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[gearhead]

but the steering wheel is on the wrong side!

Gearhead

[Fred]

About 215 million people disagree with you ;-)

(Japan+OZ+NZ+UK and more I didn't count)

[jbelanger]

Still the wrong side for a few billions (and I didn't count either).

Jean

[Fred]

This may have changed, but when i was in india it was rhd, thats 1.2bill. then you have china at 1.3, not sure which side they are, and the usa with 300mil or so, and all of europe ?? not sure either, but russia either is rhd or doesnt really care which side you drive on because they are importing over half of all second hand jappas now.

Not that either of you or me are serious, or indeed that it matters...

I'm rambling again, 3am ;-)

Fred.

[jbelanger]

I was just curious and it seems it's about 1/3 "wrong" side (RHD) and 2/3 on the "correct" side (LHD) based on population according to this. And by the way, all of Europe is LHD except UK, Ireland, Cyprus, and Malta.

And you're right I'm not serious and it doesn't matter but interesting nonetheless. And it's just 10:30pm here.

Jean

[Fred]

Let me tell you how I remember that india is rhd :

I was 10, we were doing long road trips up and down the country. EVERY mile or often much less there was a car or truck or both wreck on the side of the road. The didn't clean them up. Why bother. Anyway, I had the glorious distinction of having my head on the drivers side of the car such that if we were the next car to get the old side swipe by a truck driver that dozed off after driving for 79hours straight, my head was going to cop it. I remember looking out the window and watching them sail by.

Now, let me ask you this :

Which is more important, steering? or shifting?

and this :

Are most people right handed or left handed?

Check and checkmate? :-p

;-)

6 of one half a dozen of the other, who cares what the cabin looks like anyway, its the distributor that we want to take the cap off and throw somewhere far away and use the signal from :-)

Fred.

[jbelanger]

Now, let me ask you this :

Which is more important, steering? or shifting?

and this :

Are most people right handed or left handed?

The way most people drive, you'd think they were neither. And around here, most cars have an automatic transmission (probably so that people can talk on their phone with one hand and gesture with the other).

In any case, I'm left handed and I drive a lhd car (and it's not an automatic).

Jean

[Fred]

In any case, I'm left handed and I drive a lhd car (and it's not an automatic). ;)

Perfect! :-)

I think I was destined to be a lefty too. I eat with the fork in the wrong hand, and various other indicative things.

I agree though that most people are neither handed when it comes to driving. Sadly, that is worse at home than here. SO ashamed to say that... At least it doesn't include me.

Fred.

[Fred]

The sensor configuration of "Th' 'rina" :

http://www.diyefi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=128 NO 56K!!!

Fred.

[ababkin]

couple of more practical points:

RHD:
pro: much harder (impossible?) to money-shift
con: (at least on bimmers and other cars with exh manifolds on the pass side) very hard to route turbo plumbing

i personally cannot imagine shifting with my left hand. Oh yea and you don't need your steering hand to be stronger, unless you don't have power-steering.