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Thread #39099   Message #553428
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
18-Sep-01 - 03:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Advice for North American driving in UK
Subject: RE: BS: Advice for North American driving in UK
Once knew a bloke with a reversed throttle bike - Japanese 'rice burner' as he called it, had throttle on left hand side... scary....

The biggest difference is changing from and automatic to a geared (stick shift) engine. Engines don't like doing 50mph in first gear. And remember the no turning on red. The worst bit will be when you have been driving for an hour or two. You'll just be sitting back, thinking 'this is a sample of urine' when suddenly autopilot will kick in and you'll be on the wrong side of the road and changing gear with the window winder before you know it.

Getting in the correct side of the car helps. I once spent 5 mins looking for my steering wheel (I was VERY tired), until told that a) it wasn't my car, and b) I wasn't driving it anyway!

Good luck and take care! And make sure your insurance is up to date and covers all eventualities, just in case....

LTS