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Me and the wife have a car each. The reverse gear is in a different position in each. On mine the headlights are controlled with a rotary switch at lower righ
by gerdesj 7y ago
Me and the wife have a car each. The reverse gear is in a different position in each. On mine the headlights are controlled with a rotary switch at lower right of the steering wheel, in hers you twist part of the left stalk. If you accidentally press the centre of my headlight control you raise or lower the lights - hilarious. Some cars have the handbrake on a stick behind the steering wheel, some have it as a lever in the central console. Some have a small paddle.
Then there is the which side of the road do you drive thing ...
- Scoundreller 7y agoOy, going from BMW to Fiat was fun. BMW has R in the top left, while Fiat has it where BMW put 6th.
- IgorPartola 7y agoThose are minor. As late as the 60s motorcycles had non-standard controls. Standard: Right hand - throttle and front brake Left hand - clutch Right foot - rear brake Left foot - gear shifter You have to use the clutch and gear shifter together, and you have to have at least one foot down when you stop. This layout makes a lot of sense. Back in the day you had things like suicide shifters: you shift gears with your left hand and the clutch is at the left foot meaning that you have to take your hand off the handlebars to shift gears (hence “suicide shifter”), and as you come to a stop you have no foot to put down since you should be using bother the clutch and the rear brake. And that’s just one of many examples of weird layouts. Basically imagine driving a manual car where the gears are shifter with your left foot, the brake is hand operated and the clutch is a part of the steering wheel.