hi guys. just a quick one. All my mates/brothers cars have their indicators are on the left as i know they should be but my one is on the right hand side. is that just like everyone elses or is my one wierd?

Older Jap cars had the indicators on the right, mines the same.

ooohhh. I see. thanks Darren.

No worries, It took me ages to get used to it as I drive vans at work so now when I indicate I put the chuffing wipers on and vise versa

The BG and RX7 have indicators on the right, wipers on the left...the BJ is the other way round

I love having it on the right hand side, makes much more sense to me.

[quote="Sloth"]I love having it on the right hand side, makes much more sense to me.[/quote]yep agree there sloth, makes changing gear and indicating off a roundabout alot easier for example

Thinking for track use, wipers should be on the right - much more important to see where you're going than use your indicators

[quote="marcrs"]Thinking for track use, wipers should be on the right - much more important to see where you're going than use your indicators [/quote]

For the majority of people though on the roads, you'd be using the indicator stalk much more frequently than wipers, or you'd hope :P Seems quite a lot of people on the roads don't know what the little stalk does.. anywho...

avoids trying to rush and change gear/indicate with one arm... safer me thinks.

Sloth, they know what it is for, along with those orange lights on each corner of their cars that are connect to the stalk. They are there for decorative purpose, adds a bit of colour, wouldnt want to wear them out by using them, that would be so extravagant.

There is avery good reason for the wipers to be on the left, having the indicators on the left means you can indicate and change gear at the same time, in a right hand drive car, you see the indicators on the left now more often, in fact pretty much all the time because manufaturers cannot be arsed to make right hand drive switch gear as more countries drive on the wrong side of the road and we're deluged with 'global platforms' now!

Just saying

[quote="andym323"]There is avery good reason for the wipers to be on the left, [color=#0000FF]having the indicators on the left [/color]means you can indicate and change gear at the same time, in a right hand drive car[/quote]

What I think you're trying to say makes sense, but actually it doesn't did you mean to say there 'on the right'?

Otherwise I see what you mean about them being on the left side in a left hand drive car - use you're left hand on the wheel + indicators and right hand changing gear. Like we do in RHD BA's but.. opposite

Or have I misread that completely and now made a tit of myself?

well its just so funny when you drive another car and when your indicating to turn and the wipers turn on at full blast its quite alarming

or when someone pulls out in front of you, and you wash your windscreen, instead of flashing your lights

I have lost count . . .

[quote="bugsy"]well its just so funny when you drive another car and when your indicating to turn and the wipers turn on at full blast its quite alarming [/quote]

Everyday when im driving vans

When my old Red BA (scarlet) decied to give up I went to see a fiat punto, it was such an embarassing test drive, it was like my first time in a car, I stalled in loads of times (shit clutch) and kept turning on the windscreen wipers along with a few other niggly little mistakes.

It was such a shambolic test drive it actually prompted the question "Sorry how long have you been driving?".

He didn't believe me about the jap car set up

When I got my BA, my mum drove it home. Same story, approach turning, clear windscreen.

I remember when I first test drove my first BA, pulling back into the garage and switched the wipers on then drove it home, completely used to it, then drove my mums car to work as I wasn't insured on the BA (shh!) and I was forked every turn I put the wipers on!

I can't do it now, I think I'm gonna come up with some sort of pulley system so I can rig up some indicators and wiper stalks the [b]correct[/b] way around on non-jap cars

[quote="HughieW"]
I can't do it now, I think I'm gonna come up with some sort of pulley system so I can rig up some indicators and wiper stalks the [b]correct[/b] way around on non-jap cars [/quote]


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