The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

Pyxis

Jackmydad wrote: »

Yes, but that's a "don't know" thing.
I remember buying a tranny van, not being able to shift the nearside wheelnuts, and then remembering that I'd heard somewhere that some vehicles have LH threads on that side. . .

That reminds me of a courtesy car I had once. Drove it away ok, drove it to a friend's house ok, drove into a parking bay ok.

Went to reverse out............ couldn't get it into reverse. Tried and tried and tried. It just would not go in.
Went back to friend to ask her to help me push the car out so that I could at least get it home, and as luck would have it, she had driven one of these, whatever it was, and showed me the little button you have to press to engage reverse gear!

Well, I had only ever driven a couple of cars in my life, and had never encountered this button thing, but I was mightily relieved she had!:rotfl:
I told the garage off for not telling me about it!

Jackmydad

chris_m wrote: »

Oh go on, make it more than a bit over 250,000 miles, please

"In space, no one can hear you [STRIKE]scream[/STRIKE] kick a football"
I can see why one of your ancestors was the Astronomer Royal!

chris_m wrote: »

He's boasting again

Sorry? What was that? I couldn't hear you down the drive here! :rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

So do I but not for that reason - I do it because 1) it allows the bit of the car that will swing in relation to the centre line to so do in free space instead of between obstacles, and 2) it gives better visibility for pulling out again.

Yes, the visibility thing is the main reason, especially in supermarket car parks, where you might have cars, people, trolleys, kids, from all directions, all wandering across your reversing path.

PasturesNew

Jackmydad wrote: »

Sorry? What was that? I couldn't hear you down the drive here!

Watch it.... he'll stand at the end of the drive and tap it out in Morse with a ball!

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Watch it.... he'll stand at the end of the drive and tap it out in Morse with a ball!

Or a flag-pole! Run a message up a flag-pole! :rotfl:

Jackmydad

chris_m wrote: »

I can see the point where there is only one nut, as in a knock-on, but not where there are four or more.
And in cameras - at least, those that have screws rather than just clips and/or glue holding things together.

Yes, as you say I can see the point where the fastener is concentric to what it's holding on, but not where the fastenings are off-centre.
I haven't googled it, but I wonder if it's got something to do with history, in as far as horse drawn wagons having a central LH wheelnut on the nearside wheels, and it becoming standard to save confusion?

Haven't come across the camera thing, but I can see that there would be places where LH threads would be needed.

Jackmydad

PasturesNew wrote: »

Watch it.... he'll stand at the end of the drive and tap it out in Morse with a ball!

Which one, left or right?
In either case I'm glad I am that far away! :eek:

Cakeguts

Pyxis wrote: »

I remember being taught to parallel park, because to this day I can hear my instructor telling me about how close to get to the car in front, when to start turning in and at what angle etc., but can't remember if it was part of the test or not.
I think reversing round the corner was.




Yes, upside-down would be all right..... I know I said upside-down, but I couldn't remember the exact scenario I was thinking of. There were a couple of occasions, a long time ago now, when I was dismantling things, and there was a screw in a very odd position. I've tried and tried to remember, but can't.

I think it might have been something along the lines of: you think you are facing the screw, and so should turn the screwdriver c/c/w to undo it, but in fact you are sort of at the back of it, so you need to do the opposite.
That sounds strange, I know, but I can't remember any more than that, other than I was tightening the damn thing even more for a while before I realised what the problem was.





With regard to the parking lady, what sort of car did she have?
I ask, because my car has a long slope down on the bonnet, which makes it difficult to gauge how near the number plate is to anything lowlying, e.g. pipes at skirting level in a multi-storey car park. It's annoying. Never had a problem with my previous car.

Anyway, the remedy is that, in the absence of any front sensors, you just have to get out and have a look! And if necessary, gauge how much distance you have to fill, get back in, and inch it forward a bit!

That's one reason why I prefer reversing in to a car space, even if I'm getting shopping. Saves a lot of forward grief! :rotfl:

Its the bit behind her that she doesn't understand. Anything behind the back of the driving seat she doesn't seem to think exists. I don't think reversing into spaces would do much for the car she was reversing towards. Reversing sensors would only help if she could work out where they are as they are on the bit of car that she doesn't seem to understand actually exists. From the way she parks it is clear that she doesn't know that the car has back seats a boot or a bumper behind the driving seat. The parking looks as if she only parks the bonnet and the bit where she is sitting the rest she doesn't know is there so the back always overhangs something if there is something like a drive to overhang.

PasturesNew

Jackmydad wrote: »

... I'm glad I am that far away! :eek:

You're lucky, I'm just small.

Jackmydad

PasturesNew wrote: »

You're lucky, I'm just small.

:rotfl: (more not enough characters)