Silly TOAF question

[sewerman]

Just used TOAF to diagnose my ABS warning light issue and it has identified the rear left sensor, so the silly question is- is left when in the drivers seat or left when looking at the car from the front?:shrug:

[trikey]

I would say left is nearside.

[vitesse]

Have no idea what the cryptic nearside / offside (except ice-hockey) mean but use Toaf quite a lot and it is as in the driver's seat.

Regards

[sewerman]

:bowdown: thanks both - job for when i've got a free weekend now

[trikey]

Have no idea what the cryptic nearside / offside (except ice-hockey) mean but use Toaf quite a lot and it is as in the driver's seat.

Regards

Nearside in the UK refers to the nearest side to the kerb.

[sewerman]

:bowdown: thanks both - job for when i've got a free weekend now

[vitesse]

Nearside in the UK refers to the nearest side to the kerb.

Thanks Trikey, I’ve heard it many times but always forget, more of a hint that us isolated on the continent and in other parts don’t always understand the local dialect.:}

Regards

[T-Cut]

By definition, the 'left' and 'right' side of a car is relative to the driver's position. That's so whether it's a LHD or RHD vehicle.

'Nearside' and 'Offside' are imprecise terms and depend on which side of the road a vehicle is driven. That also applies to LHD and RHD vehicles.

TC

[Billyuk1]

I remember it like this for us uk right hand drive cars

Near side is passenger side
Off side is drivers side
Left hand side is passenger side
Right hand is drivers side

Not sure if this applies to the continental left hand drive cars

[vitesse]

I remember it like this for us uk right hand drive cars

Near side is passenger side
Off side is drivers side
Left hand side is passenger side
Right hand is drivers side

Not sure if this applies to the continental left hand drive cars

My driver's side is the left hand side (lhd) ... t'would be much less complicated if we just stuck to left or right relative to the driver's position just as T-Cut says.

Regards

[RoverP480]

I try not to use the term nearside/offside as it is too imprecise for a world audience . LH and RH is virtually universally used by the worlds car manufacturers , although I am sure there must be an exception somewheere

[clf]

I try not to use the term nearside/offside as it is too imprecise for a world audience . LH and RH is virtually universally used by the worlds car manufacturers , although I am sure there must be an exception somewheereI always thought it was quite precise in describing the sides of the car.

Near side (ie nearest to the kerb) is always the passenger side with cars made for that particular current market. Sweden is one anomaly I can think of, though. A former right hand drive country, but since their change came about in the 60s, it would still be safe to use nearside and offside, particularly for modern cars.

Also i believe Myanmar is the only exception to this. Right hand drive, AND driving on the right.

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[Rich in Vancouver]

Nearside and offside also make no sense to me as it's not a term used in North America. It gets particularly abstract when used interchangeably with driver/passenger as my ZT is a LHD model. When I try to equate it with the curb (kerb) I have to remember the kerb in the UK is on the other side and I totally lose touch with reality. My MGF is RHD so I have no consistency in my motoring life and become totally confused!:duh:
Left hand and right hand I do understand.

[Mike Noc]

If they specified port and starboard there would be no confusion at all. :D

[75driver]

Just can’t figure out why the “swswvftf” principle never caught on. 🤔
2 bon bons to whoever knows what I’m on about.🙄


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[Devilish]

Ok, loads of opportunity to say it, so I will.
That WAS a silly question :p:

[sewerman]

Ok, loads of opportunity to say it, so I will.
That WAS a silly question :p:

OK it was a silly question if only I'd read the Haynes manual "left and right refer to sitting in the drivers seat looking forwad"

Still got some interesting discussion going!!;)

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[Arctic]

Dave beat me to it :D also questions are only silly if you know the answer already, even then not everyone is right all the time ;)

https://i.imgur.com/DPpLJH3h.png1

[clf]

Dave beat me to it :D also questions are only silly if you know the answer already, even then not everyone is right all the time ;)

https://i.imgur.com/DPpLJH3h.png1

that picture with an LHD car complicates the situation.

The way I learned the difference between near and offside (and it will apply to LHD cars for RH lane driving).

Near (the kerb) side so therefore that means offside is not near (the kerb) side lol.

