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JT - I love your signature:

I wish that my bright light switch was still on the floor where it belonged.


I do not know how Many times I say this to people..especially young people who don't remember that awesome button on the floor.

Thnx!!

Coden,I despise the fact that the bright light, windshield wipers/washers, etc are in different places/sides in my pick up then they are in my Honda or my wife's Toyota. The last bright light switch I had on the floor, where it belonged, was in my 1984 Dodge D250 pick 'em up. Often I go to turn off my brights and end up squirting washer fluid on my wind shield instead. What was wrong with the old fashioned switch that was to the left of the brake pedal? I once heard that Ralph Nader had something to do with the change. If so, a curse on his hemorrhoids!

I totally agree, nothing is where it is supposed to be. I've driven friends, and rental, cars, that I thought were just downright dangerous because the switches, etc that I needed were not Visibly visible. I had to take my Eyes off the road to look for the lights or washer wipers. Very dangerous.

If it was Nadar...shame on him and a double curse on his hemorrhoids!

p.s. I do drive a Toyota and one of the problems I have is that I am forever turning on my windshield wipers when trying to turn off/on my cruise control as the lever for it is not positioned correctly and is on the right vs the left where it belongs. Crazy!

You know--I didn't understand what the signature even meant initially. I learned to drive with the bright light on the floor. And I have been a victim to trying to turn off my brights and doing everything from flashing my lights off (scary!), turning on my blinker, and turning on my windshield wiper fluid (nissan).

I have also had problems finding the hazard light--figuring out where the hood release is--oh the list goes on, unfortunately.

I have finally figured it out but my husband always has to ask me where everything is.

Funny! I get it!

Gina

Farm trucks. 1970 Opel GT. 1971 Volkswagon Camper. My left foot misses those vehicles.

Gina -

Chet - '66 Rambler, 3 VW Bugs, '66 Caddy...those were the days. I really miss my Bugs and would love to have another...a fire engine red one.

XOXO wrote:You know--I didn't understand what the signature even meant initially.
Gina

Ha! Me too. I sat and pondered Coden's comment for a while then read JT's response and then finally got it.

I think it's an age thing!

How about a 72 Volkswagen bus with shag carpeting and the backseat removed with a bed in its place drove it in Vermont during college and it had no heat I would scrape the frost off of the inside window if I had more than three people in it. Like when we drove up to Burlington on Thursday night bar night and I’m still living and the high beam was on the floor

I remember in the mid 70s, my parents had a green Ford Econoline van with no interior. By no interior, I mean it was like a commercial vehicle, no walls, seats or flooring.

My dad built (himself) a u-shaped sectional in the back with storage underneath and some sort of platform right behind the front seats. My mom made all the cushions and pillows for the "furniture"

We would haul all over the place in that thing, sleeping in the back (the parents) and on the platform (me).

I had a Plymouth Valiant and an IH Scout that both had rust issues (an understatement) Both were prone to moisture as the floor boards were only partial. I had the brighty switch short out on both of them. The Scout actually started a small fire.

Wow, Toes, I never had one short out and I drove a few cars/trucks that if I had driven them through a car wash I would have about ended up with seats and a steering wheel. I have seen the newer steering column style short out and it's a pain the tookus to fix.

toes in the sand wrote:I had a Plymouth Valiant...

The automatic, with push-button shifting on the left dash? Had one, a '64, ugly cafe-au-lait color.

Here are several answers to why it is not on the floor anymore.
Yahoo answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 053AAt3oxO
Don't know which is correct. If I had to guess it was probably for cost savings. Running all wiring to one place probably saves automakers a dollar or two.

JT wrote:Wow, Toes, I never had one short out and I drove a few cars/trucks that if I had driven them through a car wash I would have about ended up with seats and a steering wheel. I have seen the newer steering column style short out and it's a pain the tookus to fix.

When I was young and single and the brighty switch was under the Ebrake I spent a lot of time camping. That meant that my vehicles spent a lot of time in the woods and crossing Ozark streams. The Scout was just full of problems. Many of them electrical caused by the fact that IH must've used pre-rusted steel if the rate of deterioration was any measure. My Valiant had a NO Parking sign for the driver side floorboard. When crossing a stream many times the water would be in the cabin sometimes as close as the bottom of the brake pedal. Guess I should've expected electrical problems. I don't think that Plymouth expected that type of abuse. My stream crossing days ended while I was dating my sweetheart and she witnessed the water bubbling up under her feet.