Benefits of LHD
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kerbcrawling far easier in LHD
On track LHD is irrelevant. I found a LHD 911 no trouble on the road here in the UK either. Sure it might be a little more awkward overtaking in the twisties but if you're driving doesn't have much of that in it then there's little advantage in RHD.
Add to this that its an encouragement to go on European tours, the price benefit, etc then LHD can actually make a lot of sense.
Add to this that its an encouragement to go on European tours, the price benefit, etc then LHD can actually make a lot of sense.
los angeles said:
Pull well back a decent length from the car in front before trying to overtake so you can see what's coming in the opposite direction. Left handers are fine until you have no passenger to put the parking ticket in the slot and are forced out and around to do it yourself in freezing British rain coming at you sideways.
I remember doing that! Yep. These days I would happily suggest having LHD as the "toy/touring" car - but not for those solo shopping trips to town. So have a shopping car to do that with as well.Larger fuel tank - really good on trackdays, ppl are losing track time or hassling themselves going out for fuel when i've got plenty left. Also benefits touring range.
Park up on a busy road, just step out onto the pavement.
The car is the way it was designed.
Little things, like the volume knob is on the correct side for you.
Makes me feel as if i'm in a proper racing car - cos they're mostly lhd.
Cheers
Ajit.
{PS - didnt go out looking for a lhd, just that it was £8k cheaper with 20,000 less miles on it than the rhd ones)
Park up on a busy road, just step out onto the pavement.
The car is the way it was designed.
Little things, like the volume knob is on the correct side for you.
Makes me feel as if i'm in a proper racing car - cos they're mostly lhd.
Cheers
Ajit.
{PS - didnt go out looking for a lhd, just that it was £8k cheaper with 20,000 less miles on it than the rhd ones)
singh911 said:
Little things, like the volume knob is on the correct side for you.
OK, really minor point (but work is tedious today and I'm feeling pernickety) but on my CDR-22 if I go into the user's menu (press the down arrow for 5 or 6 secs, it's also where you change the speed dependant volume thingy) I can switch it between LHD and RHD which swaps the functions of the 2 rotary knobs.... always assumed that applies to all modern Porsche (Becker) units....
oldhatter said:
Don't think i'll ever forget the site of a E30 M3 Evo reversing out of a shoppers car park in Shrewsbury 'cos it was a left hooker. Made me smile, because of the situation and because it's the only BMW I've ever seriously thought I would like to own.
Steve
Brilliant, I must try it!
singh911 said:
The car is the way it was designed.Cheers Ajit.
That's the big one for me. Porsche designed their cars as lhd, rhd is a 'conversion' so to speak. By putting the pedals in the passenger footwell, which cannot be designed the same shape as the driver footwell, there has to be an element of compromise. That element can range fron inconvenient to hardly noticeable depending on the model, looking back over the years.
I like driving lhd in the UK because it's a bit different, and I spend quite a lot of time with the car on the continent. And I like driving a car the way it came off the drawing board. I'm happy to put up with the inconveniences of lhd in the UK.
I don't think it is really cost effective for a car manufacturer to design a car in one fashion (say LHD) and then completely reverse every aspect for a RHD build. So in that extent the RHD if the original design was LHD will be compromised yes.
Me... for BMW's & Porsches... LHD is king
Me... for BMW's & Porsches... LHD is king
Agree with that. First time it dawned on me was when i went skiing as a 14 yr old - coach trip. First few cars i saw, i remember thinking ooh look, its got the steering on the wrong side. Ooh, look theres another one.....soon to figure that the practically the whole of europe, the US etc etc drive cars like that!
Having said that, the UK market is quite sizeable for Porsche.
I assume both lhd and rhd versions have to go through the same crash testing - same component testing etc too?
Ajit.
Having said that, the UK market is quite sizeable for Porsche.
I assume both lhd and rhd versions have to go through the same crash testing - same component testing etc too?
Ajit.
For a rear engined 911... I am surprised that the fuel tank is smaller... in my mind it is a relatively small compeonent to redesign - unlike say in a front engined car where reversing the whole engine would be needed to avoid say the exhaust manifold being under the brake/cluth cylinders etc etc
In my mind LHD is no big deal in the UK, save for the odd ticket barrier. In traffic in London I actually find it a benefit because I can see down the bus lane and decide when it's clear of parked cars to beat the traffic.
Overtaking is a little trickier... but if then it's easier coming out of left hand bend because you can see up the inside etc et... each to their own
:-)
In my mind LHD is no big deal in the UK, save for the odd ticket barrier. In traffic in London I actually find it a benefit because I can see down the bus lane and decide when it's clear of parked cars to beat the traffic.
Overtaking is a little trickier... but if then it's easier coming out of left hand bend because you can see up the inside etc et... each to their own
:-)
kiko said:
On LHD you sit more in the middle of the car than a RHD which has the right seat offset to the right. The pedals are centered with the wheel since you use the whaeel arch for rest our left foot and on a RHD the wheel arch makes the pedals offset to the left.
Sure... but in a Subaru for example - LHD is a compromised RHD car rather than vice versa
c2look said:
... it was a left hooker ...
what does it mean over there LA? Something other than a lady of the night..........
>> Edited by c2look on Friday 27th January 21:28
Possibly an under-used one.....or maybe what her best weapon is...
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