Astur

I read in a British sister site that on our cars you can manually fold/tuck the outside rear view mirrors. Although many members might already know this I thought that I'd share for those that don't.

In order fold, just gently push the mirror housing towards the back of the car and you'll see a red spring loaded tab that you move towards you and that will act as a lever to keep the mirror in a folded position. This works for both mirrors and I'm enclosing pictures to attest.

Hope some will find this information useful.

lowbee

Thanks..... you mean I have to get out of my car to fold them ..... haha

Bxstr

Yes, I think I accidentally found this out when washing my car one day, on a previous 997.2 I had. It's convenient for storage if parking in a tight space.

Climarepair.com

Funny fact: On my first Porsche it took me well over 3 months to realize the same thing.

Feld

I have had mine for 4 years and didn’t know, learn something new every day!

voiceprint1

I am too afraid to push hard on the mirrors

911andchips

Learned something useful today!

Wolfman928

are you sure ? they look very open ?

Petza914

Even folded, they hardly make the car any narrower, so I've known about this, but think there's some risk in breaking the 15 year old spring when flexing it, so never fold mine in.

Vince Vincent

haha I am of the same belief with cars of this caliber and age... when someone mentions it can do something and I am like..

it has never been broken, its fine how it is, dont touch it lol

southbay

News to me! It’s probably more like a impact feature in case the mirror is hit so it doesn’t break off (hopefully) rather than using it for folding.

Floyd540

there are 11 replies to this post and not one wise guy comment. So I will sacrifice myself and be that one.
We know who doesn't read the owners manual. Page 28
I just had to do this, Cheers!

workhurts

there’s a way to lock it. So it’s for something other than just to absorb a hit which it does without locking.

OKB

almost all cars decent have collapsible mirrors, so you wont get torn off if you bump something

ManoTexas

Trucker who delivered my car pointed them out, and specifically to show me how to unlock the tab to put them back out. Said he delivered a 911 once and before he could stop the guy he’d folded one, then jerked the mirror hard to pull it back out and broke the tab.