Quick quiz - Why is the key to the left of the steering wheel?

[Mark_T]

I always thought that it was on the left so that if you crashed on the track the marshall could reach in and shut off the car.

[Jim Rockford]

My understanding is it's homage to Le Mans cars that used left hand ignition to shave fractions of a second in the start sequence. Seems rather absurd given the race is twenty four hours, but whatever who am I to protest.

It's a real pain in the ass though when you've been programmed all your life on daily driver cars with it on the right side of the column, and you constantly enter the car and make a motion towards the wrong side.

[husker boxster]

Have you noticed the key is on the right in RHD / British versions of the Boxster? Guess Porsche wants the people with the wheel on the wrong side to get going tenths of a second faster too.

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by hainam134567d1

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I think he cussed at me.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by Mark_T

I always thought that it was on the left so that if you crashed on the track the marshall could reach in and shut off the car.

Race cars all have a clearly marked exterior kill switch. They use that. Not the ignition.