Those dang Ferrari traffic jams

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Author Message ross koller (Ross) Member Username: Ross Post Number: 623 Registered: 3-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 11:05 am:    i never liked those high mirrors. so glad when they moved them. saw a particularly bad idea last year on an 86 tr in the uk, where the guy had installed a high passenger side mirror. i can understand why he wanted the extra vision but the car looked goofy. David J. Smith (Darkhorse512) Junior Member Username: Darkhorse512 Post Number: 143 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, January 24, 2003 - 1:13 am:    I remember reading an article about the TR's development. DOT regulations stated that a side view mirror had to give an unobstructed view of behind with no body panel inrtusions. The high mounted drivers mirror complied but a passenger that would comply couldn't be seen from the driver's seat without craning your neck. So they stuck with the one high mounted flying bridge. The law changed in 87 amd the mirrors doubled and moved down to the doors. It's a trait of all post 87 TRs. Flanks and engine cover consume some portion of every rearward mirror. I think the 512TR's modified engine cover was the begining of a unobstructed interior rear view mirror. I'm soo glad I have a place to take my useless information. Hubert Otlik (Hugh) Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 451 Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 7:46 pm:    some of the other cars (i.e 308/328) in the picture are missing the passanger side mirror. i presume that the pic was taken in europe, where it's failry common to see cars w/out the passanger side mirror. James Selevan (Jselevan) Member Username: Jselevan Post Number: 315 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 7:41 pm:    DES - 1985-86 Testarossas can be distinguished from their younger cousins by the single mirror and the center wheel nut. In 1987 they went to dual (lower) mirrors and 5-bolt wheel pattern. IMHO, the asymmetry of the single mirror adds to the "intrigue" of the car. Jim S. Ron Shirley (Easy_rider) New member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 45 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 7:27 pm:    Des, I absolutely see three and a fourth obscured by the mirror of the yellow TR. Two of the others are the two behind the one obscured by the mirror of the yellow TR. The final one is just the mirror in the upper right side of the picture. Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain) Member Username: Ricrain Post Number: 419 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 7:11 pm:    So, then, I get the idea that I'll go to the track instead... and guess what? Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain) Member Username: Ricrain Post Number: 418 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 7:03 pm:    I mean, you try to go to the park on Sunday, and everywhere you look... another damn Ferrari. Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4) Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 804 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:11 pm:    I'm SOOOO depressed! No 'GT4's PS - Early GT4s don't have right side mirrors either. DES (Sickspeed) Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 1386 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 9:24 pm:    Ron, i don't think so... i don't see any passenger's side mirrors in this whole picture... Rijk Rietveld (Rijk365gtb4) Junior Member Username: Rijk365gtb4 Post Number: 109 Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 8:47 pm:    The early Daytona's and 365gt4 did not have any outside mirrors at all. I drove a Daytona without outside mirrors once, scary! I have a tiny one on the driver side and are missing it terribly on the passenger side. The early testarossa's had only a driver side mirror and it was raised up high (1985/86?). in the next generation they had dual mirrors, low. Here you see three early testarossa's Ron Shirley (Easy_rider) New member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 35 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 8:42 pm:    I think that the early model Testarossas did not have right side mirrors. If you look at the other cars, I think you can see right side mirrors on all or most of them. DES (Sickspeed) Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 1380 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 8:25 pm:    i didn't know Crazy Eddy started selling cars... "It's IN-SAAAAAANE...!" Seriously, i have trouble focusing when i see this many at once- posts like this should have a warning rating, i almost drank my sandwich and ate my soda...! & i'm sure one of you nice gentleman (or lady) will explain to me why none of these cars has a passenger's side mirror...? i know you're not supposed to pass on the right, but COME ON... Greg Owens (Owens84qv) Member Username: Owens84qv Post Number: 629 Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 8:03 pm:    In the ideal world... bruce wellington (Bws88tr) Intermediate Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 1597 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 7:43 pm:    we are running specials , 1/2 off on 15k and 30k major services....... Jim E (Jimpo1) Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1192 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 6:29 pm:    Hey Valet, my car is the red one. Hubert Otlik (Hugh) Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 443 Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 6:14 pm:    Sunset Blvd, saturday morning, there's a Starbucks on the corner, am I right? J. Grande (Jay) Member Username: Jay Post Number: 990 Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 6:11 pm:    Now where did I park my car? Ric Rainbolt (Ricrain) Member Username: Ricrain Post Number: 412 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 6:07 pm:    These things are so common, you see yourself at every stoplight...