I've only just realised that I've owned more LHD cars than RHD.
I'm sometimes concerned about kerbing the EVO especially since the track is really wide - the wheel arches are the same - or near as almost as the wing mirrors!!!! so it can be a bit hairy on really tight, busy London roads but really once you are used to it its no problem. I have learned pass according to the width of my car and take things slowly and had a few lessons with a tape measure and an empty car park.
But 'normal driving' is not much of a problem and I can switch really easily between LHD & RHD and driving in Italy - though I have never driven a RHD car there. You just learn to drive on a different part of the road and being a careful driver, I don't drive too close to other cars anyway. I'm always wary about buses though, even in RHD cars - they are so dangerous and people pull out regardless of where your steering wheel is.
Overtaking bikes is a lot safer for the bikers I've found though.
As for wing mirrors, I have adjusted the one on the right hand side to accommodate the blind spot a little better, as well as using it to see the road behind. A small movement of the head is sometimes required though to get the all the right viewing angles but if I'm performing a manouver I always check everything anyway. A habit you might need to get used to if you are a lazy RHD driver. I use being stuck in traffic to check as cars approaching me in the right hand lane. That way I can check the blind spot and the get a good view of the road behind and get the mirror just right. A bit of a trick to get right! But very comforting when you get it right. But a quick look over my shoulder just to make sure when changing lanes is absolutly essential and no subsitute to wing mirrors.
'Fanalona' on the other hand has only ever been driven in Italy and my biggest problem was which way to look when approaching a junction - what I've figured is that I first look on the side that the steering wheel is supposed to be for in that country. Its amazing how one doesn't appreciate which way to look when approaching a junction and what a habit it is when you only ever drive in this country.
I hope I've covered most of my experiences driving LHD. The one thing I would finally say is that I most certainly wouldn't allow a LHD car stop me from ownership although I must say I did think about it before I took the plunge.
One trick I am going to try is to get out at supermarket car parks, airports, tolls &c. Thanks for that one a much better idea
In any case, I've always had happy motoring and I wish you the same.
m!
