Folding mirrors

[p3eps]

Just wondering if anyone had specced folding mirrors on their Golf - and how are they?
The ones on the MK5 were pretty poop... in that they only came in a tiny bit!  Are the MK6 ones better?
Do you still need to press a button to make them fold - or does it do it automatically when you lock the car?

[Masher]

They're ok and fold in quite a way but a real pain as they don't do it automatically, you have to turn the rotary switch. Dunno why they decided to do it like that - must be an easy thing to make it automatic......

[matchboy]

i like them a lot, the come in much more than on the mk5.  it is a bit of a pain doing it manually but defo worth having imo.  i also like when you put the car into reverse and then put the dial to L it moves the mirror on the left side down so that you can see if you're going to kerb your wheels or not!  i would say they are worth having given the number of plums who can't park these days and who are likely to take a chunk out of your mirrors.

[simonpolly]

They are pretty good ,they fold in quite a long way and is ideal when in a narrow parking space,as for the switch i suppose it gives you a choice,i was hoping there was a switch because i did`nt want it to automatically close them when you switched the car off(if only for when you are taking pictures of the car)

[mac7]

Can you fold them on the move for improved aerodynamics  - no seriously!?

[AlanH]

If the mirrors folded automatically when the ignition was switched off, then presumably they would unfold when the ignition was switched back on. Perhaps not such a great idea if, like me, you park in a garage with a narrow doorway. I want those mirrors out of the way when I'm reversing out 

[FroGTI]

Can you fold them on the move for improved aerodynamics  - no seriously!?

Lol, I tried that a coupl of days ago on the motorway. I don't know about affecting top speed, but it did reduce wind noise slightly

[carl1]

i like them a lot, the come in much more than on the mk5.  it is a bit of a pain doing it manually but defo worth having imo.  i also like when you put the car into reverse and then put the dial to L it moves the mirror on the left side down so that you can see if you're going to kerb your wheels or not!  i would say they are worth having given the number of plums who can't park these days and who are likely to take a chunk out of your mirrors.

the mirror goes into auto kerb view in reverse on mine and i don' have folding mirrors as a option

[KVW]

Didn't know I could get my left mirror to dip while reversing on the gti. Any idea which settings I need to activate to do this?

[carl1]

make sure you have the option ticked in the mfd, turn your mirror adjuster to position L, select reverse (but don't actually reverse) then adjust mirror to your required view then select back to neutral. So now when you select reverse the mirror should return automaticaly to the position you selected when in reverse as long as  L is selected on mirror adjuster.