Stoopid Question....
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Idea is deflecting the glare of headlights at night!
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Forward is the normal position.
The only time you should be pushing it away from you is if you're being followed by a car with high beams on, and you're getting dazzled. This "night" position changes the angle of the light so that it doesn't go toward your eyes - instead it gets angled downward towards the back seat.
The only time you should be pushing it away from you is if you're being followed by a car with high beams on, and you're getting dazzled. This "night" position changes the angle of the light so that it doesn't go toward your eyes - instead it gets angled downward towards the back seat.
Last edited by Type 100; Dec 8, 2012 at 06:47 AM.
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Forward is the normal position.
The only time you should be pushing it away from you is if you're being followed by a car with high beams on, and you're getting dazzled. This "night" position changes the angle of the light so that it doesn't go toward your eyes - instead it gets angled downward towards the back seat.
The only time you should be pushing it away from you is if you're being followed by a car with high beams on, and you're getting dazzled. This "night" position changes the angle of the light so that it doesn't go toward your eyes - instead it gets angled downward towards the back seat.
The day/night mirrors are more clever than you might at first realize. The glass is slightly wedge-shaped. In one position, the image is reflected from the mirroring in back of the glass, as with most any mirror; in the other, the light you see is reflected off the front surface of the glass, which is a much poorer reflector. That's why you can still see something in the night position, but don't get dazzled (as much).
With the settings reversed from standard, the "wrong" night position still gives an image; I think the light is being reflected off the silvering, off the surface of the glass back to the silvering, off the silvering again, and too your eyes.
Yes, as far as I remember the "switch" should be forward for normal and back towards the driver for glare avoidance. DrewE is right in that the mirror is somewhat "smart" and you can still see out the back window through the mirror with it in the back position, but it is very dim.
I have had Broadway mirrors on for so long I don't remember exactly. In this case I do use the forward for normal and back (towards driver) for anti-glare at night, but this just puts the light on the roof with a Broadway mirror.
I have had Broadway mirrors on for so long I don't remember exactly. In this case I do use the forward for normal and back (towards driver) for anti-glare at night, but this just puts the light on the roof with a Broadway mirror.
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According to the owner's manual (at least for the 2012 model year), toward the windshield is the daytime position and towards the rear of the car is the nighttime position. Which lever position is "forward" and which is "back" is a matter of perspective, I guess. Doing it backwards still works.
The day/night mirrors are more clever than you might at first realize. The glass is slightly wedge-shaped. In one position, the image is reflected from the mirroring in back of the glass, as with most any mirror; in the other, the light you see is reflected off the front surface of the glass, which is a much poorer reflector. That's why you can still see something in the night position, but don't get dazzled (as much).
With the settings reversed from standard, the "wrong" night position still gives an image; I think the light is being reflected off the silvering, off the surface of the glass back to the silvering, off the silvering again, and too your eyes.
The day/night mirrors are more clever than you might at first realize. The glass is slightly wedge-shaped. In one position, the image is reflected from the mirroring in back of the glass, as with most any mirror; in the other, the light you see is reflected off the front surface of the glass, which is a much poorer reflector. That's why you can still see something in the night position, but don't get dazzled (as much).
With the settings reversed from standard, the "wrong" night position still gives an image; I think the light is being reflected off the silvering, off the surface of the glass back to the silvering, off the silvering again, and too your eyes.
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