toerag or BMW Z4.

Why do they have to 'retract' to a weird foldy uppy angle? Why not just erm, fold in?

Its almost as if some manufacturers want their foldy uppy mirrors to draw attention to the car so the owners can 'signal' "oooh look at me and my foldy uppy mirrors".

Hmmmm.

Any more for any more?

[y2blade]

I think these are more about "function" than form

[tomw2000]

y2blade said:

I think these are more about "function" than form

Mmmm 'k. is this because folding 'up' is better or easier in some way, compared to folding 'in'?

[thinfourth2]

Its a solution to a problem that should of never existed.

If cars weren't 12 foot wide and zero visablity they wouldn't need foldy mirrors

[mmm-five]

The most stupid looking ones are the non-automatic ones (on a silver E320 Merc on the A38 last week) where the driver hasn't noticed that they've not put them back down as they change lanes into your wing

[bramley]

E46 and E39 BMWs look pretty daft.

[AB]

Z4 definitely. They fold up but actually don't give you much less width.

[Mars]

AB said:

Z4 definitely. They fold up but actually don't give you much less width.

^^^ This. I was looking around the company car park and noticed some of the Beemers with foldy-uppy mirrors and wondered why... just why.

[mmm-five]

AB said:

Z4 definitely. They fold up but actually don't give you much less width.

Don't know if you mean the older or the newer Z4, but on the e85/e86 Z4 the mirrors (when in their normal position) are only 1" wider than the wings on the car, so having them there means you can use them as guides for getting through tight spots.

I leave mine down so that no-one is tempted to squeeze past, as if they do they're more likely to hit the mirror than put a huge scrape along the car.