Yank it carefully!

The yanking out of the mirror used to be part of the standard sales pitch in 1980, I recall. A salesman in Orlando did that and explained the safety factor and that Jason Robards had a horrible neck injury from an Oldsmobile mirror going into his neck in a crash.

I thought it was cool and stored the information away.

Later, In Jacksonville, looking at a pretty Black/Tan 300D, I surprised my mother by yanking the mirror out. Some how, in my zeal, I managed to chip the winshield.... mother was not as surprised as myself.

It was an expensive test ride, even with only paying wholesale for the replacement winshield.

Yank carefully, my man... carefully.