The Oz tranny has Two switches...

[sfdon]

 

[dp]

wierd, my first (dumb) thought was temp...but....three conductors on the switch?

 

[Stevehose]

So what does it do?

 

[bavbob]

Kangaroo detection.

 

[sfdon]

Known as the "down under" switch.

 

[Gazz]

Good quiz Don. Let's see if members can think out of the Northern hemisphere box.

 

[Aussiecsi]

Good quiz Don. Let's see if members can think out of the Northern hemisphere box.

...unlike OZ tranny , key word clues are "Lou. Wild. Reed . Side" .

 

[sfdon]

Safety first in OZ- neutral only start?

 

[viphoto]

Also listed for Swedish cars http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=4171-EUR-09-1980-E28-BMW-528i&diagId=23_0716

 

[Gazz]

Australians and Swedes couldn't be trusted to start our cars in gear in the 70s.
Note though that this is now universal.
I bet that we have all tried to start in gear at some point but jumped on the clutch or backed off the ignition key right away.