I drive a pickup with adequate side-view mirrors. "Adequate" means that with both mirrors extended, I cannot drive into my garage, so I have to reach out, grab the mirror on the driver's side, and haul it back. I can handle that. I have long arms.
It is worse when I want to drive through a car wash. Then I have to get out, and walk around, first to fold back the other mirror, too, and then, later, to put it out again. I do not handle that well.
As a result, I suffer from retractable, electric mirror envy. That is to say, I envy my brother, who has buttons. That is to say, I do not like my brother anymore. Until just lately.
Because I have had a recent hip replacement--which my brother has not had--I also have had to buy one of those generic, extensible, aluminum canes. Because I have one of those extensible aluminum canes, I no longer dislike my brother. With the standard window button in my pickup, I roll down the passenger side window, extend the cane to full length (about seven feet), hook the mirror, and haul it back. And when the car wash--or pickup wash--is done, I reverse the cane and push the mirror back into place.
The cruise control has gone bad, but my cane works flawlessly.
It is worse when I want to drive through a car wash. Then I have to get out, and walk around, first to fold back the other mirror, too, and then, later, to put it out again. I do not handle that well.
As a result, I suffer from retractable, electric mirror envy. That is to say, I envy my brother, who has buttons. That is to say, I do not like my brother anymore. Until just lately.
Because I have had a recent hip replacement--which my brother has not had--I also have had to buy one of those generic, extensible, aluminum canes. Because I have one of those extensible aluminum canes, I no longer dislike my brother. With the standard window button in my pickup, I roll down the passenger side window, extend the cane to full length (about seven feet), hook the mirror, and haul it back. And when the car wash--or pickup wash--is done, I reverse the cane and push the mirror back into place.
The cruise control has gone bad, but my cane works flawlessly.
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