Car hire in the UK
Jan 8th 2023, 8:30 pm
#16
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Re: Car hire in the UK
Very smart! .... Even if you're experienced and fully comfortable with a manual transmission it can take some time to get used to reaching for the gear lever with your other hand when switching between RHD and LHD. I had only owned manuals in the UK when I came to the US, and bought a manual Mustang, and it took me about six months to stop reflexively reaching for the door handle with my left hand. 
All kidding aside, I taught my late teen son how to drive manual in a few sessions going around empty business parks and then on to the main roads here in Ottawa. Few, if any of his friends can drive one or have ever been in one.
Jan 8th 2023, 8:57 pm
#17
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,459
Re: Car hire in the UK
Cars come in automatic transmission. Whatever will they think of next?
All kidding aside, I taught my late teen son how to drive manual in a few sessions going around empty business parks and then on to the main roads here in Ottawa. Few, if any of his friends can drive one or have ever been in one.
All kidding aside, I taught my late teen son how to drive manual in a few sessions going around empty business parks and then on to the main roads here in Ottawa. Few, if any of his friends can drive one or have ever been in one.
