On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 12:53:55 PM UTC+1, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Gregory Ewing: > > > Turns out the only difference between first and reverse on that model > > is whether you lift up a little ring on the shaft of the gear lever > > prior to engagement. > > > > Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface design I > > don't know. It seems specifically designed to encourage velocity sign > > errors when starting off... > > Well, it could be worse. This layout is pretty traditional: > > 1 3 5 > | | | > +--+--+ > | | | > 2 4 R > > > Marko
There was the shift on the steering column on the 2CV, but then there's also this. <very old joke> Traditional Italian military vehicle layout. 1 3 5 | | | +--+--+ | | | 2 4 F </very old joke> Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list