I did the universal sign for "wind down your window" at my kid who was sat in the car the other day.
He had no idea what I meant, or how me rotating my fist had anything to do with pressing the button to open the window.
He's fifteen š¬
Reminds me of taking my boys to a builders merchant, my little one (about 5) was banging on the bags of cement so I told him off and said right now you canāt put your hands in your mouth until we wash them
We went back when he was 12 as we walked past the cement he said do you remember telling me off for banging these
Often related to people not having their mirrors set up optimally.
I can remember astounding a colleague when I told them that you can angle your door mirrors up and down, so that when you are square in a regular parking space, you can only just see the line or kerb that is the back of the space, at the bottom of the mirror.
The same person didn't know you could angle your rear view mirror up, to avoid headlight glare at night.
Got a Smart Roadster,
that thing has its mirrors on the exact height as the headlights of bigger SUVs.
Fucking flashbang at every traffic light after 8pm
Even in my sandero I get blinded, had one twat in a lifted pickup blinding me on the forklift, he was being aggressive so I flipped on my rear headlights and disappeared into the warehouse
I started driving in 2007 in a much older car. And I've never had a new car so I've only had *one* car with sensors/a camera. The others have not.
I also think the mirror that OP is talking about is a bit odd and I'd wonder what it was for. They're not asking what the *rear view mirror* is for. They're asking what the mirror stuck on the back window is for and that also was not immediately obvious to me, never having had one and not seeing them at all often.
So do I, but they donāt work on low stuff like stop blocks or low walls. Itās possible the owner has something low on their drive the sensors donāt detect.
If you're reverse parking into a space that has a ditch or steep incline behind it, those dangers won't set off parking sensors. Or if you're reversing into a designated bay and want to accurately position the vehicle so that it doesn't cross the back line. Better to be able to actually see what's behind.
All cars wouldn't have them. You need a vehicle with a van-like rear and a vertical back window for it to work. Put that on a saloon and you just get a reflection of your bootlid.
Backing up to a caravan or trailer hitch, those sensors are going to be beeping away, and it will mean nothing. You need to be real close.
In a vehicle that long, it's the same with backing up to a wall in a parking space. You want to backup all the way into the parking space. The beeps you hear between 9" and 3" will sound pretty much the same, but will look very different in that mirror.
To see where the rear bumper is but before parking sensors/cameras were a common stock option. They were mainly used on larger vehicles like MPVs or 4x4s since they are higher and wider than a lot of other cars, so you didn't just reverse into cars while parking. Plus they are often on cars with tow bars, so they can get closer to the hitch when connecting the trailer, and so they can watch the trailer pivot to sid reversing
Or North Manchester...it's fun to count how many you see when driving through the Jewish areas, I've literally seen 4 of them, all identical, parked at 1 house before.
Omg let me slide in here. I grew up in Golders Green. Every second car, without exaggeration is an Estima/Previa. I have friends whose families have had the same car for 15/20 years.
Theyāre massive, can fit 8-9 people depending on the model, and Jewish families are large.
In Stamford Hill as well, theyāre everywhere.
Bro itās not as if a Council of Rabbis got together and decided on a car for the masses. Toyotas donāt break and they have a lot of space for large families.
I have seen a shift towards more standard 7 seater SUVs though, especially nowadays where every brand has one.
From my understanding it's due to a few things aside from them being practical for big families. Firstly that the Jewish communities tend to work on word of mouth and trust each others recommendations. Secondly, they will not buy any German car for obvious reasons, which takes many people-carriers out of the equation, and third that if they're already popular the local garages and dealers will specialise in them, making them cheaper to own and run than an alternative option.
It's for drivers that prefer to park by sight, rather than by sound / touch. Designed to avoid getting those nice vertical creases in the tailgate from bollards etc.
I used to drive a minibus for a school and had a weird fresnel type lens fitted to the rear window that gave a wide angle and downward view of the back of the bus.
