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).
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. -_-
Can’t fix stupid.