Not on me, but when my sister was learning to drive, in a BIG Ford
Station wagon, she pulled up in front of the house. Stepped on the
"brake" and ran into the garage. I mean RAN INTO the garagee. Door was
closed, wall was there. Big dent in the car, no wall and no door.
Gonna have to bust on her about that. I had forgotten bout it until I
read this. ;-)
Larry
>>>>On 5/11/00 8:12 PM so and so (Geoffrey Gallaway) said. (And I quote:)
>This all reminds me of when I was first learning to drive. My parents had
>(rightfully) decided that I should learn how to drive on a manual rather
>than an automatic. At the time, we had two cars, a Colt Vista and a 70
>Land Rover. Since we had two cars and three people in the family a lot of
>car swapping occured to get people where they needed to be. The first time
>I had to switch cars with my dad from the Colt to the Land Rover I made a
>potentially large mistake. I had forgotten the the land rover had reverse
>on the left and the gears towards the right, the opposite of the Dodge
>Colt. I got out of the Colt and immediatly got in the allready running
>Land Rover. I then put it in what I thought was first gear, which was
>actually reverse on the land rover and proceded to drive the car into the
>large ditch behind our house. After checking to make sure I was ok, my dad
>started laughing enough that he fell down. I drove the Land Rover out of
>the ditch in 4wd/low range, switched back into 2wd and drove off to my
>engagement. When I got home, later that night my dad started laughing
>again, he still chuckles when I mention it.
>
>Now that I drive an automatic daily (95 Saturn that has treated me
>wonderfully) and I am starting to get my 70 BGT running, I'm remembering
>how much I miss driving a manual.
>
>Just a little story for everyones amusement,
>Geoff
>
>This one time, at band camp, Rick Brown wrote:
>
>> I used to have a rhd Daimler double six - the only problems I found with it
>> was:
>>
>> 1. Paying tolls
>> 2. Passing cars on two lane roadways
>> 3. The looks of others as I drove down the road with my Irish Setter
>> sitting in the
>> "drivers" seat.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> Anthony Woodruff wrote:
>>
>> > I'm considering the purchase of a RHD MGB (MK1).
>> >
>> > Are parts like steering racks, dash parts, etc. that are unique to RHD
>> > available in the US or am I looking at having to find British
>> > suppliers?
>> >
>> > Are there other considerations or expenses that are significant and
>> > apply only to Right-hand drive cars?
>> >
>> > Finally, this would be for my son as a first car. Is this a big
>> > mistake, having him be a "newbie" on a right-hand drive car? You Brits
>> > that have moved to the US (and vice-versa) - is this a difficult change
>> > for you?
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> >
>> > Tony Woodruff
>> > '67 MGB Roadster (LHD)
>>
>
>--
>Geoffrey Gallaway || Programming the X Window System is like trying to find
>geoffeg@sloth.org || the square root of pi using Roman numerals.
>D e v o r z h u n || -- Anonymous
Larry Macy
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