Conventionally, when determining the right or left side of the car, (unless it specifically states otherwise), in a right hand drive car (everyone knows what is a RHD car), the side with the steering wheel is the right side. In a LHD drive car, the side with the steering wheel is left.

eg the fuel filler cap on ours cars is on the right hand side. With the specifically stated otherwise version of that statement is, when looking at the front of the car, the fuel filler cap is on the left side - it is still the same side .................... :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused::eek::p::getmecoat:

[clf]

Just can’t figure out why the “swswvftf” principle never caught on. 🤔
2 bon bons to whoever knows what I’m on about.🙄


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steering wheel side when viewed from the front?

[sewerman]

that picture with an LHD car complicates the situation.



The way I learned the difference between near and offside (and it will apply to LHD cars for RH lane driving).



Near (the kerb) side so therefore that means offside is not near (the kerb) side lol.



Conventionally, when determining the right or left side of the car, (unless it specifically states otherwise), in a right hand drive car (everyone knows what is a RHD car), the side with the steering wheel is the right side. In a LHD drive car, the side with the steering wheel is left.



eg the fuel filler cap on ours cars is on the right hand side. With the specifically stated otherwise version of that statement is, when looking at the front of the car, the fuel filler cap is on the left side - it is still the same side .................... :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused::eek::p::getmecoat:Exactly its all a question of were you start from in the first place !

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[Sprinter]

Just used TOAF to diagnose my ABS warning light issue and it has identified the rear left sensor, so the silly question is- is left when in the drivers seat or left when looking at the car from the front?:shrug:


Just to say that when my TOAF told me my N/S/R sensor was faulty it turned out to be the hub bearing.

It gives the same fault.

[grivas]

My driver's side is the left hand side (lhd) ... t'would be much less complicated if we just stuck to left or right relative to the driver's position just as T-Cut says.

Regards

Yes indeed, however that would be too ease, that is the price you pay for being 'intelligent' as a species, I mean, to put it another way, why say something with one word when thirty would do, and still not exactly know what is said. Humans!!!!, love them!!!.

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It really doesn't get any easier than this regardless of driver side...

[Avulon]

My driver's side is the left hand side (lhd) ... t'would be much less complicated if we just stuck to left or right relative to the driver's position just as T-Cut says.

Regards


Well it would of course. Confusion unfortunately arises when 'near side' or 'off side' are used to describe the location of things which aren't lhd or rhd dependant. To give an example or two.




fuel filler on a 75 is always on the right (coincidentally this is the 'off side' on rhd cars).
Steering wheel is always on the offside of the car (left for lhd cars, and right for rhd cars)
Front passenger seat is always on the nearside of the car.
Brake pad wear sensors, someone else might confirm if they are on the offside of the car or are they on the right hand side?

- clearly offside and nearside should only be used to describe the location of parts that switch Left/right depending on the lhd or rhd.


:getmecoat: Exit stage nearside....

[clf]

Well it would of course. Confusion unfortunately arises when 'near side' or 'off side' are used to describe the location of things which aren't lhd or rhd dependant. To give an example or two.



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fuel filler on a 75 is always on the right (coincidentally this is the 'off side' on rhd cars).
Steering wheel is always on the offside of the car (left for lhd cars, and right for rhd cars)
Front passenger seat is always on the nearside of the car.

- clearly offside and nearside should only be used to describe the location of parts that switch Left/right depending on the lhd or rhd.


:getmecoat: Exit stage nearside....

Unless it is a pre 67 (?) "Native" car in Sweden (think the op is from Sweden?) Or the car is in Myanmar (where I believe they have right hand drive whilst driving on the right)

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[Avulon]

Unless it is a pre 67 (?) "Native" car in Sweden (think the op is from Sweden?) Or the car is in Myanmar (where I believe they have right hand drive whilst driving on the right)

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There are of course, always - always, exceptions.

[T-Cut]

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[Avulon]

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That's not a flogging!

[Avulon]

This is a flogging:


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[Comfortably Numb]

Just to say that when my TOAF told me my N/S/R sensor was faulty it turned out to be the hub bearing.

It gives the same fault.
This is not uncommon, as any play in the bearing will give a variation in the distance between the sensor tip and the ABS ring (reluctor).It is supposed to be typically a small gap between 0.5 and 1mm,anything bigger than that will cause the sensor to misread the wheel speed, and flash up the warning.