[camusdarrach]

Whilst browsing through a well known interweb auction site, I came across this "Maverick" for sale

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Left-Hand-Drive-F ... dZViewItem
Any thoughts?? -\/-
More to the point, whats this car doing over here?? :worry: -\/-

 

[camusdarrach]

I just found it interesting that the dealer apparently routinely lists vehicles as either right or left hand drive.....Right hand drive vehicles are fairly rare in the US, mostly limited to postal service vehicles and the occasional exotic import...

LHD cars are quite common here, due to the rest of Europe driving on the wrong side of the road, as well as all the USAF bases that we have, complete with imported American plated cars etc..
Other than that, quite a lot of HGV's, plant equipment (mobile cranes, roadsweepers etc) are also LHD.

 

[camusdarrach]

The first lorry that I drove, up at my friends farm, when I was about 12, was a WWII AEC Matador, we used it as a winching truck for tree felling.
Th gearbox was a real :censor: , the gearbox gate was 5 3 1 r at the top, and 4 2 c at the bottom, to make it even more "interesting" it was a :censor: crash box!!! :lol:

At work, most of the coaches are push button automatic, eg R N D 2 1 :yahoo: , with the exception of 5 with a tiptronic box, :doh: 3 that have splitter gearboxes :yahoo: , and 2 which have 4/4 gearboxes!!! :doh: :lol: P

 

[camusdarrach]

i like driving the tow truck we have at work, its a 8sp 4L 4H with an air gate, a clutch and a torque converter. its great. you can down shift to slow down or you can just use the air brakes and exhaust brake, and when you stop, you can put your foot on the clutch (with no load put it in 5 or any gear you want it will start to move) and take your foot off the clutch and sit there with your foot on the brake.

I like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have you ever driven a truck with an Eaton gearbox, 4 low, 4 medium and 4 High, which also then gives you 3 reverse gears, low, medium, and high!!, good for 30mph plus!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yahoo: ^