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CarGuru > Volkswagen > Re: 1967 VW Bug: Special and 1-year only features... oops! 17 February 2005 01:53:57

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Re: 1967 VW Bug: Special and 1-year only features... oops!

Jim 17 February 2005 01:53:57
 I drove a "right-sided" steering wheel Bug, on the left-hand side of
the road, around Kingston Jamaica. Oh Gawd! That was truly scary.
Left-sided steering wheels and driving on the right side of the road
feels MUCH safer. <g> Driving in Jamaica is just like driving in
Paris. Almost no (if any) stop lights and everybody just pounds on
their horns!

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:21:02 -0000, "Dave Hall"
<dave@hallvw.clara.­co.uk> wrote:
Thinks, I wonder which side the stagecoach driver sits - can't help feeling the>USA simply lost its way between then and now, as to which side the driver sits.

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ThaDriver 16 February 2005 14:26:43 permanent link ]
 I can't imagine driving a manual trans car with RHD. No way I could
speedshift! (I always thought that's why we drive on the right)
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

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Howard Rose 16 February 2005 15:59:37 permanent link ]
 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:26:43 -0500, "ThaDriver"
<imangeloneAThotmai­lDOTcom@> wrote:
I can't imagine driving a manual trans car with RHD. No way I could>speedshift! (I always thought that's why we drive on the right)

It's easy! It just takes you about 10 minutes to stop "shifting" with
the door handle, that's all :-)­

For me, in a LHD car, it seems odd to have the left (weaker) hand on
the wheel while you change gear.

The only LHD car I've driven was a Toyota Corolla in Spain a few years
back :-)­

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Howard Rose
1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe
1962 Austin Mini Deluxe
1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
http://www.howard81­.co.uk/ (cars and email on website)
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Red Bug 16 February 2005 19:55:05 permanent link ]
 In article <29d6119u6c2ilpvlq1­3ubkv64rq4q4tbis@4ax­.com>,
Howard Rose <austinmini62NOSPAM­@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
the left (weaker) hand

Speak for yourself! My left hand is plenty strong enough!

YEAH FOR LEFT HANDED PEOPLE! We get something good with the way things
are made!

(from a left-handed person)

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(o\_|_/o) Bug! ALEA -- 35.9 BHP and not a bit more!
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ThaDriver 17 February 2005 01:53:57 permanent link ]
 
It's easy! It just takes you about 10 minutes to stop "shifting" with
the door handle, that's all :-)­
For me, in a LHD car, it seems odd to have the left (weaker) hand on
the wheel while you change gear.
*******
Just proves once again it's all a matter of what you're used to. My
Sportster (& most all bikes in the US - especially since '76) has
right-side foot brakes. I got an eariler Sportster once & coming to a stop
I was telling myself "left-foot brake, left-foot brake, left-foot brake.."
& damned if I didn't downshift it instead! Could *not* get used to it *at
all*.
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

Easy on the Giggle Cream!


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