Monday 13th February 2006

DIY RHD conversion terrifies

The steering wheel's OK but little else

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Jeep with DIY RHD conversion

For a mere US$8,000, you could be the owner of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a DIY right-hand drive conversion (see eBay link below).

This is no ordinary conversion: it's been done subtly and with forethought, eschewing no expense and with full cognisance of driver requirements.

No it isn't: actually it's one of the scariest things we've ever seen and, if you were driving it, you might feel that any moment could be your last...

The main question has to be: why?

• eBay: RHD Jeep Cherokee Sport

[hendry]

Oh yes, because Postal Workers are right up there with Clarkson, Needell and the Vehicle Inspectorate for credible road testing!

Proof if ever it were needed that North Americans are unaware there is anything either side of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. There are a STACK of RHD jalopies going for pennies in the rest of the civilised world. Do I spot a market for exporting to the US specifically for postal workers who are too obese to get off their fat arses to stick a letter in a can?

[hendry]

DieselJohn said:

zumbruk said: And all the cracks about obesity are a tad off target, too. Some rural postal routes in the States are a day's drive, possibly in seriously adverse weather - how would you like to cycle 100 miles in 26" of snow, as the East Coast got this weekend? I think the point is how hard is it to get out of the car, not that they should be on a bike.

Yep. And after a day's drive I probably wouldn't mind getting out of the car for 2 minutes to walk to someone's letter box. In fact I might stay out of the car for a bit longer before I spend a day driving back.

I guess there is no need now. I can just stay in this death trap with some DVT tights on, shitting myself I might hit some ice and find my spinal column and spleen entwined with angle iron and rubber belts.

The chap selling these must have a lawyer with steel balls.