Thread: How many of you drive stick?

Originally Posted by MickR

The wife driving today...

Mick

Hey Aussie,

Ok. Someone has to say this: Sorry, but did you ever notice that you have steering wheel at the wrong side of the car?

Damn, and here I was thinking it was everyone else that got it wrong! It was a great idea to drive on the left in the days of the sword...But it does play havoc with steering wheel placement in the modern age I suppose.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Damn, and here I was thinking it was everyone else that got it wrong! It was a great idea to drive on the left in the days of the sword...But it does play havoc with steering wheel placement in the modern age I suppose.


Mick

I always thought that you have it on the wrong side because you live on the wrong side of the equator, asses up and heads pointing downwards

Originally Posted by Sailor

Hey Aussie,

Ok. Someone has to say this: Sorry, but did you ever notice that you have steering wheel at the wrong side of the car?

How difficult is it to change from left steering to right steering? I do not think I would want to try with my muscle memory being so ingrained.

Originally Posted by rolodave

How difficult is it to change from left steering to right steering? I do not think I would want to try with my muscle memory being so ingrained.

I've driven few cars with a wrong side steering & manual shift (with a wrong hand) for few times. Driving by itself is not difficult at all. Foot pedals have the same order. You get used to that within a minute.

What's difficult is bypassing the car that going in front of you. You sit already at the wrong side of the lane and you cannot see a damn thing whether someone is coming towards you or not. You need to steer the whole car into opposite lane before you can see what is ahead.

When driving on the left, right turns are an issue for me... uh, now that I think about it, so are left lol.

Originally Posted by rolodave

How difficult is it to change from left steering to right steering? I do not think I would want to try with my muscle memory being so ingrained.

Several years ago, I was on the ferry going from the UK to Spain on my old BMW bike. Some bloke asked me how it could be changed from right hand drive to left hand drive...

There's always one.

Gareth

Originally Posted by JBHoren

I do! My 1990 Bianchi Volpe has bar-con shifters.

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PS: I do not own a car!

Those DUI's are a bitch to pay for aren't they?

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Those DUI's are a bitch to pay for aren't they?

Ouch lol...

I drive both but prefer a manual.
not only does a manual give you more control it is more reliable and has better fuel efficency.
When buying new a auto cost more but second hand manuals cost more here than autos.