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Old 02-04-2007, 07:12 PM
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The Brits are just wierd like that. They drive on the wrong side of the road and apparently have the light switch messed up.

(No offense to any Brits here)
what's wrong with the light switch?
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are those all in Brit/US terms or are they switching? maybe i just have other ways

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what's wrong with the light switch?
I read somewhere that they flip the switch down to turn the lights on, and flip up to turn off. Whenever I do that (for example, if there's two switches that control a light), it feels wrong.

Oh and the Brits just eat fish and chips
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Fender / Wing
Rockers / Sills
Gas / Petrol
Trunk / Boot
Rotors / Discs
Lifters / Tappets
Parking Lot / Car Park
Vehicle/Auto / Car
Pavement / Road
Sidewalk / Pavement
Muffler / Exhaust (full system) Silencer (actual muffler)
Wrench / Spanner
Wheel lugs/ lug nuts / Wheel nuts
Low Beam / Dip beam (To change from hi to low you "Dip the lights")
Turn signal / Indicator/trafficator
Parking brake / Hand brake
Damper / Shock Absorber
Header / Manifold
Tire / Tyre
Brights / High beam
Air Dam / Spoiler
Drive Shaft (Trans.to Diff ) / Propeller Shaft
Drive Shaft. (Trans/diff to wheel) / Half shaft
Transmission / Gearbox

The Brits drive on the correct side of the road. It was the idiot Napoleon that messed it all up and the the USA followed the French!
I was wondering how and why we use these differnet words?
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