I beg your pardon but as a non english speaken I have to learn the things at a relative speed I preferred was a bit more fast

so tell me what is the mean of O/S and N/S? I presume it is Out/Side and Near/Side? but I want to know what is Left and what is Right.

many thanks in advance for patience

Amadeu

[Edited on 25/8/09 by xico_ze54]

Off-Side and Near Side of a car

O/S = offside (driver's side)
N/S = nearside (passenger's side/side closest to the kerb)

I imagine these change depending on the side of the road you drive in/where the steering wheel is.

Cheers

Mark

off side is right, near side is left...

might be the other way round in portugal

I know what you mean - I'm english and I don't know what this means. Tin top?? A car with a tin roof? Somewhat oldschool material for a roof.

I want to know what this Chairsee is that they talk about in American car programs....

And they keep on talking about installing a new Muffler? How does that fit on the steering wheel?



Oh well. Guess the American viewers watching foreign TV can never understand this thing they keep on talking about called "handling"

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Originally posted by Miks15
off side is right, near side is left...

might be the other way round in portugal

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Originally posted by maartenromijn

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Originally posted by Miks15
off side is right, near side is left...

might be the other way round in portugal

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Oh bloody he11, this is confusing. Offside = starboard, nearside = portside? SB and PS do not change if you sail on the other side of the Channel?

Errrrmmhmmhhhh....

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Slightly long explanation.

1. Most people are right-handed. People riding horses while wearing swords preferred to be on the left side of the road, so their right arm was clear of the hedge.
2. Men leading carthorses walked on the left of their horse on the left side of the road so they wouldn't bump into the horses coming towards them.
3. The near-side (N/S) is the side of the road nearest to the man leading the cart.
4. The off-side (O/S) is the side of the road that's far away ("off", same origin as off-stump, offside, and so on).

Now you know!

(BTW: Most of this is urban legend... but it sounds about right!)

[Edited on 25/8/09 by David Jenkins]

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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Slightly long explanation.

1. Most people are right-handed. People riding horses while wearing swords preferred to be on the left side of the road, so their right arm was clear of the hedge.
2. Men leading carthorses walked on the left of their horse on the left side of the road so they wouldn't bump into the horses coming towards them.
3. The near-side (N/S) is the side of the road nearest to the man leading the cart.
4. The off-side (O/S) is the side of the road that's far away ("off", same origin as off-stump, offside, and so on).

Know you know!

(BTW: Most of this is urban legend... but it sounds about right!)

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thanks to all again.

this topic had transformed in a funny discussion

the only thing I wanted to know is all about car parts and know what is meaning for left or right side in that code N/S or O/S, for not to buy the wrong one.

many thanks.

cheers
Amadeu

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'We from the continent' drive on the right side of the road, so 'you from the island' must drive on the wrong side of the road!

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After 12 years of driving I still get confused with nearside and offside... also there's an inside and outside lane...

I have a left and right, and lanes 1, 2 and 3... I'm the driver you use my code

(This is coming from the person who has argued with customers who don't know their left and right...)