RE: Chevy to sell Hot Wheels Camaro

[r1ch]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

Never really been into American cars but this one is so "shouty shouty" its brilliant...

+1 !

[BlackPrince]

How do British car owners deal with LHD when making a right turn at a light when there's another car directly opposite also making a right ? Or do you lot not really have a lot of those?

I drove a TVR over here once and its often hard enough to see oncoming traffic at traffic lights when you're sitting on the left side of the car let alone the right! Friends of mine with R33s and such just wait for the light to go yellow and then turn (thus annoying everyone queuing behind them but oh well)

I'd imagine it'd be a great piece of theater to drive such a beast on British roads but I'd personally feel depressed driving such a cheerfully-dispositioned car considering the dismal lack of sun most of the UK gets. Dour silver Audis or Range Rovers suit the UK weather a lot better imo

[anything fast]

tommy vercetti said:

anything fast said:

That 67 Is an expert example of how to ruin a classic car.. they should be ashamed.

Really? I think it looks brilliant, and I really like those alloys as well.

please tell me you are joking, those wheels look like the crap they sell halfords.

[Dave Hedgehog]

swerni said:

Why would being on the left side of the car make turning right any harder?

PITA at carpark barriers etc

makes overtaking entertaining as well

[Monty Zoomer]

PascalBuyens said:

DonkeyApple said:

PascalBuyens said:

1. UK... you guys drive on the "wrong" side, as they're only available in LHD. Puts of lots of people IMO.
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Have you been putting Mandarine on your waffles?

We drive on the correct side of the road as laid down by 1000 years of chivalric code. It's not our problem that some brash colonials and mainlanders lack civilised etiquette.

"In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent and their scabbard further from him. Moreover, it reduced the chance of the scabbard (worn on the left) hitting other people. "

Civilised, you said?

Wouldn't that just make it easier for baddies to stab you, or are all baddies left handed?

[BlackPrince]

Its hard here to see cars that will be going straight when you're waiting to turn left, I just figured the same was true in the UK but turning right instead. The queue of cars in the opposite direction (facing you that is) waiting to make a left obscures cars going straight through and even more so if you were driving a RHD car in America and thus sitting on the RH side of the car.

Figured the same would be true (but just the reverse) in the UK. I know that 4-way traffic lights aren't as common as roundabouts there but the 4 way light has started to become more popular.

[PascalBuyens]

Monty Zoomer said:

Wouldn't that just make it easier for baddies to stab you, or are all baddies left handed?

Right handed people wore their scabbard on the left hand side

[PascalBuyens]

Dave Hedgehog said:

PITA at carpark barriers etc

makes overtaking entertaining as well

Sitting on the 'wrong side' actually does make overtaking entertaining... and safer in certain situations. i.e. I'm sure we've all been stuck at one point behind a lorry/truck on a twisty road. Imagine a soft, long left hander in a RHD car, open view on the road... you could be stuck for miles with an obstructed view from the lorry/truck. Imagine that same situation in a LHD car, or the bend the other way round in a RHD car... A lot easier as you can see past the lorry/truck