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| SirAndy |
  Feb 27 2006, 02:28 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,612 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
i've got a question for you left handed guys out there ...
does it feel "weird" to have to shift with your right hand? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) i'm asking because i'm pretty much "ambidextrous" (both handed), i can write with either hand and use tools with either (yeah, yeah, i know, add lots of funny jokes here ...), but when i drove a stick-shift in england, i was suprised that it felt somewhat more "natural" to shift with my left hand. i had a hard time with driving on the wrong side of the road and i almost killed myself in a two lane roundabout, but i liked the shifter to the left. kinda strange, huh? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Andy |
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| Aaron Cox |
Feb 27 2006, 02:30 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
im the opposite....
im right handed... drove my uncles RHD mini cooper and it was wayyyy un natural..... so if you reverse my experience... your right handed shifting should feel un natural..... speaking of strange feelings.... i hear if you sit on your hand for 30 minutes, till it falls asleep.... it feels like a stranger.... -oops wrong thread |
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| jfort |
Feb 27 2006, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,135 Joined: 5-May 03 From: Findlay, OH Member No.: 652 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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I am left handed. I drove a manual transmission in UK one time. That took some concentration. Turning on to a street at a corner required concentration, too.
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| Porcharu |
Feb 27 2006, 02:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
Feels "normal" for me (lefty) - at least they don't move the pedals around in places that drive on the other side of the road, that would be hard to deal with.
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| SirAndy |
Feb 27 2006, 02:39 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,612 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
well, i was born right-handed (if there is such a thing) but over the years, i taught myself to use my left hand. now they're pretty much equal. i constantly switch between the two. like, here at work, i have the mouse set up for my left hand, at home it's set up for the right hand (because the wife uses the computer too). weird thing is, driving the left handed stick-shift felt more natural, which surprised me a bit ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| Crazyhippy |
Feb 27 2006, 02:42 PM
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Insert witty comment here... Group: Members Posts: 1,659 Joined: 28-July 05 From: Home of the Coyotes, AZ Member No.: 4,493 Region Association: None |
I'm Right handed, and had a bugger of a time driving a RHD RX7. Damn left hand doesn't do what i tell it to (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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| Mueller |
Feb 27 2006, 02:43 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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i'm a righty....rented a "lefty" car in Ireland, took a few minutes to get use to shifting with my left hand....had the gas/brake/clutch pedal been switched, that would have been a PITA
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| kdfoust |
Feb 27 2006, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Riverside Member No.: 71 Region Association: Southern California |
I'm a born lefty. Like most lefties you become more or less ambidextrious. Driving makes no difference to me at all from a controls standpoint. I do have to keep repeating "...driver go towards the center of the road, driver goes towards the center of the road..."
I do have a desire, no a NEED for a RHD Lotus Seven. I think that's a symptom of a mental illness that afflicts me not anything to do with being a lefty. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Later, Kevin |
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| bd1308 |
Feb 27 2006, 03:09 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
i'm a lefty but i do most things using either hand. im ambidexterious.
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| rick 918-S |
Feb 27 2006, 03:13 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,434 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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I'm in my right mind (most of the ti.... well part of the time... ok maybe sometimes (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) .) Never shifted lefty though. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
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| bondo |
Feb 27 2006, 03:17 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
My dad had a 51 Rolls that was RHD.. but it had a shifter on the right side of the driver.. wierd, huh?
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| MattR |
Feb 27 2006, 03:18 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,279 Joined: 23-January 04 From: SF Bay Area Member No.: 1,589 Region Association: Northern California |
I had the exact same question, so my friend was driving his WRX around and I told him i'd shift. We drove around for a few minutes while he clutched and steered and I shifted. I didnt miss a gear, but it didnt feel right. I was thinking about where I was shifting, but in a high adrenyline situation where you have to react, I think I would mess up.
But I can only do one thing useful with my left hand... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) ... type |
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| Mueller |
Feb 27 2006, 03:20 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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comes in handy when you are on phone talking to your girlfriend (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) "i've got the phone in my left hand, guess where my right hand is??" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) |
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| lapuwali |
Feb 27 2006, 04:05 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
I'm strongly right-handed (I CANNOT write with my left), but I drove two different RHD Minis for several years, and generally had no difficulty shifting with my left hand. Switching between several cars, the biggest problem I had was remembering that the handbrake was on the right in my wife's car, since it's on the left in both the Mini and the 914...
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| r_towle |
Feb 27 2006, 04:13 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,571 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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Im a lefty. Drove one stick over there....did not like it...basically I could not concentrate on the rest of the driving challenges, so I turned around, went back and got an automatic.... Funny story, we got lost on the way to a weekend golf thing years ago. Stopped and asked directions...the lady tells us...go to the "magic roundabout" take a left...blah blah... I asked what is a magic roundabout...she says...you will see...if you get through it without hitting anyone...its magic... Basically a two way roundabout with mini roundabouts where every street enters...kinda like a circle with 5 roads coming in... I sat there and laughed myself into tears it was so hard to figure out... Finally, with no mercy the Boston driver took over, I went around the thing MY WAY...as fast as I could, and got out without incident. I always hated the amount of car that is to your left when driving...near parked cars was the worst...I like taking cabs over there... So, from a lefty, no I did not like it...because you have taught yourself to be ambidexterious, it probably makes sense to you....but then again,,,so does your hair... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Rich |
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| Allan |
Feb 27 2006, 04:15 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
I lived in England back in the '70s but had a U.S. spec MG Midget. I drove a buddys Mini once home from a bar and it was weird.
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| Elliot_Cannon |
Feb 27 2006, 04:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
You sure that was a shift lever in your hand? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) Elliot |
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| Aaron Cox |
Feb 27 2006, 04:44 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
ALPHA made clutch and gas noises.... he couldnt figure it out.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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| tat2dphreak |
Feb 27 2006, 04:55 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I asked my sister this question once... she's a lefty... but shifting isn't like writing, for example... since lefty was never an option to learn on, her learning to shift was no more foreign to her than it was to anyone... she's fine with driving a standard... she said she'd never even thought twice about it...
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| SLITS |
Feb 27 2006, 04:59 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) "How to avoid blisters on your hose - use both hands" by Sir Andy |
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