I should give my car more credit

I always thought it was a "smart" feature of my car that when I started the car, it would put the side mirrors back in their proper position after someone knocked them out of place. Well, I was right about it being smart... I just didn't know exactly how smart it was.

Yesterday morning, when I started my car, the side mirrors moved to the closed position (I mean "closed" as in folded against the car). So I slid down the windows and pushed them back into place.

The same thing happened as I was leaving work. (yesterday) I was thinking, what are the chances that someone would knock my side mirrors twice in a row?

It happened again this morning. But this time, as I pushed (manually) the mirrors back to the "open" position, I noticed something: There was no click to hold them in place. Which was why each time they automatically folded back in the next time I started the car.

I was looking at the mirror controls wondering whether there was something I could do there... then I pressed a button. And the mirrors clicked into position (I had already pushed them open, you see). Then that light bulb went off in my head, and I tried pushing the button again. The mirrors closed in. Another push. Open. Ohhhhhh....

How stupid was I? Very. Such a useful feature that I never knew to use. The thing is, I always thought that this feature was only available in expensive cars. "Smart" cars. But hey, my car's smart too. It's "full spec", for goodness' sake! I should give it more credit.

It's been a long time since I've written a post like this. And you know what? This is definitely going to make me smile (if not laugh) when I read it back a few years from now. :D

Edit: Oh yeah, I must have hit the button by mistake one day, making the mirrors close in.