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From: [email protected] (Dick Grady)
Subject: Re: Dumbest automotive concepts of all time
In article [email protected] (Barak H. Tulin) writes:
>I just started reading this thread today, so forgive me if it has already been
>mentioned. But...what was the deal with Renault's putting the horn on the
>left-hand turn-signal stalk? It was a button on the end, where the washer
>button would be on the wiper/washer stalk. Could the Frenchies not figure
>out the wiring through the steering wheel, or what?
Ford tried that also, back in 1983. My 1983 Ranger Pickup had the horn at
the end of the turn-signal stalk, instead of in the center of the wheel where
God intended it to be. :-) I drove two different cars then (the other an
1984 Camry), and never did get used to pushing the turn-signal stalk to
blow the horn. The only time I got it right was when I was getting the
annual state-required safety inspection!
Not one of Ford's better ideas.
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Dick Grady Salem, NH, USA [email protected]
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