froggy
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When we was looking for the van it had to be RHD. The daughter sits up front with me and didn't want her in the middle of the road if i had to overtake anything (cause that happens all the time :lol: )
rhd or lhd? what again?
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72nu-funk
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It has to be left :msn4:
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Danbury Doug
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My current bus is my third. Bus No1 was RHD, bus No2 was LHD, and bus No3 is RHD again! 
I had no intention originally of buying a LHD, and quite frankly the thought of driving one scared me! However, a LHD bus with only 6k miles on the clock, and at what I thought was a very reasonable asking price came up, and so I bagged it. My first drive of it was in central London, which was scary enough for me in my little RHD Pug 205, let alone a LHD bus! :shock:
As it happened I took to the LHD with hardly any problem at all, which really surprised me to be honest. Ok, sometimes I would grope for the petrol stirrer with the left hand, or I would jump in, only to discover that all the controls had been stolen..... until I remembered I was supposed to climb in on the other side! :lol:
The only reason I went back to a RHD was because the bus I currently own ticked several boxes for me, but now that I've experienced LHD, I wouldn't hesitate to own another one at some stage.
I had no intention originally of buying a LHD, and quite frankly the thought of driving one scared me! However, a LHD bus with only 6k miles on the clock, and at what I thought was a very reasonable asking price came up, and so I bagged it. My first drive of it was in central London, which was scary enough for me in my little RHD Pug 205, let alone a LHD bus! :shock:
As it happened I took to the LHD with hardly any problem at all, which really surprised me to be honest. Ok, sometimes I would grope for the petrol stirrer with the left hand, or I would jump in, only to discover that all the controls had been stolen..... until I remembered I was supposed to climb in on the other side! :lol:
The only reason I went back to a RHD was because the bus I currently own ticked several boxes for me, but now that I've experienced LHD, I wouldn't hesitate to own another one at some stage.
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The only time I find it an issue is in the dark, with heavy rain trying to join or change lanes on a busy motorway. That situation is not fun in RHD, but having the westy wardrobe obscuring view to the o/s/r makes it a bit more of a challenge. That said, same applies when moving to the left in a RHD... and hats off to those driving LHD panel vans.
Best bit is as Graham said, makes driving 'sur le continent' a piece of cake so more excuses have to be found to cross the water 8)
The number of LHD VWs (busses particularly) over here kind of proves that it is easy to get acustomed to and with the lack of overtaking done in the average bus, there are few 'real world' problems. A mate used to have a LHD 3.6 Carrera, that was a slightly different issue.... :shock:
Best bit is as Graham said, makes driving 'sur le continent' a piece of cake so more excuses have to be found to cross the water 8)
The number of LHD VWs (busses particularly) over here kind of proves that it is easy to get acustomed to and with the lack of overtaking done in the average bus, there are few 'real world' problems. A mate used to have a LHD 3.6 Carrera, that was a slightly different issue.... :shock:
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