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Old 02-14-2013, 08:22 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
The hood release is on the far side of the glovebox?

Don't engineers think of these things? I wonder what salesmen say "This car also has the latest trend in hood, popping, a lever that is almost impossible to reach from the driver's seat!"
Sure they thought of it. It was mentioned that it's a hold-over from being a RHD car. They looked at it, the engineer guesstimated how much it would cost to move the lever to the otherside (or saw what would need to be re-engineered to make it work)... and the bean counter said, um, no.
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