A New Ear

"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot) 09/18/2018 at 11:00 • Filed to: None

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Last winter a tree attacked my car, and the casualty was the passenger’s side view mirror. Fast forward a few months un til now, my wife has been sitting in the passenger seat and not having a mirror there annoys her. So I went to the junkyard and got a used one.

As you can see, it did some damage. But it was enough to make it unusable, it broke the motor and the mount for the mirror, not to mention the casing.

Knowing that finding a color-matching side view mirror would be difficult, plus I’m too lazy to search for one, I picked up a black one instead. The junkyard commented that the mirror was probably after market. Not that I cared though, I’m a function over fashion type of person.

Great match! Blends in perfectly! No one will know!

Fun fact, my five year old daughter doesn’t like the mix-matched mirrors. I find it amusing.

People keep telling me I need to paint it to matc h . I keep telling them that I’m too lazy and just don’t care if it matches or not. Also, I’m not expecting full retail value when I eventually sell it.

facw > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 11:06

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I mean, you should have spent the extra $3 0 or whatever and taken the driver’s side mirror as well, so that you’d have a matching set.

OPPOsaurus WRX > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 11:08

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m,y sister-in-law got side swiped while parked in Boston. The only damage was to the mirror. She ordered a new one, ad it painted to match and I put it on for her. She goes back to her apt and Boston and promptly has it removed again. This time she didn;t get it painted and is driving around with one black an d one silver mirror.

zeontestpilot > facw 09/18/2018 at 11:10

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But now it’s easier to find my car in the parking lot, lol.

Urambo Tauro > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 11:11

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Paint the driver’s side black to match ? I don’t think it would look bad. Maybe try it with Plasti Dip first so you can peel it off again if you don’t like it.

zeontestpilot > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/18/2018 at 11:12

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At times I suffer from OCD, and I find this funny. Plus it’ll annoy other people and I’ll definitely get a laugh out of it.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 11:15

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i quite like the mismatched ears

adds character

(no seriously... i feel like it needs a name now)

zeontestpilot > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/18/2018 at 11:24

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Funnily enough, back when I first bought the car, I named it “Junkyard”, because of the repairs I’ve done to it, and that the car fax was extremely sketching. So, it’s literally living up to it’s name, lol.

zeontestpilot > Urambo Tauro 09/18/2018 at 11:25

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I thought of the idea of getting a second hood, and painting it with blackboard chalk paint. That way my kids can write on it. Thought that would be cool.

Urambo Tauro > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 11:34

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Yeah t hat’d be fun. I’ve always wondered how that stuff holds up tho ug h.

Takuro Spirit > zeontestpilot 09/18/2018 at 12:13

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Non folding mirrors were invented by the devil

zeontestpilot > Takuro Spirit 09/18/2018 at 16:27

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So was diet pop/soda.