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Hertsman

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Nov 19, 2025
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Want to highlight this to see if others have experienced it. Takes a distinct set of circumstance to show it self.

On Motorway at motorway limits of 65-70 MPH in heavy rain and literally could not see the outside lane in wing mirror as the water off the windscreen and presume rain heading into, was washing along the drivers side window (reminiscent of a windscreen prior to wipers being activated)

This was not happening on the near side mirror so the rain being washed away by the wipers towards offside was you imagine the excess that created this issue.

When raised eased off this phenomenon dissipated as well and view to wing mirror went back to normal. But in that time, did not feel confident to change lane.

This is not something ever experienced in another car.

On inspection of the outside when stopped, there is a lip that protrudes and by looking at it, you would think forces excess water up and over the roof, but from what describing it obviously does not.

Like said, it takes a certain set of circumstances, so imagine many not experienced it, but thread is to highlight as something to be aware of and then capture any that experience similar.
 
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I have also noticed this, the door mirrors are not the finest bit of design going - I wonder if the Audi Q3 versions are any better, I need a trip to a dealer to look...;)
 
It was not the actual wing mirrors which as you say, have their own quirks, but are livable with, it was the wash of water across the window that obscured the mirror, as if the windscreen wipers were pushing the excess to the right and the airflow then just pushed it across the drivers window to such an extent it obscures the view to the mirror in much same way as cannot see out of windscreen prior to putting on wipers.

It was very heavy rain so the circumstance was exceptional, but been in heavy rain in lots of cars and always been able to see wing mirror.
 
Sorry to be pedantic but 'wing mirrors' are mounted on the front wings - and they were not terriby useful, this is the age of the door mirror...;)
 
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Sorry to be pedantic but 'wing mirrors' are mounted on the front wings - and they were not terriby useful, this is the age of the door mirror...;)

Thank goodness I’m not the only member of the door mirror club! It’s one of my pet annoyances when door mirrors are referred to as wing mirrors 😠.

I agree, wing mirrors weren’t very useful. I don’t think they were ever fitted to new cars on the factory production line; if they were fitted to a new car, the dealer would do it or you could get a pair from the likes of Halfords and fit them yourself if you were brave enough to drill holes through the front wings of your new car! 😮. The image in the mirror glass was very small and of limited value IMHO, and if they got knocked out of position (seemed to happen quite often - pedestrians walking past when parked up and brushing against them ), adjusting them involved a spanner and usually quite a few trips from the driver’s seat and back to the mirrors before they were in the ‘right’ position again.