The £7700 Corvette C6
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StoutBench said:
Silly side question which I hope is ok. How do you find LHD in the UK? I've always thought it would be a right pain when driving fast with over taking and passengers being in the centre of the road. Visibility must be challenging when overtaking? I guess rolls and bridges where you pay such as Bristol and the Severn bridge historically whilst rare are a challenge?
to be honest LHD in the UK is (on the whole) a non-issue. - you'll get used to it surprisingly quickly (minutes in most cases)
- overtaking: you tend to hang back a little further, which is no bad thing
- placement on the road is nice and easy (for obvious reasons)
- it can be a total PiTA at toll-booths and multistorey car parks
- it can be a little unnerving for passengers who are, obviously, not used to that sort of view
the other thing to consider is that an awful lot of Brits will drive to France/Germany/etc and not even think about it - then complain that LHD is too difficult
DodgyGeezer said:
StoutBench said:
Silly side question which I hope is ok. How do you find LHD in the UK? I've always thought it would be a right pain when driving fast with over taking and passengers being in the centre of the road. Visibility must be challenging when overtaking? I guess rolls and bridges where you pay such as Bristol and the Severn bridge historically whilst rare are a challenge?
to be honest LHD in the UK is (on the whole) a non-issue. - you'll get used to it surprisingly quickly (minutes in most cases)
- overtaking: you tend to hang back a little further, which is no bad thing
- placement on the road is nice and easy (for obvious reasons)
- it can be a total PiTA at toll-booths and multistorey car parks
- it can be a little unnerving for passengers who are, obviously, not used to that sort of view
the other thing to consider is that an awful lot of Brits will drive to France/Germany/etc and not even think about it - then complain that LHD is too difficult
It must be where I live and choose to drive my car, but I've not encountered a UK toll booth or multistorey in my ownership. I'm just as happy driving lhd or rhd here, but it does make the perfect excuse to drive it overseas. Fishy Dave said:
DodgyGeezer said:
StoutBench said:
Silly side question which I hope is ok. How do you find LHD in the UK? I've always thought it would be a right pain when driving fast with over taking and passengers being in the centre of the road. Visibility must be challenging when overtaking? I guess rolls and bridges where you pay such as Bristol and the Severn bridge historically whilst rare are a challenge?
to be honest LHD in the UK is (on the whole) a non-issue. - you'll get used to it surprisingly quickly (minutes in most cases)
- overtaking: you tend to hang back a little further, which is no bad thing
- placement on the road is nice and easy (for obvious reasons)
- it can be a total PiTA at toll-booths and multistorey car parks
- it can be a little unnerving for passengers who are, obviously, not used to that sort of view
the other thing to consider is that an awful lot of Brits will drive to France/Germany/etc and not even think about it - then complain that LHD is too difficult
It must be where I live and choose to drive my car, but I've not encountered a UK toll booth or multistorey in my ownership. I'm just as happy driving lhd or rhd here, but it does make the perfect excuse to drive it overseas. I prefer being the "right" side of the car for the roads in a given country but drive my RHD cars in Europe and its rarely an issue.
I do find the toll tags useful and they also now operate many of the city car parks in Europe also (barrier entry ones) and then directly invoice the attached bank account at the end of the month in the same way they do so for toll roads.
I do find the toll tags useful and they also now operate many of the city car parks in Europe also (barrier entry ones) and then directly invoice the attached bank account at the end of the month in the same way they do so for toll roads.
FelixP said:
We have barriers to get in and out at work which need my ID card. When I take my C6 I have a telescopic selfie stick and it holds my card perfectly, I simply roll down the passenger window and hold it to the reader. Would probably work with contactless bank cards too.
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