New Opel GT
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Because its better that way 
Seriously, If you drive a manual (95% of our cars are probably manual) you'll spend most of your time driving with your right hand on the wheel and your left hand fliting between the wheel and the gear stick. If you're right handed (like a majority of people) then your most able hand is the one that is controling the wheel, with your less co-ordinated hand doing the simple stuff. 👍
If you drive a LHD car, but are right handed - your less co-ordinated hand is the one doing a majority of the steering work. 👎
Seriously, If you drive a manual (95% of our cars are probably manual) you'll spend most of your time driving with your right hand on the wheel and your left hand fliting between the wheel and the gear stick. If you're right handed (like a majority of people) then your most able hand is the one that is controling the wheel, with your less co-ordinated hand doing the simple stuff. 👍
If you drive a LHD car, but are right handed - your less co-ordinated hand is the one doing a majority of the steering work. 👎
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Ah, but your more coordinated hand (theoretically) is doing the shifting, so it doesn't have to spend as much time on the stick. Is that why US mags always get better times? (just kidding! we seriously don't have to get into that again!).
It's historical. Continental coach drivers sat on the left so their whips don't hit the guy beside them. British coach drivers sat on the right for some other equally vague reason. The differences merely carried over to motor carriages when they replaced horse drawn carriages.
There's not much difference between the two once you're used to them. It's like joysticks and controllers. Older joysticks were used with the right hand on the stick and the left hand on the button. Nintendo screwed that up for us by putting the D-pad on the left... now it's industry standard to have the D-pad or stick on the left.
It's historical. Continental coach drivers sat on the left so their whips don't hit the guy beside them. British coach drivers sat on the right for some other equally vague reason. The differences merely carried over to motor carriages when they replaced horse drawn carriages.
There's not much difference between the two once you're used to them. It's like joysticks and controllers. Older joysticks were used with the right hand on the stick and the left hand on the button. Nintendo screwed that up for us by putting the D-pad on the left... now it's industry standard to have the D-pad or stick on the left.
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niky
Changing gear is a piece of piss, even with your left hand - i just prefere to steer with my better hand in control.
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My only expirience with a right hand drive car was an old MG GT, and it was awkward. Not to say that I couldnt eventually learn how to drive the car, it was different shifting with my left and steering with the right.
But hey, Americans and Germans do it... France and Britain are the opposite?
But hey, Americans and Germans do it... France and Britain are the opposite?
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YSSMAN
France is LHD as well
Australia and Japan are RHD though.
