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UK gearboxes
My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads several times, but always with my own car, sitting on the left seat and with the manual gearbox (stick shift) by my right hand (left-to-right: 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.)
But now I have a reservation for a rented car. I don't want to seem too clumsy the first time I will handle the stick with my left hand, so my question is: is it everything symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?
Regards,
D.
But now I have a reservation for a rented car. I don't want to seem too clumsy the first time I will handle the stick with my left hand, so my question is: is it everything symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?
Regards,
D.
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usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads ... [/nq] The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed top/bottom/top/bottom/top: 1st in the upper left (away from the driver) 2nd in the lower left 3rd in the upper right (towards the driver) 4th in the lower right 5th (in my Citroen) at the top, to the right of 3rd.
- usage.
- I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads ...
- [/nq] The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed top/bottom/top/bottom/top: 1st in the upper left (away from the driver) 2nd in the lower left 3rd in the upper right (towards the driver) 4th in the lower right 5th (in my Citroen) at the top, to the right of 3rd.
- Hope that's clear enough!
- Cheers, Harvey Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
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[nq:1]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads ... my left hand, so my question is: is it everything symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?[/nq]
The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed top/bo
The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed top/bo
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Oh and the clutch is still operated with your left foot that is, the pedals aren't reversed. (Just in case you wondered.)
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
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[nq:1]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads ... sitting on the left seat and with the manual gearbox (stick shift) by my right hand (left-to-right: 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.)[/nq]
We usually drive along our roads, and only occasionally across them.
[nq:1]But now I have a reservation for a
We usually drive along our roads, and only occasionally across them.
[nq:1]But now I have a reservation for a
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[nq:1]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads several times,[/nq]
I know beans about gearboxes, so I can only make a mundane comment on your wording. I'll leave "I'm a continental" alone since, technically, it is correct, but a better wording for the rest might be "have driven across the UK severa
I know beans about gearboxes, so I can only make a mundane comment on your wording. I'll leave "I'm a continental" alone since, technically, it is correct, but a better wording for the rest might be "have driven across the UK severa
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[nq:1]On 22 Mar 2005, Dasmariñas wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about ... symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?[/nq]
[nq:1]The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed ... in the lower right 5th (in my Citroen) at the top, to the right of 3rd. H
[nq:2]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about ... symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?[/nq]
[nq:1]The position for the reverse gear varies from car to car, but the basic form is still an H-shape, accessed ... in the lower right 5th (in my Citroen) at the top, to the right of 3rd. H
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[nq:1]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UK roads ... my left hand, so my question is: is it everything symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?[/nq]
In automobiles, the configuration of gear positions (and foot pedals) will be the same - no matter what the origi
In automobiles, the configuration of gear positions (and foot pedals) will be the same - no matter what the origi
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[nq:1]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about english.gearboxes.usage. I'm a continental and have driven across UKroads several ... left hand, somy question is: is it everything symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.? Regards, D.[/nq]
Here's another way to describe it. The gear stick does not usually change between left hand and ri
Here's another way to describe it. The gear stick does not usually change between left hand and ri
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[nq:2]My question is not strictly on usage.english, but rather about ... symmetrical, I mean, is the order (right-to-left) 1st&2nd, 3rd&4th, 5th&backw.?[/nq]
[nq:1]In automobiles, the configuration of gear positions (and foot pedals) will be the same - no matter what the origin of the vehicle.[/nq]
Unless it's an old pre-standardisation vehicle, or has more than the usual number of gears,
[nq:1]In automobiles, the configuration of gear positions (and foot pedals) will be the same - no matter what the origin of the vehicle.[/nq]
Unless it's an old pre-standardisation vehicle, or has more than the usual number of gears,
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[nq:1]Old British motorcycles used to have the pedals reversed. I have never driven one but I expect that it would be very scary.[/nq]
Does one drive a motorbike? I would have said "ridden", but I suppose that that is ambiguous.
If not obvious, I ask from a position of ignorance of these things.
Andrew Gwilliam
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Does one drive a motorbike? I would have said "ridden", but I suppose that that is ambiguous.
If not obvious, I ask from a position of ignorance of these things.
Andrew Gwilliam
To email me, replace "bottomless pit" with "silverhelm"
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