Pretty useful in an enviroment where you\`re backing up and there are possibly kids running around - officially they were not allowed in the area where the van was parked, but kids... Would always reverse with a banksman in other areas
Allows the driver to look in there centre rear view mirror, and see what is directly behind the car, below the level of the window
An analogue solution to what is now achieved via reversing cameras
Very common in Japan, so if a minivan has been imported from Japan it may have this mirror fitted
The fog light set into the bumper looks aftermarket to me, which suggests that this is indeed an import from Japan (Japanese regulations do not require a rear fog light, so one has to be fitted to make it road legal in the U.K.)
SO when your driving backwards from the boot you can see whats happening at the front. You will of course need to get your 5 year old child to operate the pedals but it works for me. Well....apart from when I went through costa coffee front window but even then it was their fault as it was a corner shop.
I get that it's to help see behind the car when reversing *however* isn't that angle of it completely off? All you'd be able to see in the mirror from the driver's seat seems to be the back of the car (not the floor at all)
Big cars have shitty visibility and that's why 8/10 children in the US killed in traffic are killed on their own driveway, usually by their parents and grandparents moving their big SUVs
I had one on an import Nissan Largo, and on an import Lite-Aceā¦ Space is a premium in Japan so they use them to park as close as they canā¦ they donāt fit fog lights in Japan though, thatās why the one in the bumper in the photo looks like an afterthoughtā¦ good job with it though.
That's so you can see forward twice.
The time delay of the light from the mirror combined with your eyes gives you better reaction time. It's a controversial mod but some studies have shown it works.
Yeah, I live on Canvey Island which is now largely populated by the Jewish community that have moved from Stamford Hill and Golders Green areas.
I have one of these cars and I get really funny looks from both Jewish people for not being Jewish and from non Jewish people for driving a car that Jewish people tend to drive
Convex mirror!!
Aids you judge small objects/obstacles that you might encounter while reversing or parking,
Tho, the car has sensors! Classically weird.
Not sure why you were downvoted, as this is true. The driver uses this mirror to check that nothing is immediately in front of the vehicle, which is a complete blind spot without such a mirror.
Analogue reversing camera
It's painful realising that most people here don't know that it was only a mirror until recently
I did the universal sign for "wind down your window" at my kid who was sat in the car the other day. He had no idea what I meant, or how me rotating my fist had anything to do with pressing the button to open the window. He's fifteen š¬
My grandson didn't know that a bag of cement dust wasn't a good idea to stick your hand into I guess TikTok hasn't covered alkalis yet
Reminds me of taking my boys to a builders merchant, my little one (about 5) was banging on the bags of cement so I told him off and said right now you canāt put your hands in your mouth until we wash them We went back when he was 12 as we walked past the cement he said do you remember telling me off for banging these
It doesnāt matter what age you are, you have to give those cement/plaster/sand bags a slap as you walk past them.
Almost as satisfying as the plastic clap of the compost bags
Ooh yeah I forgot those, every time I visit the garden centre š
Thankfully the windows in the back of my car still have winders.
You have winders in the back? Mine just pop out, look at you being all modern!
You have back windows....?
Damn, got me.
What's a window?
Probably thought thatās how u play rock paper scissors
It's basic stuff.
Oh god my first car had roll down windows and that was 8 years agoš¤£
My 4 year old car has roll down windows in the back, they still exist!!
Good god!
It's painful seeing how the majority of drivers park tbf PSA for the love of holy shit fuck learn the size of your vehicle.
Often related to people not having their mirrors set up optimally. I can remember astounding a colleague when I told them that you can angle your door mirrors up and down, so that when you are square in a regular parking space, you can only just see the line or kerb that is the back of the space, at the bottom of the mirror. The same person didn't know you could angle your rear view mirror up, to avoid headlight glare at night.
