\'Wing\' Mirrors?

[Lacey]

Why do we still call them that?

I know originally mirrors were mounted on the front quarter panels (aka the \'wing\'s), but since having moved them closer to the drivers peripheral and mounting them (most of the time) on the doors, we still refer to them as wing mirrors? Despite them not being on the wing anymore.

How come nobody thought to change the name from \'wing mirrors\' to something else? Or if they thought of it, why didn\'t they? Simplicity?

Just something random that dawned on me looking through the for-sale ad\'s

[Brett]

They are referred to as door mirrors on occasion...

[AMH]

Or rear view mirrors.

[Lacey]

I thought \'rear view mirror\' was the term for the one inside the cabin mounted to the roof (or on some occasions the windscreen)?

I was just curious, as I know most people I talk to still say \'wing mirrors\' talking about door-mounted mirrors, myself included, just interesting the mentality of being brought up calling something a name which is completely wrong.

[AMH]

Yeah it normally is but I have heard the ones on the side called that as well.

And there\'s headlights - my other half calls them main beam and dipped but I say it\'s main beem and full beam. So we are calling main beam different things. To me dipped is like side lights - but I don\'t have those.

[Lacey]

I just find it interesting how we\'re brought up calling something on the car a name that\'s wrong, or clearly not the right name for something. And then there\'s things that actually do have different names like lights.

I have sides, main and full beam, but then I often call \'full beam\' fog lights. I know they aren\'t fog lights, but they\'re for driving in very low visibility, and I use them for fog driving a lot. But I call them it anyway. lol

So much variety in what we all call what is essentially one thing.

[Nik da Greek]

I had wing mirrors on a couple of cars (yep, I\'m old :o). They were cack, you couldn\'t see bugger all in them and adjusting them was a complete and utter PITA cos you couldn\'t do it and remain in the postition from which you\'d actually be using them whilst driving :Hammer. I don\'t especially care what you call them, but door mirrors are a much better idea

[Nik da Greek]

Anyone for main and high beam, btw? :rollin

[Lacey]

Haha, high-beam is something else I call them! I should really pick a name lol

[PDale]

As Nik da Greek has said they used to be located on the front wing back in the day, hence the term wing mirror being correct back then. Now they are normally attached to the door and should be called door mirrors. It really annoys me when people call them wing mirrors when they\'re on the door :Grrr

[Lacey]

As Nik da Greek has said they used to be located on the front wing back in the day

I said that in me first post! :Tongue1

[PDale]

Whoops, it was a long day yesterday. Need to learn to read or get some sleep :Snoring

[Nik da Greek]

I said that in me first post! :Tongue1

Eh? Sorry, did you say something? :rollin

[Lacey]

Nik stealing all my credit :p

[Prof]

Is it because they look like tiny stubby wings?:Hammer :Laugh