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      04-01-2013, 01:50 PM   #147
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Originally Posted by z4z4z4 View Post
I downshift only with the left side, 11 year habit with e46m3, instead of pushing with my thumb I wedge my two middle fingers between the wheel and pull paddle to effect the push toward the dashboard. There's a strange word. Dashboard. I'll have to google that one.

Gotta be unique......sometimes weird, but unique. haha.
Dashboard is quite literally that. It was a board/plank of wood, on a carriage (as in pulled by horses) that deflected debris from hitting the driver. It was later used to place carriage furniture upon (lamps and other essentials) and as it was the panel in front of the driver, it evolved to the item we have today that holds the equipment directly in front of the driver.
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