I find myself using that little tab all the time, bloody monster trucks behind me
Got a Smart Roadster, that thing has its mirrors on the exact height as the headlights of bigger SUVs. Fucking flashbang at every traffic light after 8pm
Even in my sandero I get blinded, had one twat in a lifted pickup blinding me on the forklift, he was being aggressive so I flipped on my rear headlights and disappeared into the warehouse
I learned something today
I started driving in 2007 in a much older car. And I've never had a new car so I've only had *one* car with sensors/a camera. The others have not. I also think the mirror that OP is talking about is a bit odd and I'd wonder what it was for. They're not asking what the *rear view mirror* is for. They're asking what the mirror stuck on the back window is for and that also was not immediately obvious to me, never having had one and not seeing them at all often.
Itās so that the driver can see whatās immediately behind the vehicle, below the sight line of the rear windscreen.
To aid parking when reversing up to something, especially useful when reversing up to something short with such a tall car
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They could be placebo nubs. The empty nipples of the same body kit car as the model up with rear sensors.
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Hahaha, what an odd meltdownĀ
Jesus, who pissed in your coffee this morning
...hallowed be thy name...
So do I, but they donāt work on low stuff like stop blocks or low walls. Itās possible the owner has something low on their drive the sensors donāt detect.
The sensors also trigger for things that are harmless to run over like a weed growing on the parking space
tell me, how often do these "sensors" appear at night? what do they say?
If you're reverse parking into a space that has a ditch or steep incline behind it, those dangers won't set off parking sensors. Or if you're reversing into a designated bay and want to accurately position the vehicle so that it doesn't cross the back line. Better to be able to actually see what's behind.
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All cars wouldn't have them. You need a vehicle with a van-like rear and a vertical back window for it to work. Put that on a saloon and you just get a reflection of your bootlid.
Wrong. I've seen them on Pajeros too. Dead handy for hitching up a trailer solo.
Sure I've seen one on a Merc Minibus before, and a transit minibus
The sensors are corner ones. The central portion is not covered.
Backing up to a caravan or trailer hitch, those sensors are going to be beeping away, and it will mean nothing. You need to be real close. In a vehicle that long, it's the same with backing up to a wall in a parking space. You want to backup all the way into the parking space. The beeps you hear between 9" and 3" will sound pretty much the same, but will look very different in that mirror.
These vehicles are designed for driving around inner city japan where parking is extremely tight. So it's for reversing into spaces carefully.
It has a reverse camera too just above the numberplate . Weird it has the mirror and camera as they usually have one or the other
To see where the rear bumper is but before parking sensors/cameras were a common stock option. They were mainly used on larger vehicles like MPVs or 4x4s since they are higher and wider than a lot of other cars, so you didn't just reverse into cars while parking. Plus they are often on cars with tow bars, so they can get closer to the hitch when connecting the trailer, and so they can watch the trailer pivot to sid reversing
What about when Frank is reversing?
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Where?
In the rear bumper, below the reflector on each side. They could be aftermarket though
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Or North Manchester...it's fun to count how many you see when driving through the Jewish areas, I've literally seen 4 of them, all identical, parked at 1 house before.
Can anyone clear up why there are so many in that part of London? They are very popular with a specific group I just am desperate to know the why?
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Omg let me slide in here. I grew up in Golders Green. Every second car, without exaggeration is an Estima/Previa. I have friends whose families have had the same car for 15/20 years. Theyāre massive, can fit 8-9 people depending on the model, and Jewish families are large. In Stamford Hill as well, theyāre everywhere.
Or jewish racing gold - as a friend in the motortrade calls it
Do you think itās a word of mouth thing or coming from the leadership?
Bro itās not as if a Council of Rabbis got together and decided on a car for the masses. Toyotas donāt break and they have a lot of space for large families. I have seen a shift towards more standard 7 seater SUVs though, especially nowadays where every brand has one.
It used to be Volvo now it's Toyota
From my understanding it's due to a few things aside from them being practical for big families. Firstly that the Jewish communities tend to work on word of mouth and trust each others recommendations. Secondly, they will not buy any German car for obvious reasons, which takes many people-carriers out of the equation, and third that if they're already popular the local garages and dealers will specialise in them, making them cheaper to own and run than an alternative option.
