Erin,
Thanks for appreciating my English! The Subcontinent (present day India,
Pakistan and Bangladesh) was a British Colony till 1947. Hence the strong
influence. I have noticed quite a few list members having an amazingly good
knowledge of History and Geography. Bert even greets me with a 'Salaam' in his
pmails which is amusing and remarkable at the same time!
I would like to drive a LHD VW sometime soon here. They are rare here and
generally speaking their market value is lesser than the RHD ones.
I too have to adapt all the time when I drive dad's 800cc Suzuki (a very
popular car here given the fuel economy and low price of the vehicle itself and
spares) as it has the wiper control arm where VWs have the indicator lever.
Asad
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008
> 10:51:31 -0600> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug> > 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: "asa!
d 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 styl!
e 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 t!
han > 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 spe
edometers, etc. I think > it's quite doable with just a few > > minor
modifications.> > Erin > > > > _______________________________________________>
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