Who decided the layout for pedals in cars?
29 April 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Who decided the layout for pedals in cars?
Just having this discussion in the office - how was the clutch, brake, throttle pedal layout chosen as the standard for road cars and who by? The Maseratit 250F F1 car that Brundle was driving on the Grand Prix coverage had a the brake/throttle the other way round...
29 April 2008 | 07:25 PM
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From: Tellins, Home of Super Leagues finest, and where a "split" is not all it seems.
Jeremy pot belly Clarkson knows the story as he recounted it to me through my telebox but a few months ago.
No matter how many times i tried to interject, he just kept on rambling and babbling.
No matter how many times i tried to interject, he just kept on rambling and babbling.
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29 April 2008 | 10:00 PM
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From: Enginetuner.co.uk Plymouth Dyno Dynamics RR Engine machining and building EcuTek SimTek mapping
There was an MOT test garage next door to where I used to be around 20 years ago who had an Escort come in with the pedals switched as the guy was disabled.
We heard the crash from where we were quite easily! It flew off the ramp, knocked a staff member out of the way (thankfully) demolished a desk, and embedded itself in the wall. Write off!
We heard the crash from where we were quite easily! It flew off the ramp, knocked a staff member out of the way (thankfully) demolished a desk, and embedded itself in the wall. Write off!
29 April 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by topgear
Anyone who's driven a car knows the standard controls layout: handbrake and gear stick in the middle, and three pedals on the floor. But it hasn't always been that way. Jeremy and James set off to the National Motor Museum (a sort of total immersion therapeutic retreat for British car nuts) to find the car that gave us the blueprint for what we all drive today. In the end they decided the little Austin 7 was the true genesis of the modern motorcar.
Tony
seen it on top gear also. Apparently us brits nicked the idea to put in the austin 7
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