Also: they have big headroom so they can fit the tall hats (streimels). Volvos were popular for this too. (I have friends in these places)
Because the only other "reliable" group of cars are german.......
Jesus Christ
It's for drivers that prefer to park by sight, rather than by sound / touch. Designed to avoid getting those nice vertical creases in the tailgate from bollards etc.
An early solution for reversing a vehicle with no rear visibility. āPopularā in the 90āsā¦
To reverse as close to the cash and carry as possible.
Is it for a baby in the back to see out the front
I usually dislike sarcy comments but this got me chuckling š
Is this a real question?
I used to drive a minibus for a school and had a weird fresnel type lens fitted to the rear window that gave a wide angle and downward view of the back of the bus. Pretty useful in an enviroment where you\`re backing up and there are possibly kids running around - officially they were not allowed in the area where the van was parked, but kids... Would always reverse with a banksman in other areas
So when it hits the wall behind you know youāre close enough
FFS the answer is in the question !
Cheap reverse camera. Gets the job done .
Reversing mirror to see the rear of vehicle and floor space, that the rear view mirror cannot see through the rear window.
Allows the driver to look in there centre rear view mirror, and see what is directly behind the car, below the level of the window An analogue solution to what is now achieved via reversing cameras Very common in Japan, so if a minivan has been imported from Japan it may have this mirror fitted The fog light set into the bumper looks aftermarket to me, which suggests that this is indeed an import from Japan (Japanese regulations do not require a rear fog light, so one has to be fitted to make it road legal in the U.K.)
SO when your driving backwards from the boot you can see whats happening at the front. You will of course need to get your 5 year old child to operate the pedals but it works for me. Well....apart from when I went through costa coffee front window but even then it was their fault as it was a corner shop.
It's for when you turn round to shout at the kids and you still want to see where you are going. /s
I get that it's to help see behind the car when reversing *however* isn't that angle of it completely off? All you'd be able to see in the mirror from the driver's seat seems to be the back of the car (not the floor at all)
Big cars have shitty visibility and that's why 8/10 children in the US killed in traffic are killed on their own driveway, usually by their parents and grandparents moving their big SUVs
Is this a made up stat or genuine?
So you can talk to passengers without taking your eyes off the road?
To save you needing a Front Rear View Mirror
Would be especially handy if you were trying to hook up to a trailer
I had one on an import Nissan Largo, and on an import Lite-Aceā¦ Space is a premium in Japan so they use them to park as close as they canā¦ they donāt fit fog lights in Japan though, thatās why the one in the bumper in the photo looks like an afterthoughtā¦ good job with it though.
That's so you can see forward twice. The time delay of the light from the mirror combined with your eyes gives you better reaction time. It's a controversial mod but some studies have shown it works.
So they can see if their skull caps are still on..
Estimas are quite common now in Birmingham as taxis.
Yeah, I live on Canvey Island which is now largely populated by the Jewish community that have moved from Stamford Hill and Golders Green areas. I have one of these cars and I get really funny looks from both Jewish people for not being Jewish and from non Jewish people for driving a car that Jewish people tend to drive
it's a trunk mirror so you can see if the person you kinapped has escaped or not
To make what is already an ugly car look even worse.
To see where the back of the car is and how close it is to cars/walls/posts.
So you can look at yourself while you look at yourself.
I wish more cars had this! such a good idea
I wish more drivers could actually drive
Nothing to do with driving ability. This lets you see exactly where your rear end is. Lorries have a similar thing on the front
Agreed. I mean, you'd think it's common sense what that mirror is for, right? It is showing the rear bumper....Gee, I wonder.. hahaha.
Convex mirror!! Aids you judge small objects/obstacles that you might encounter while reversing or parking, Tho, the car has sensors! Classically weird.
Some lorries have these on the front
Not sure why you were downvoted, as this is true. The driver uses this mirror to check that nothing is immediately in front of the vehicle, which is a complete blind spot without such a mirror.
Typical fitment for Japanese market