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Old 09-11-2006, 09:20 AM   #71
dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
 
Join Date: May 2003
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Originally Posted by MaggieL
I was hazardous enough on foot. I didn't want to subject UK drivers to my wrong-handedness behind the wheel; I wasn't there long enough to properly adjust.
I visited Edinburgh once on business and they stuck me with a stick shift. I can drive stick, but shifting with the left hand, in addition to the mirror image thing, was a challenge. Luckily, the gas, brake, and clutch were in the usual positions or I'd be dead now.
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