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07-11-2009, 09:05 AM | #1 |
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heated mirrors on 09 model?
Hi i'm still waiting for my yaris to be delivered to me, but i was wondering do the 2009 models have heated mirrors?
the model i ordered is a 1.33 t-spirit (i think here in malta we import them from UK) |
07-11-2009, 09:12 AM | #2 |
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Mine aren't heated. I don't recall seeing that in the options for the US models.
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07-11-2009, 09:28 AM | #3 |
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07-11-2009, 09:41 AM | #4 |
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The Yaris is a bottom line economy car. It doesn't have lots of things that are standard on other cars, which are also way more expensive. That's fine with me. I don't need heated seats to warm my buns, lights that stay on for a minute after I get out of the car, synthesized voices talking to me...
The only thing I do miss from more "luxurious" cars is the dashboard display of things like outside air temperature, instantaneous and average mileage, and miles till empty. Wouldn't need to buy a tacky gauge and stick it on the dash. |
07-11-2009, 09:59 AM | #5 | |
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good one, but the 2007 model has the outside tempreture for sure. the only query about the heated mirros is that i had them on my old seat ibiza 1995 so i was thinking 2009 may be standard now |
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07-11-2009, 10:00 AM | #6 |
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To me, heated mirrors are not a luxery item in many parts of the country where it snows. They are a safety related just like a rear or front defroster.
They should be part of the "all weather packag" IMO. Every car should have this option IMO. While it's true that the Yaris is a "bottom line economy car" this should not mean that safety is compromised. |
07-11-2009, 10:05 AM | #7 | |
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in Malta we don't need them that much but when the humidity is too high and the mirors are wet with humidity i can't see a thing. |
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07-11-2009, 11:35 AM | #8 |
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Heated mirrors are documented in the EWDs, so they are definitely available somewhere. My bet is that they are one of those options that never makes it out of Japan.
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07-11-2009, 12:05 PM | #9 | |
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There was even a time when there was no such thing as windshield wipers. Just becaue you make do without something doesn't mean it's safe. Why heated mirrors? Because it is not safe to get in your car in the dead of winter at 1:00 am with ice encrusted mirriors and get on the interstate as I often do. Why not scrape them? Mirror glass is often comparitively soft and easily scratched. it is easier said than done anyway. In NY, evey new car sold must have some sort of rear window defroster. Heated mirrors should also be mandated by law. This is real simple technology and only needs a few feet of wire, a switch and mirror glass with the wire eliments in it. |
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07-11-2009, 12:26 PM | #10 |
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my mirrors never really been frozen in the past.
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07-11-2009, 12:29 PM | #11 |
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OK, you guys are saying ice on mirrors are not a problem for you so, we will leave it at that.
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07-11-2009, 12:36 PM | #12 |
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07-11-2009, 12:59 PM | #13 | |
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Heated mirrors are pretty moot however - in all the time I've lived in Northern Ontario I don't think my mirrors have ever gotten full of ice except in the odd ice storm ... even then what PK said, just take some -40 rated windsheild fluid and pour it on and scrape off. |
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07-11-2009, 01:17 PM | #14 | |
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Hey, I once knew a guy who said he didn't need windshield wipers simpley because his were broken and he had a bottle of "Rain-X" A pure case of sour grapes. |
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07-11-2009, 01:26 PM | #15 |
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07-11-2009, 01:33 PM | #16 |
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did i start something here ?? :)
and me in malta it never snows but i wanted my mirors to be heated that all :):) |
07-11-2009, 01:50 PM | #17 |
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07-11-2009, 02:00 PM | #18 |
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You peple are now grasping for straws to bolster a a flawed point of view.
Using that failed logic a rear sway bay is only for bad drivers as is a rear view mirror. I'm out of this thread. . |
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