Polo GTI side mirror

[gti_freak]

can it be folded? As i had intention do it yesterday night , but i gave it up at last coz i hv no idea how to do it and dun want to risk of breaking it.
Is it possible to fold or it is fixed?
Thz heaps!

[VW GTI]

Yeah it does, just grab it from outside part (where the indicator is) and fold it towards the back of the car.

[RhysQ]

another question to add to this, can vag-com change the settings to fold the side mirrors in when the car is locked?

[VW GTI]

Well they're not electric... so no.

The actual mirror bits are, but that's not what you'd want to move I imagine?

[RhysQ]

dammit, that would have been good if it could do that. i was hoping that they could auto fold in when locking the car, i always stress when parking my car in a narrow street. and i really couldn't be stuffed getting out and folding them in every time. there is, however, the option of leaving the side night lights on when parked. maybe i should get in to a habit of doing this.

[morbo2000]

dammit, that would have been good if it could do that. i was hoping that they could auto fold in when locking the car, i always stress when parking my car in a narrow street. and i really couldn't be stuffed getting out and folding them in every time. there is, however, the option of leaving the side night lights on when parked. maybe i should get in to a habit of doing this.

If you're that worried about it then it's not a big deal to fold them in. I do it every night since on my old car my mirror got taken out twice (I park on street on a busy road). To get the glass replaced on my old car only cost $18 (it was a 2000 Magna) but I would hate to think how much it would cost on the polo (especially since my mum had her mirror taken out on her 2004 lancer when she parked out the front of my house and it cost her $4.