Are the pedals the same as rhd. That is Accelerator/ brake with right foot and clutch with left or is is back to front.
Also is it easy to adapt to Lhd?
Thanks
2007-10-08 07:01:42 · 6 answers · asked by First Ascent 4 Thistle 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Don't have one now but owned one when I lived in Holland.
The pedals and the gears are in all the same places as rhd. But you'll spend a lot of the time putting you hand in the door pocket looking for the hand brake!
But in all seriousness, take it easy to begin with, it'll take about a week to get used to, and most importantly remember everything you do will be in mirror image eg the side of the road you drive on, the direction you go round roundabouts etc etc
Good luck and drive safely ;-)
2007-10-08 07:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by Rupert the gardener 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Living in Spain and having a LHD focus, I can assure you that everything is the same as a RHD. Only thing that took some getting used to was operating the gear lever and hand brake with my right hand. Obviouly these are still in the centre of the car.
2007-10-08 14:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by focus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to have a car in the UK for weekends, and a LH drive car in Germany for work.
The pedals are exactly the same. i.e. clutch with left foot, and accelerator on the righ, brake in the middle.
The things which were more difficult were changing gear with your right hand, and judging distance from the kerb on the other side of the road. After a week or so I had no problem.
2007-10-08 14:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by Copper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who has LHD cars? Just about everyone apart from UK, Japan and Australia!
The pedals are in the same order. Americans favour automatics, rather than our "stick-shifts" so they don't know what a clutch pedal is ;-)
2007-10-08 14:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah my partners got one. Sure the pedals are the same dude!! And the gear sticks still in the middle!
2007-10-08 14:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jackass 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a few of those here in the US. :) Yes, the pedal arrangement is as you describe.
2007-10-08 14:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by gringomasloco 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