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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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When talking about ordering parts. Right hand side of car = passenger side. Left hand side of car = driver's side.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Burnt71
When talking about ordering parts. Right hand side of car = passenger side. Left hand side of car = driver's side.
Is this a question?? If so you are right on! "Sides" are determined as if you are sitting in the car (facing forward of course)


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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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Is this a question?? If so you are right on! "Sides" are determined as if you are sitting in the car (facing forward of course)


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Not a question just venting.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Burnt71
Not a question just venting.
Okay, lets hear the story....L/H side = Driver's side. Always has, an always shall be!

Just to calm you down a bit...I am a big dog lover and love your avatar......what breed is that? I have a Brittany, and trust me....this dog CAN HUNT!

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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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This MAY be why it's called a left hand drive vehicle.....
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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This MAY be why it's called a left hand drive vehicle.....
No, its his OTHER left............
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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Okay, lets hear the story....L/H side = Driver's side. Always has, an always shall be!

Just to calm you down a bit...I am a big dog lover and love your avatar......what breed is that? I have a Brittany, and trust me....this dog CAN HUNT!
Got off the phone with a guy that I sold a headlight housing to. He wanted the right hand side. He called and said I sent him the wrong side. I then asked him if it was drivers side or passinger side. He said drivers side. I said then that would be the left hand side. He said it all depends on where you stand. I reluctantly conceded that it was poor communication and agreed to pay shipping one way if he sends the RIGHT HAND side back. PS. It's a Great Dane , We love her PSS. I sent him a picture beforehand of what I sent him !

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wonder what he thinks the left door is.. like to hear that argument
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Originally Posted by Burnt71
Got off the phone with a guy that I sold a headlight housing to. He wanted the right hand side. He called and said I sent him the wrong side. I then asked him if it was drivers side or passinger side. He said drivers side. I said then that would be the left hand side. He said it all depends on where you stand. I reluctantly conceded that it was poor communication and agreed to pay shipping one way if he sends the RIGHT HAND side back. PS. It's a Great Dane , We love her PSS. I sent him a picture beforehand of what I sent him !
Nice Dog! What's it take to keep her fed? Sorry for your troubles, next year will be better.....
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What if you're in Australia, where the steering wheel is on the other side and the water swirls down the drain in the opposite direction?
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To me it is obvious that if you are going to slip into the "right side/ left side" lingo, you should be consistent and refer to the sides as if you were sitting in the car, so "left" is ALWAYS the driver's side. (In the USA) However, it is not hard, especially for the slow-witted, to look at the tail lights and get the sides correct, ie left side is drivers side, but then they go to the front of the car and get it wrong by looking straight at the headlights and calling the one on the right the "right side" even tho it is the driver's side. Same problem can happen with wiper blades.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rcread
What if you're in Australia, where the steering wheel is on the other side and the water swirls down the drain in the opposite direction?
Or if you`re in England...LOL
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Originally Posted by Burnt71
Got off the phone with a guy that I sold a headlight housing to. He wanted the right hand side. He called and said I sent him the wrong side. I then asked him if it was drivers side or passinger side. He said drivers side. I said then that would be the left hand side. He said it all depends on where you stand. I reluctantly conceded that it was poor communication and agreed to pay shipping one way if he sends the RIGHT HAND side back. PS. It's a Great Dane , We love her PSS. I sent him a picture beforehand of what I sent him !
You are being generous! If he said he needed the right side, it's on him. He is the one that stated what he wanted - not your fault HE got it backwards. I think the responsibility is on him to get it right. If he was unsure, he should have asked.

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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Maybe we should adopt Port and Starboard terminology.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PKguitar
Maybe we should adopt Port and Starboard terminology.


Never work...


I spent some year in the Navy and can tell you that there are those that didn't get it....

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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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If he was unsure, he should have asked.
That's the problem, I am sure he was very sure! If you don't know you don't know...

you think you know.
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Hope the guy never works on his firing order.
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Hi,
Parts that come in pairs are numbered so that those for the right side have a part # that ends in an EVEN digit while parts for the left side end in an ODD digit. This is VITAL information to no one!
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even number expressways go east/west....odd number go north/south.....airplanes go diagonal
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airplanes go diagonal


More up and down....
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