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Green Giant:

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Are UK and Euro cars completely flipped, or just the shifter? I'd probably be okay left shifting, but throttling with my left and clutching with my right might be scary.
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He brings up a good question.

Over there in the UK and the screwy Euro countries, what foot do you use to accelerate/brake with and what foot shifts?

I don't even understand all of you crazy foreigners.  Some countries in Europe have the wheel on the correct side of the car, the left side.  Italy is one I know from experience does it the right way, the American way.



Ok, I learned a little more about our screwed up British cousins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_side
Turns out that driving on the left-side of the road is a dieing breed created by the British Empire and Japanese Empire.  Since both empires fell many countries under them switched from left to right.  Sadly almost noone went right to left.

Silly brits.

Le Chuck:
I had a right hand drive honda del sol manufactured for the Brit market.  The tree was set up with 1st being in the upper left position (same as in the US spec) and the turn indicators and wipers were flipped, turn indicators on the right hand side of the column and wipes on the left towards the center of the vehicle... or mirror of what US spec is.  Clutch Brake Gas were in that order left to right.  I loved that car but threw a rod on the autobahn outside of Munich.  Most of Europe drives on the left, US, French, Swede, and Deutcher cars have the same interior layout with the exception I've found to be where they hide Reverse on the tree.   

Dartful Dodger:
Left handed, right eyed, cheap and Irish immigrant parents.

Anything that requires sight over strength I use my right hand. (Shooting, archery...)

Right handed guitars are cheaper, so that's how I play.

My parents knew nothing about baseball, but it's an American sport so they signed me up for little league and bought me the first glove they saw. It ended up being a glove for right handed people. I didn't know any better so I just used it. Needless to say I sucked at baseball. On top of that I developed right handed throwing habits so now when I throw the ball with my left hand I end up stepping out with the wrong foot. (like a girl)

Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 22, 2012, 11:56:34 am ---
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 22, 2012, 11:45:38 am ---Most of Europe drives on the left, US, French, Swede, and Deutcher cars have the same interior layout with the exception I've found to be where they hide Reverse on the tree.   

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Yeah, it's not a lot of fun driving someone's 928 when they're screaming "Reverse is where First is supposed to be" every time you come to a stop.

 :P

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Yeah, or when you have to do a combination of tricks which may or may not include, pressing down on the stick, depressing a hidden button on the side of the stick, depressing a foot switch under the brake, and/or rolling down the window while turning on a blinker to get the damn things to actually go into reverse.  Then when some smug ---uvula--- comes and rescues you he's all like, "Hey retard, all you had to do was these three random things at once"  :banghead: :banghead: Damn peugots.

Gray_Area:
I'd probably let you drive my 928....because I probably wouldn't own one. A Ferarri, now...and I wouldn't let almost anyone drive it.

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