Ah so I do see you are a RHD country! Your English is really good too. How'd you learn to type it so well?
I guess for anyone, it's what they are used to growing up with. I find that since I'm a right handed person, that I can find the little notches for the gear shift pattern easier. Steering is such a general analog function that my sloppy left hand is good enough to steer with. I found in Australia I couldn't get in an out of the right hand side because the steering wheel was in the way! And the toyota I was driving had first gear clear over away from me. I like having the most commonly used gears closer to me so I'm not having to reach over all the time. I never did break the habit of turning on the windshield wipers every time I wanted to signal my turn. LOL! Erin ----- Original Message ----- From: "asad ishaque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug Erin, You are most welcome! its interesting to note the novelty of RHD dubs for you guys. For us the opposite is true, Pakistan being a RHD country. A LHD VW or any vehicle is interesting here. I cannot imagine how I would be able to shift with my right hand! Last week I saw this 68 bug that had been driven over from Germany by the original owner. It was still in original paint, though very faded and needing touch ups on the fenders. It had a factory steel sunroof and front Disc brakes something uncommon here. I examined it in detail and for the first time saw the special fuel tank vent hose which was found on only the early 68s. My daily driven 68 is supposed to have that vent but the pipe and all hardware is missing. My other 68 has the later style tank with the vapor vent on the RHS near the filler hose. I was thinking of changing the tank to a later one.....original one requires me to open the trunk and pop the vent open manually to let the displaced air escape on fill ups.......even got a good one from the junkyard....but now Im double minded. Its one of the things I point out to puzzled friends who claim that ''all beetles look the same''. I show them ten differences between the two 68 bugs! A VDub with twin steerings n pedals...hmmm...why hasnt someone done it still?? Asad. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 21 > Feb 2008 08:06:27 -0600> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug> > > > > >> > Erin!> >> > I stand corrected, you are not from aussie land, only you > gal is.> >> > Still Im sure folks would enjoy the Aussie bug rescue > story.> >> > Asad> > > Thanks for the kind words Asad. :) I saw many bay > windows Kombis there (as > they call them) with roo bars on them. Probably > more kangaroos there than > there are deer over here. At anyrate, it was > really weird seeing RHD VWs > all over and man did I ever want to take > them home. What a novelty! I just > can't get used to shifting with the > left hand and shoving the gear shift up > and away from me...it doesn't > feel right. Take a look at my pix at > www.nqvw.com/australia and you'll > see a 1968 auto-stick that I got to sit > in. I had a very hard time > getting in and out of it because my muscle > memory works only for the > driver's side. It was still neat to see the works > on the left side and > the KPH speedo - all those things that are so rare back > home and here > they were all over the place.> > I always wanted to take a bug or a > splitty bus and put BOTH LHD and RHD > workings in it. Then you would have > the ultimate traveling vehicle. > Someone could be driving from either > side. And in the event of a bus, you > could take a nap or get up and walk > to the back while your relief driver > came and take over. You'd have dual > pods, dual speedometers, etc. I think > it's quite doable with just a few > minor modifications.> > Erin > > > _______________________________________________> vintagvw site list> > [email protected]> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
