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- Smartbear
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After suffering from incontinent mirrors, where they relieve themselves over my freshly washed & polished doors leaving grotesque snail trails in their wake, I discovered today that e89 mirrors fold the wrong way thus emptying themselves of water.
I feel as though I should be immortalised for this epic discovery, ok it's not a cure for cancer but it's right up there Rob
I feel as though I should be immortalised for this epic discovery, ok it's not a cure for cancer but it's right up there Rob
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- buzyg
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Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
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That sounds like a conundrum-leave me out of itbuzyg wrote:Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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You started it.Smartbear wrote:That sounds like a conundrum-leave me out of itbuzyg wrote:Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
Rob
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Only your side windows should be fly splattered otherwise you are not getting sideways enough!buzyg wrote:Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
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- Smartbear
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My plan worked, DMC63 turned it on its headmattyp wrote:Only your side windows should be fly splattered otherwise you are not getting sideways enough!buzyg wrote:Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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I'll have to give you that one.mattyp wrote:Only your side windows should be fly splattered otherwise you are not getting sideways enough!buzyg wrote:Then how do you wash the fly splattered mirror housing.DMC63 wrote:Good job they do fold the wrong way or it'd be hanging off. You could buy a couple of shower caps and put them over the mirrors when you wash it.
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... or you could just dry out the water with the corner of a towel.
like everyone else with mirrors.
like everyone else with mirrors.
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When I take mine to the Romanians, they use an air-line to dry inside the mirrors.Smartbear wrote:After suffering from incontinent mirrors, where they relieve themselves over my freshly washed & polished doors leaving grotesque snail trails in their wake, I discovered today that e89 mirrors fold the wrong way thus emptying themselves of water.
Rob
(p.s. Had a lot of cars. Never washed one, though.)
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You're missing out, that's part of the enjoyment of ownership for meBusterboo wrote:When I take mine to the Romanians, they use an air-line to dry inside the mirrors.Smartbear wrote:After suffering from incontinent mirrors, where they relieve themselves over my freshly washed & polished doors leaving grotesque snail trails in their wake, I discovered today that e89 mirrors fold the wrong way thus emptying themselves of water.
Rob
(p.s. Had a lot of cars. Never washed one, though.)
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold