left side..wrong side

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:08 pm

why is the handbrake on the wrong side. makes for very awkward mid drift adjustments

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:25 pm

mmmmm. if yo were serious about sustained loss of traction.... you wouldn't have a center console to designate left by 7.62 cms! just pull it and snap it!

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:31 pm

ahahaha if thats the exact measurement you get 1000 festidiously dedicated drift serious points.

if i had no console where would i rest my lazy arm while going straight

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:22 pm

Pah, if you can't get an MX5 sideways without the handbrake you're doing it wrong!

Wannabe Kiwi · Post by **Wannabe Kiwi** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:16 pm

I've spent all day today at the track and found the easiest way to get it loose was just weight transfer and a big clutch kick

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:35 pm

yeah handy is only handy for continued slide or slowing abit. feints are key....but still no one has answered original query.is it for americans or something and for japan and europe they just left it over there.that cant be right theyre a jap car

Nearly too late · Post by **Nearly too late** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:32 pm

I think I read some where that two designs were drawn up one in Japan as a mid engine or a front wheel drive and one in America as a rear wheel drive.
The American design was put in to production so this may explain the hand brake being where it is.
I may be corrected on this.

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:25 pm

im pretty sure its same for fc rx7 for some reason.where as the fd3s hand brake is in the correct place but the american markets has it on far side like a mx5 for us.weird.

Wannabe Kiwi · Post by **Wannabe Kiwi** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:58 pm

altezza's are also the same but the funny thing is the US spec ones have the handbrake on the right lol

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:52 pm

maybe its just to discourage us from using it while driving instead of just for parking

Habanero666 · Post by **Habanero666** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:47 pm

No!No! No!
Its because the handbrake works out to be the same grabbing distance in the MX5 as when you are popping the handy then hooking opposite lock under power in a FD RX7! YOU Know, also made by mazda....

Get out and Drift some other cars puritans!!!!!!

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:25 pm

i like it where it is. just right for hooking some slide action.

of course i prefer to just laaaaaate brake and kick it around that way as it's much less aggressive and easier to catch.

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