Offside everybody, including Ferrari

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

Nearside is the Kerb side of the car, offside is the other side. In England 
and other odd places where the drivers drive on the wrong side of the road 
(left). I always thought that was why the nearside was called such, near 
the kerb, and could never quite follow why because from the driver's seat 
that would not be the near side!

Love those new wings on the Ferrari displayed in the photo on the web site 
referred to, but is the angle of incidence correct? Mercedes recently 
revisited vehicle aerodynamics at Le Mans, wings on wrong way up probably.

BTW, the nearside and offside remain the same if you drive on the right 
side of the road too, which makes intuitive sense to NA drivers as the 
nearside is the side you drive from and the offside is the side away from 
the driver. You would then park the nearside away from the curb and walk 
from there. The nut holding the steering wheel is ultimately the most 
important one to get screwed on right, all other nuts lug or otherwise will 
naturally be correct if that one is.




Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
91 Alfa 164L, White, original owner

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