The great fun is renting a manual in the UK or another left-hand driving nation. Way too much fun!! Definitely willing to sacrifice the fun of the manual for the boring automatic in these countries. Interestingly, only two of our 4 children have learned to drive our manual. Although a third is a motorcycle rider so he does drive a manual there and I suspect he could drive the manual car with little difficulty.
Two spaces for me after a period. Just as I learned in Grade 9 typing class.
Can relate funny story. Long ago, around 1973, the research ship I was w*rking docked in Cape Town, Africa. Got off the ship had a cab take me and a buddy to a car rental place. Rented IIRC an Opel. Naturally steering wheel on the wrong side, manual tranny. Never driven in a country with lanes on the wrong side, or shifted a manual with left hand
. Fortunately the pedals were in the right order.
Anyhoo, off we went trying to get out of the city to the huge Kruger national park. Not even a half mile, and I get pulled over by the local police, he asks for license, I hand him my NY State license. The man asks how long I've been here, I say maybe a couple of hours.
I was pulled over for making an illegal right turn. He could tell by the plates, it was a rental car. The policeman then patiently says, slow down, try to read the signs and watch for signs prohibiting right turns. Let me go with no ticket.
Survived three days without further violations or mishaps.
The final funny is we stopped to watch some baboons, nasty stinking buggers they are. One sat on the hood and grabbed hold of the viper arm, would not get off. Weeeellll, slowly accelerated to about 45, jammed on the brake, baboon went flying with the wiper arm still firmly in grasp. We escaped. On return of car had to pay around 20 Rand for the missing bit. There was no charge for the brown skid marks on the hood.
Ok resume, whatever the thread was all about.
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