Definitely agree. When I bought a new Mini in 1978, it came with a DDM only and a blank for one on the passenger door. I managed without a PDM for a while, but later fitted one for the reasons 'Moomoo' stated.
Now more than 40 years on, we have far more traffic, more multi-lane highways, with vehicles merging from the left, often at speed, that I think a PDM should be seen as almost an essential fitment.
As an aside, some of the best mirrors that I have found on any car were the wing (as opposed to door) mirrors fitted to my 144. I did supplement them with a small overtaking mirror that clipped onto the quarter light frame, but they were unbeatable for both field and depth of vision. They did ideally need two to set up correctly, and were difficult to fine tune, but once properly adjusted were among the best that I have used.
Regards, John.
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