Offside/Nearside

Alun

CiniO wrote: »

Are there any?

In Germany you refer to Fahrerseite (Driver's side) or Beifahrerseite (Passenger's side) as far as I can remember. Don't know about the French.

BMJD

Spook_ie wrote: »

Pretty easy...

the o/s rear is actually a n/s front, the n/s front is a n/s front

the n/s rear is an o/s front and the n/s front is a n/s front.

CJhaughey

I bought a RHS sill recently from Germany, its called a Right Hand Sill.
No matter if it is LHD or RHD sitting in the car facing forward is how the convention is for describing parts or areas of the car.
Nearside/Offside is a peculiar term only used in Britain and Ireland, even in other countries that drive on the same side of the road its not in current usage.

ejabrod

CJhaughey wrote: »

I bought a RHS sill recently from Germany, its called a Right Hand SILL.
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Nearside/Offside is a PECULIAR term only used in Britain and Ireland, even in other countries that drive on the same side of the road its not in current usage.

Well, the fact that we are in Ireland and this is the term used for descriptive purposes...

To me Right Hand SILL is a peculiar term

Tail Docker

So, to sum up, nearside is the side furthest away, while offside is the side beside you? Unless you're in a lhd, in which case it's the side furthest off from you, with you sitting on the inside of the nearside?

endacl

CiniO wrote: »

Hahahah
I can't see any way to describe which side is which here.

Inside and outside. Leave it at that.

ejabrod

CJhaughey wrote: »

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No matter if it is LHD or RHD sitting in the car facing forward is how the convention is for describing parts or areas of the car......

edit: reread the post

ejabrod

The near side refers to the side near the kerb, the offside refers to the side near the center line of the road

The term is mainly used in Ireland and the UK.

As sated by CJHaughey in post #34, in Germany they use the term 'sill'

seamus

I guess the purpose of using nearside/offside rather than left/right or driver/passenger is that it's universal terminology regardless of what type of vehicle you're driving (motorbikes don't have a driver/passenger side), where the driver is sitting in the vehicle, or even what country you're driving in.

Thus an advanced driving manual for the UK could just as easily be applied in France if you use nearside/offside rather than left/right.

mickdw

ejabrod wrote: »

WTF???!!!!

How could the OFF SIDE REAR be a NEAR SIDE FRONT???

What you are saying is that the OFF SIDE REAR (in Ireland the rear passenger on the drivers side) is the same as the NEAR SIDE FRONT (in Ireland the front passenger)???

If talking about the mini pictured earlier, the left rear is infact the right front and the right rear is the left front.

colm_mcm

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