Given that the awning is a "Factory Option " while the rails are standard - although we have yet to see a Cali without an awning - could the near side awning rail be there for symmetry where an awning is not fitted :?:
Yet you could argue that the Cali single off side awning is asymmetrical.
ops - sounds like a political committee answer :bomb
Perhaps someone out there has a very ingenious use for the nearside awning rail.
A Nearside Awning Rail Club - offshoot of the Flat Earth Society :?:
Our Cali doesn't have the fixed awning and we prefer it that way. We do have a fabric awning that slides in to the rail on either side. When we have the driveway awning up we do sometimes use the awning on the passenger side.