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From: spike1 on 22 Nov 2009 06:08 And verily, didst Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> hastily babble thusly: > doetnietcomputeren wrote: > >>> 1. Do they have the throttle on the left and clutch on the right hand >>> side of the bike? (ie, mirror images of the North American arrangement?) >> >> Good lord no. Just the same as in the pedal position doesn't change in >> their cars. > > Thanks for the info. Re cars, I suppose that a floor-mounted gear shift > would still be in the middle, operated by the left hand. (*That* would > seem very strange at first. On a standard I'd likely grind off all > the gear cogs getting the hang of it.) A couple of american guests on top gear in the "stars in a reasonably priced car" segment wrecked the gearbox on the track. David Soul was one of them IIRC. -- | |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack| | spike1(a)freenet.co.uk |in the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you| | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. | | Andrew Halliwell BSc |Consider how lucky you are that life has been | | in |good to you so far... | | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
From: Pete Fisher on 22 Nov 2009 07:10 In communiqu� <Xns9CCB7A854CA12wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.245>, wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote in >news:FD2Gnki7xRCLFw3r(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk: >> >> Might be now. My 97 Mazda MX5 has it on the other side (right) to my 08 >> Mazda 6. Tends to lead to trying to indicate with the windscreen wipers >> the first time if I haven't driven the MX5 for a while. >> > >Early Jap cars had the indicator on the RHS, just like my Mk1 Escort & >Capri. > >Like most recent Mazdas, your M6 is a shared design with Ford and will be >using generic instruments from the corporate parts bin which will be biased >towards US & EU conventions. > Indeed. Though I am pleased to say that the buy back of shares by Mazda from Ford seems to have been reflected in the latest M6. Not quite so obviously just a Mondeo in Samurai clothing. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: Oily on 22 Nov 2009 07:18 "Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote.......... > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller" > saying something like: > > > > >Column shifts tend to be on the right - the last one I had was on a 1975 > >SAAB 96 (manual). > > > >The old Jag autos were on the right too. > > Conversely, the two I had were on the left, so there's no > standardisation. I had a Mk2 jag and a Daimler 250 V8 which were both on the left IIRC, the others were floor change manual.
From: sweller on 22 Nov 2009 07:15 Steve Parry wrote: > > They banned l/h chairs some time in the 1980s, on some spurious > > 'safety' excuse. Despite the fact that they could produce no accident > > stats for them. > > and yet LHD cars are still legal? The position of the driver doesn't affect the way the car is driven (other than visibility). The position of the chair makes a huge difference. I suspect - with no evidence - that the decision was based on handling rather than visibility. -- Simon
From: wessie on 22 Nov 2009 07:16
Pete Fisher <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:shns$kl9oSCLFwgv(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk: > In communiqu� <Xns9CCB7A854CA12wtymmmsas(a)188.40.43.245>, wessie > <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >>Pete Fisher <Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote in >>news:FD2Gnki7xRCLFw3r(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk: >>> >>> Might be now. My 97 Mazda MX5 has it on the other side (right) to my >>> 08 Mazda 6. Tends to lead to trying to indicate with the windscreen >>> wipers the first time if I haven't driven the MX5 for a while. >>> >> >>Early Jap cars had the indicator on the RHS, just like my Mk1 Escort & >>Capri. >> >>Like most recent Mazdas, your M6 is a shared design with Ford and will >>be using generic instruments from the corporate parts bin which will >>be biased towards US & EU conventions. >> > > Indeed. Though I am pleased to say that the buy back of shares by > Mazda from Ford seems to have been reflected in the latest M6. Not > quite so obviously just a Mondeo in Samurai clothing. > it's not a Mondeo but the CD3 platform, not used by Ford in Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_CD3_platform -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS |