R8 side mirror

[resonate]

Is there a side mirrow tilt function on the R8? The function in most cars that tilt the side mirror when you put your car in reverse.

[800]

Picked up?? do u need it to tilt for a car that sits so low?

[randombloke]

Nothing in the owners manual about it and tried mine and no dip - but it as 800 said, the car is so low that it's not really much of an issue (even less so with the reversing camera).

[Tritone]

Is there a side mirrow tilt function on the R8? The function in most cars that tilt the side mirror when you put your car in reverse.

??? works just fine on ours, if you have the knob turned to the pass side mirror.......

Tritone

[randombloke]

strange - I tried it in all 3 positions. I wonder if it's disabled with the reverse camera option

Just been out and tried it again as a sanity check - def no dipping with passenger mirror selected.

[Tritone]

strange - I tried it in all 3 positions. I wonder if it's disabled with the reverse camera option

Just been out and tried it again as a sanity check - def no dipping with passenger mirror selected.

IIRC, it works with the camera, but i wont know till Friday, when im back to the car.

Others???

[resonate]

I tried mine with the dial on the passenger mirror position. Still doesn't work. Either the R8 doesn't have this function or mine is broken.

[hmp10]

The R8 doesn't have this function, nor does it have a seat memory function . . . something which I find inexcusable in a car of this price. The motors are all already there. All that needs to be added are sensors and a switch (which is why these are now common features in cars costing 1/3 what the R8 costs). I've curbed my right rear wheel a couple of times by not being able to see the proximity of the wheel to the curb. And every time I go to the car wash, my car comes back with the outside mirrors and the driver's seat moved. Instead of just hitting a "restore" button -- as in all my other cars -- I have to sit there and manually readjust the mirrors and the seat.

[wedouglas]

The R8 doesn't have this function, nor does it have a seat memory function . . . something which I find inexcusable in a car of this price. The motors are all already there. All that needs to be added are sensors and a switch (which is why these are now common features in cars costing 1/3 what the R8 costs). I've curbed my right rear wheel a couple of times by not being able to see the proximity of the wheel to the curb. And every time I go to the car wash, my car comes back with the outside mirrors and the driver's seat moved. Instead of just hitting a "restore" button -- as in all my other cars -- I have to sit there and manually readjust the mirrors and the seat.

People are getting lazy haha. I don't think I even notice when I move my manual seats around in my acura. Good ol' levers.

[hmp10]

People are getting lazy haha.

The problem is not the physical labor involved.

I live in downtown Chicago, which means I'm usually blocking traffic when I try to back into a parallel parking space. When I have to sit there and adjust the right side mirror into the proper position to spot the curb before I can beginning backing, it's a real annoyance to me and others. And then I have to remember to reset the mirror before I pull back into traffic.

And, due to the large blind spots of the R8, I'm very meticulous about where I set the outside mirrors. While I don't exactly break a sweat from the physical effort of resetting a seat and three mirrors after a car wash, it really does take a bit of time to get everything back to proper position.

And don't tell me Audi was trying to maintain some kind of sports car "purism". The car is loaded with luxury features, such as automatic climate control. (How hard is it to turn a fan knob, after all?) And the weight penalty of adding automatic mirror and seat settings lies largely in the motors and wiring -- which are already there. The sensors and switches weigh virtually nothing.

So what was the logic of omitting a feature as helpful and inexpensive as seat and mirror memory . . . something which they could have simply lifted from one of their other products.