Minxy
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- Since 1996, had Elddis/Swift/Rapido/Rimor/Chausson MHs. Autocruise/Globecar PVCs/Compactline i-138
We are now members of a bit of an 'exclusive' club which we hoped we would never be members of! The broken mirror brigade!!!!! 
It happened a couple of days ago - an idiotic German MHer was driving down a road in Croatia towards us and towards bend in the road, we couldn't see him, he couldn't see us, however when he got to where we could see him about 15ft away he was already slightly over the white line onto our side then the pillock (substitute a stronger name if you wish ... I can't repeat the one I used!) who was driving too fast took fright at the large rock which was sticking out slightly on his side and over-reacted so pulled out more onto our side and hit our bl**dy mirror ...if he hadn't panicked he would probably have missed us. In the split second before it happened we knew we were going to make contact and couldn't do a thing about it as we had a wall at the side of us and hubby decided not to 'modify' the bodywork with it!
Being on the 'inside' of the road I was in the 'line of attack' (note to self ... must remember to get a left-hand drive vehicle next time!) there was one hell of a bang and the mirror hit the side cab window, hurling plastic through it off the indicator lens. We stopped and the MH behind the one that hit us slowed down but then they drove on, we eventually turned round (one Croatian driver stopped to make sure we were okay which was nice) and went back to see if they'd stopped somewhere too but they were no-where to be seen, they'd obviously legged it!
The back casing has a piece missing near where it goes onto one of the arms, and another crack where the indicator lens 'should' be, the Fiat top mirror is still in one piece but some of the mirror coating itself has splintered and come off, the small bottom mirror is more shattered but still in one piece, and the top blind spot mirror which we added previously disappeared into orbit somewhere I assume as we couldn't find it at all afterwards. After lots of gaffer tape and messing about I've managed to make the mirrors usable to some extend and we've moved the blind spot mirror from the other side and put it on top so that helps.
Before anyone says it - we don't think Mirror Guards would have helped as the impact was so great, we were surprise the cab door glass itself didn't smash and we have a couple over very small marks in the paintwork; I found plastic from the indicator lens on the dinette seat later on, good job it went past rather than hit me as I had the window fully open.
We aren't letting it spoil our holiday but its annoying ... expense we weren't expecting ... will have to see what it will cost to replace when we get home, hopefully Ebay will have something suitable.
It happened a couple of days ago - an idiotic German MHer was driving down a road in Croatia towards us and towards bend in the road, we couldn't see him, he couldn't see us, however when he got to where we could see him about 15ft away he was already slightly over the white line onto our side then the pillock (substitute a stronger name if you wish ... I can't repeat the one I used!) who was driving too fast took fright at the large rock which was sticking out slightly on his side and over-reacted so pulled out more onto our side and hit our bl**dy mirror ...if he hadn't panicked he would probably have missed us. In the split second before it happened we knew we were going to make contact and couldn't do a thing about it as we had a wall at the side of us and hubby decided not to 'modify' the bodywork with it!
Being on the 'inside' of the road I was in the 'line of attack' (note to self ... must remember to get a left-hand drive vehicle next time!) there was one hell of a bang and the mirror hit the side cab window, hurling plastic through it off the indicator lens. We stopped and the MH behind the one that hit us slowed down but then they drove on, we eventually turned round (one Croatian driver stopped to make sure we were okay which was nice) and went back to see if they'd stopped somewhere too but they were no-where to be seen, they'd obviously legged it!
The back casing has a piece missing near where it goes onto one of the arms, and another crack where the indicator lens 'should' be, the Fiat top mirror is still in one piece but some of the mirror coating itself has splintered and come off, the small bottom mirror is more shattered but still in one piece, and the top blind spot mirror which we added previously disappeared into orbit somewhere I assume as we couldn't find it at all afterwards. After lots of gaffer tape and messing about I've managed to make the mirrors usable to some extend and we've moved the blind spot mirror from the other side and put it on top so that helps.
Before anyone says it - we don't think Mirror Guards would have helped as the impact was so great, we were surprise the cab door glass itself didn't smash and we have a couple over very small marks in the paintwork; I found plastic from the indicator lens on the dinette seat later on, good job it went past rather than hit me as I had the window fully open.
We aren't letting it spoil our holiday but its annoying ... expense we weren't expecting ... will have to see what it will cost to replace when we get home, hopefully Ebay will have something suitable.
