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Who cares witch side the key is on? It's the gas filler that's really important! Porsche fills on the right side, my Chevy's on the left, cept the Aero Coupe is in the center behind the plate. Focus is on the right. Packard, and Cord on the right rear. Pantera on the left, behind the drivers side gill.
Really glad the ole lady fills from the lower bottom end.
Somebody did me a solid the other day - over something that I never noticed.
On the modern cars that I drive that have a remote filler release, there is a light on the dash to show that the filler door is open.
Next to that light is an arrow that points to the side of the car that has the filler - I never realised that!
I used to think that, too, but now see it as debatable. There were some elements of the 928 that were very carefully crafted to be "Porsche"—though the key position (obviously) wasn't one of them.
Maybe....but on the other hand this may be debating the differences in engineering versus style. The 928 has the Porsche look, interior etc.... but the key was a function issue and having it on the left didn't make sense anymore.
That was until the Boxster came out and the marketing team saw that as a full page ad showing the "heritage" back to LeMans.
Maybe....but on the other hand this may be debating the differences in engineering versus style. The 928 has the Porsche look, interior etc.... but the key was a function issue and having it on the left didn't make sense anymore.
That was until the Boxster came out and the marketing team saw that as a full page ad showing the "heritage" back to LeMans.
I have an aversion to GM. I have some good reasons (e.g., the Aztec!). I should forgive them now but I can't seem to let go of it. When I look into my soul to understand why, it's the key issue. I believe they were the last company on earth to give up on the one-sided, two-key system. That was taking tradition way too far.
Last edited by Captain_Slow; 04-21-2017 at 12:02 AM.
I personally find the key on the left to be an irritation. I understand the reason for this way back in the day, running across the track to your car... if the doors were not already ajar, it might not have worked so well...
I am right handed like most people. I unlock the car with the key in my right hand, I open the car with my left hand as that is the most efficient way to do so. And, when I get in the car, it is natural and more comfortable to have the ignition on the right, as the key is still in my right hand.
The "key in right hand, open door with left" also facilitates the habit of only wearing a left glove in the winter. A habit I picked up from my dad. You have the right hand free to handle the keys, operate the radio & heater controls, while the protected left hand grabs the cold door handle, cold steering wheel, ect.
RHD drive came from the dark ages when people carried swords and since most people are right handed, they would pass incoming "traffic" on their right side. They did this in case they had to pull the sword in an emergency. Since the driver of a car should be to the centre of the road, the RHD car was born. Maybe all this is BS but makes sense to me.
I've only dared to drive my Bugeye once after dark, and enjoyed the floor-mounted high/low switch, especially since it actually worked. That was after winning third place at the local car hop (held at The Hub, which Camp 928 attendees will visit in June).
Starting procedure is to turn the key, then pull out the **** on the right - it connects to a cable-actuated "solenoid" under the hood. The "choke" must be properly fiddled with first. With SU carburetors, it shifts the fuel metering orifice relative to the tapered metering needle, or something weird like that. Carbon throw-out bearing, so foot off clutch, in neutral. What am I forgetting? Oh - remove cat.
04-19-2017, 10:50 AM
