The (ex)boss used to race jappers and complained about it.Originally Posted by GazzaH
Gotta look for the "one sweep of the wipers = turning left, 2 sweeps = turning right"...
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The (ex)boss used to race jappers and complained about it.
Gotta look for the "one sweep of the wipers = turning left, 2 sweeps = turning right"...
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Normally on the left in Ford's....idiots. My current work vehicle has a foot brake instead of a hand brake which is unusual. The Torana Sunbird had the same thing, I guess there were other cars that had a foot brake ..can't think of any off hand.
Ta
Come sidecar racing. Only brake there is gets operated by the left foot.
Slightly Hardcore Biker
Or the Eastman Transport forklift champs back in the 90s
High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
Brakes as new
Hardcore Biker
Jeeps have indicator stalks on the left. Seems like only Japanese cars have them on the right.
A lot of the American cars till the 80s and 90s had foot operated emergency brakes (not hand operated parking brakes).
I guess the next question could be whether one uses the parking brake with automatics?
Slightly Hardcore Biker
The indicator switch on my MOTORCYCLE is on the left...
Sorry, did I shout?
My apologies. It must be the beer talking
High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
Brakes as new
Just chugging along...
Many American vehicles built now have foot operated emergency brakes - BTW, the Yanks have tended to always called it an "emergency" brake rather than the English expression of "handbrake" - or quite a few seem to have electric parking brake operation...
As for parking brake with automatics - depends where the vehicle is parked... if flat then Park is often sufficient to prevent the vehicle from moving. If you need to use the parking brake, do you set that then release the foot brake then put transmission into Park or do you set parking brake, put transmission into Park and then release footbrake?
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Ta
Leanne's chair was right foot too from memory. We swapped to the left on the red chair.
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My rental in Europe last year was a japper and had a fucking weird foot-handbrake thingy.
Fucking people-movers...
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I only use one foot on autos, but I find it helps to use two in snow or mud. Putting the brake on stops the wheel spinning - a bit - or so I feel. I hate autos. I sometimes do that in manuals too - accelerator and gentle brake when the wheel slips. Not tried it on a dirt bike - might give it a go ... next time out.
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Hardcore Biker
Japs, Aussies and Brits drive on the left, so drivers sit on the right (correct) side of the car like us. We can indicate with the right hand while changing gear with the left.
Everyone else drives on the wrong side while holding their knob with the right hand.
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