Hi,

I have a skoda octavia combi from 2006 (just took delivery today). Was wondering if there is a way of automatically folding in the external mirrors? Say when parking on narrow streets, or getting in tight garages?

Thanks

Mike.

Hello. The easy answer is no. I guess if you were really bored and had money to burn you could look into refitting the mirror parts from a facelift car with the electrically retracting mirrors. No idea what wiring, maybe controller coding etc you'd need though.

You could use Volkswagen Polo mirrors too as they are identical to Octavia's (if this is an option on Polo at all).

Im sure i've read of a retrofit kit for the octavia but it was in the region of £600

If I was parking some where narrow, id want my mirrors to see what I was doing personally

They're like cats, really. Where the head fits, everything else follows. Personally I wouldn't drive through a place where you can't fit the car with the mirrors extended.

This feature is ther with Octavia II FL & New superb only.

I would love them, more so that cars don't clip it as much when going past when parked on the road, as they so frequently seem to do for me recently :(

I know the difference between folded and not can only be an inch or two, but that inch or two could mean the difference of a mirror or not still on your car lol.

But with them folded, you're inviting them that much closer to the body of your car.

But with them folded, you're inviting them that much closer to the body of your car.

Not really, if they can hit your mirror theyre too close as it is, where my old car used to park it was a simple equation to work out, if you didnt fold in your mirror, the next morning there was a good chance you could wake up without one. :thumbdwn:

The mirrors being left out made no difference to how close people will try to get.

If you go down a thin street with lots of parked cars you will prob find all the mirrors in.

And now that my mirrors are full electric with indicators as well, I dont fancy paying for a new one every time someone is careless