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JohnC
09-27-2007, 14:29
My '06 has the factory power mirrors with heated glass and turn indicators. On 3, maybe 4 occasions, something has bounced off the mirror housing and hit me in the face or neck (Window down, of course...). I didn't think too much about it until yesterday, when a wasp or hornet hit me in the neck. Dispite having been stung may times over my life with no significant effects, this time I ended up in the emergency ward. Nothing a Benadryl IV couldn't fix...

But I digress. Am I just "lucky" or is there something about the aerodynamics of this setup that is causing things to follow this trajectory?

beeler
09-27-2007, 16:21
Wow, sorry about the bug problem.

It's not just you though. I put those mirrors on my '02 last year. I have lots of bugs splatter on the side windows to prove that they push stuff toward the glass. It's probably worse with the window down.

ToddMeister
09-28-2007, 08:46
I've also had bugs bounce off the mirrors and hit me, one was a wasp, but it didn't sting me. Might not be as lucky next time...