and there was a time, when french cars had the direction indicator on
the right of the steering wheel and the column gear shift on the left.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:50:52PM +0200, Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
>  
> David Allsopp wrote:
> > 
> > > I would think this is only a joke from an american person 
> > > about french cars?
> > > On which side do they drive in USA, and on which in french?
> > > So the controls are on the other side.
> > 
> > Erm, I think you'll find that the French, Americans (and 
> > Germans) all drive on the same side of the road?
> 
> I would assume that this is a leftover from the time when
> Citroën dashboards bore little resemblance to those of 
> other cars.
> 
> (Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Citroen_CX_dashboard.JPG)
> 
> The Citroëns were of course (and still are) superior cars. ;-)
> 
> BR,
> Ulf W
> (proud owner of two Citroën XM)
> 
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