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I hate this, but it constantly stumps me, right side or left side is which, looking at it or in it? I.E. when my brake lines indicate right front and left front for the new booster setup, which is drivers side?

I usually refer to mine as left and other left....

Thanks, I feel pretty stupid asking this, but it drives me crazy!

Left. Usually whenever I've encountered installing something it is assumed right/left is from the drivers position...unless you are unfortunate to have a right-hand drive in this country...then your on your own.

I have never been able to figure out why instructions can not specify drivers side/passenger side...maybe too many words for the people that type up the original guide.

Nope, right and unright.....

or............you could call it Port and Starboard.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

or............you could call it Port and Starboard.

Don

Man, I have enough trouble with left and right!!!!!!!!

After being a marine biologist, port and starboard work for me too! Right and left is just stupid when referring to an object without giving a reference point!

Depends on the maker as its no always the same. The GM assembly manual I bought for my corvette says that right and left is repective of you looking at the front of the car. I guess they took the perspective of the guy working the assy line.

Port and Starboard.

I still haven't ever got that one figured . I had a boat i would dock on either side .

What kind of wine is starboard,anything like good old ripple? Hank

I used to have to fill in at the store when the boat wrenchin' guy took time off.... Always had a terrible time with them blue lights and red lights trying to remember Port and Starboard... Only way I ever kept it straight is "port" and "left" have the same amount of letters, so they must mean the same thing!!!!! I was always glad when he got back from vacation so I could get the heck out of the boat shop!!!!!!

Here's another one that can get you in trouble, Red Right Returning, for nautical channel markers. Not always a good thing going right though, depends where you are in the world, some places are red left returning!Bummer, if you end up on the land!

"Only way I ever kept it straight is "port" and "left" have the same amount of letters, so they must mean the same thing!!!!!"

Yep Dave, me too. And port wine is red, so the red light goes on the left and the green light goes on the right side of the vessel. Same way on airplanes.

Back in days of old on the Viking ships, the rudder was called the star board and was always attached to the right rear of the vessel. When they landed, they'd pull in on the left side or port side of the vessel to prevent damage to the star board.

Thanks tech that was a pretty cool fact. I've always wondered where those terms originated.