On 03/10/2016 16:03, breamore...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 12:53:55 PM UTC+1, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
Gregory Ewing:
Turns out the only difference between first and reverse on that model
is whether you lift up a little ring on the shaft of the gear lever
prior to engagement.
Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface design I
don't know. It seems specifically designed to encourage velocity sign
errors when starting off...
Well, it could be worse. This layout is pretty traditional:
1 3 5
| | |
+--+--+
| | |
2 4 R
There was the shift on the steering column on the 2CV, but then there's also
this.
<very old joke>
Traditional Italian military vehicle layout.
1 3 5
| | |
+--+--+
| | |
2 4 F
</very old joke>
I don't get it. Shouldn't it be:
R R R
| | |
+--+--+
| | |
R R R
?
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Bartc
(It's OK, I'm Italian...)
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