In article , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
The interlock requires you to press the brake before coming out of P. P as I am sure you are aware locks the transmission. What you do after that is entirely up to you.
In article , Mr Macaw writes
So how do you drive forwards at 70 mph with the transmission locked?
I don't think the 88 RR which you referred to had a computer controlled gearbox.
Going from fifth to first would more likely wreck the transmission.
Ah, but is that Design or Manufacture? That could make a difference. Are all Nissans built in Sunderland built with the filler on the British nearside, or the French nearside if for export to the continent? So many questions, so little time...!
Maybe worth noticing the next time I'm in a car park with time to spare.
Exactly, so the same procedure would be followed for the right foot in an automatic, so adding to the pressure applied by the left foot on the wide brake pedal. No problem at all.
That applies to both of mine. Some older cars had one either side.
It always surprises me that most don't seem to realise the filler hose will 'stretch' to the other side of the car.
Was it one of the large Fords - Zephyr or whatever - that had the filler located centrally behind the hinged number plate? Probably killed off by crash regs.
In article , Davey writes
My land Rover Defender has it on the offside as did the Series Land Rovers (and early Defenders) with the fuel tank under the drivers seat. They don't come more British than that.
In article , Davey writes
There's no killer argument one way or the other. It's not a law rather an advisory guideline. If it ever became a critical issue in a court case then the weight of argument might go against you - just like much of the HC
The 1950s (A50 or A55, pre-Pinifarina) Morris Oxford had two fillers and I think two separate half-sized tanks.
Some filling stations are better than others. I find that even with my fairly small Peugeot I have to be careful to park close to the pump and to stop in just the right position for some hoses (I forget which brand of fuel and therefore forecourt owner) to reach onto the wrong side. Most are not a problem and I don't even try to get the right side. With our bigger Honda CR-V I usually try to choose a pump on the correct side or else go for a pump that advertises "extra long hoses". Most hoses will reach - just - but the problem is being able to get the nozzle in the correct way up (which requires slightly more hose than putting it in upside down) because the curved nozzle won't go as far into the curved filler neck if it's the wrong way up, so delivery keeps stopping - I feel a crude joke coming on...
My dad's 1967 Ford Corsair certainly had the filler cap (non-lockable by default - how times have changed) behind the number plate. I thought it was a wonderful place to hide it - but then I was about 5 at the time!
If you mean the Issigonis designed Oxford that still lives on in India as the Ambassador, no. My father had one and I learned to drive on it. And I don't think the Austin A50/A55 had either. It was more likely on an 'upmarket' car. Some Jags has twin tanks inside the rear wings.
Wikipedai says it was the Oxford Traveller Series 4
Ah. Right. I'd guess the twin tanks would be to do with providing a flat floor on the traveller. Pretty rare vehicle even then. And very nice.
I remember when I was little us driving to see some friends in my mum's Morris Minor. When she put the wrong grade of petrol in the tank on the way there, I learned a new word: "pinking" :-) These friends had a Morris Oxford Traveller S4 (I remember it was an Oxford but I'd forgotten the details) and Len showed me the two petrol filler caps.
It's odd I never noticed it. But more likely have forgotten. ;-)
Our Oxford was '56, so before the facelift. And the traveller version of that was a woody.
I think you'll find that on the continent almost all cars have the filler on the near side. Conversely, in Japan, almost all cars have the filler on the near side.
Which is of course the opposite side as they drive on the left.
AIUI an offside filler is the sign of a car that was designed to be driven on the other side of the road. Like a BMW, Audi, Citroen etc. in Britain.
Andy
Why? That would only make sense if petrol pumps were on pavements at th= e side of the road. You can pull up at both sides of almost every pump = in the UK.
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Providing there isn't another car at the other side of the pump :-)
I find that when I go to a petrol station almost every pump has a car at the side where my filler is (driver's side) and very few pumps have cars on the opposite side. Luckily, as you say, the hose will stretch to the "wrong" side.
Same here, presumably because we both have the common side. They should make them 50/50.
I've noticed that too. Probably because it's a long time since any car was designed basically for the UK market.
So in other countries they have pumps with only one side?!
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