He checked his side mirror, gazing at the garage, perhaps, or at my grandmother in the kitchen window.

Tie a plastic bag over each side mirror: that way, the reflections will disappear and the mirror housings will be protected.

Then he adjusted his side mirror.

As her friends climb from the car and the driver stares into his side mirror, she reaches forward once, and then again, into the jar.

Side mirror changed from a round to rectangular shape.