Hi all,
A bit off topic, off to Detroit in the morning, are US and European car cigarette lighter sockets the same, i.e. will I be able to charge my satnav in hire car using the standard uk car charger?
thanks
Steve
American cigarette lighter socket
Jul 21, 2007
19 Replies
No the American ones are always bigger!
And better I suppose!
Yes - BUT - many hire cars have the fuse pulled on the cigarette lighter, so make sure you check it's powered up before you take the car out.
I've got a set of croc-clips hooked up to a cigarette lighter that I take with me, just in case all else fails - I can connect direct to the battery.
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I found many have cigarette lighter (type) socket in the boot as well as under the arm rest.
You mean the trunk?
Absolutely. None of this bitching about the weather / how-do-you-do stuff.
It's the same voltage if the car also runs a 12v set up.
Trunk makes much more sense than boot.
Er yes - the trunk.
Reminds me of a conversation in LA Airport - I was talking about lorries on the UK roads and the American guy hadn't a clue what I meant. Our terminology is totally alien to them.
Hood Trunk Gas Highway Interstate Sidewalk etc
Petrol isn't a gas, it's a liquid!
Only at some temperatures.
Gas makes as much sense as petrol, both are a shortened form of a technically more correct name.
Oh indeed. I married a lady from California.
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To add a few more. Wrench Muffler Fender Wheel lug
Mike.
Gas - short for Gasolene
Agreed - Median is an important one to know - Also the unfamiliar term "Yield"
Britain and America - two countries divided by a common language!
(The US-published manual for my Previa has a translation page pasted in!)
That's silly. water is a gas if the temperature is high enough. In fact any liquid is. At normal temperatures petrol is liquid.
Normal? Normal for what? Storage? Being used?
LPG or Propane is stored as a liquid but burnt as a gas.
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