Old school Anglo is nearside (to kerb) and offside
Yes.
As an ex-mechanic and ex player of Sea of Thieves, yes, I’d laugh. I’d understand, but I’d laugh. Other mechanics likely wouldn’t understand what you mean since pretty much the only crossover terminology between ships and cars is ‘wheel’. Assuming you’re in America, go with ‘nearside rear’.
Do you squint, smoke a pipe and like spinach? If yes they might think you’re Popeye the Sailorman.
I’m sure they’ve heard worse.
Oh, definitely. But, who the fuck cares?
Dork and no clue WTF you’re talking about.
How far abaft of the beam? How far from centerline? Is that first or second deck?
Yes, that would be a strange thing to say, and unless they also happen to be boaters, most mechanics probably have no idea what side “starboard” is, and maybe not even “aft”, so it won’t even be useful information to them, which actually makes it quite frustrating. Similar to someone coming in with a vague and incomprehensible complaint that there car is making “a noise” and they want it fixed, but they can’t explain in any useful way what the noise is, where it’s coming from, when it happens.
Just to be clear, the correct and accepted terminology options are “rear passenger side”, or “right rear”.
The most effective is driver/passenger side because most people use right to mean the right side while in it (passenger in the US) but a few say right side when looking at the car from the front (driver in the US).
Idk, I asked my mechanic to replace the locks in the driver door (which is a word in my language) and the opposite rear door.
They changed one lock, on the wrong front door. -_-
Drugs, probably
Yes.
Life Pro Tip. Don’t play stupid games with people when they are working.
At best it’s rude, and at worst it might get you thrown out of the shop
Is your car an amphibious vehicle? If not use the standard language for the thing you’re referencing.
Yes.
Unless you drive a 70’s Cadillac or something equally gigantic that barely moves with all that displacement, in which case it’s a pretty good joke about driving a boat ;)
87 Oldsmobile Toronado, even the gear selector was like a boat… Best $200 car I ever had and I’d love to find and fix another.
so steal my dad’s 60’s chrysler 300 and do it. got it.
Yes, and they would probably be annoyed that you were wasting their time.
They will laugh and then keelhaul you.
Was waiting for my car, guy walks in and says to the manager “Hey, can you fix my girlfriend’s car? It’s, like, all fucked up” without elaborating further. As any public-facing job, they have some tolerance for bullshit and will probably ignore it.
