Ya,
The only thing that changes is that you shift with your left hand. The
shift
pattern stays the same (I guess that may be obvious to everybody, but it
wasn't to me) so it really is pretty easy to drive a RHD car in the US. Takes
about 10 minutes to acclimate. Just don't try to go through a fast food window
or a bank teller drive up. (Although a friend suggested the solution is to
simply use reverse when using the fast food drive though)
The hard part (for me) is learning to drive on the left side of the
road. I
constantly have to chant "Keep left, look right" and even then I have the
overwhelming feeling of panic when another car approaches me "Holy CR@P! That
guy is on the wrong side of the road!!!"
While my TR6 was and is a LHD, my Mini started life as a RHD. My
solution was
to convert it so that the steering wheel is now on the (ahem) "correct" side
of the car. I am sure the Aussies and Limeys out there will take exception
with that last remark <giggle>.
Vance
Vance Navarrette
Cogito Ergo Zoom
I think, therefore I go fast
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of im sloane
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:10 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] RHD / (WAS - Wing or Side Fender Vents)
I've always thought it would be cool to have a RHD TR6, and thus assumed they
would be worth more. This thread has been interesting. Maybe I can afford one
some day.
My brother often goes to GB and rents cars. I was totally shocked to learn
that in this 'opposite world', everything in the car is not completely
reversed. I totally assumed that you'd press the gas with your left foot, the
clutch with your right foot, that the turn signal switch would be on the
right
side of the wheel nearest the window, etc, etc, etc. But none of this is
true,
as you RHDers already know. I guess you do have to change the gears with
your
left hand, so there's something.... (grin)
Sloane :)
'69-Six LHD of course
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