go backwards thru the drive up window:-) it's a
mini...you'll be all the rage!
--- "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
wrote:
> Sloane:
>
> There is no legal issue (the post office uses them,
> after all),
> but there is a safety issue; Passing another car
> takes on an added
> element of risk as you must move more of your car
> out into the oncoming
> traffic in order to see around the car in front of
> you. It is not a huge
> risk, but it is a risk. You can offset this by
> hanging back further from
> the car in front, although sometimes traffic makes
> this difficult.
> In addition, the drive up window at McDonalds does
> not work very
> well for a RHD car =:-o.
>
> Shifting a RHD car requires a bit of learning, but
> really is
> trivial after a few minutes.
>
> LHD cars have a higher resale value in the US.
>
> So there is no reason you *MUST* convert to LHD in
> the US, but
> convenience, resale and safety push you in that
> direction.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vance
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: im sloane [mailto:im_sloane@hotmail.com]
> Sent: January 24, 2007 6:05 AM
> To: Navarrette, Vance
> Subject: RE: 1971 TR6 w/hardtop project for sale
> (possible repost -
> sorry)
>
> Vance,
> Man, I'd leave the Mini RHD. That would be so cool.
> I wish my TR was
> RHD.
> There's no legal issue, is there?
>
> Sloane :)
>
>
> >From: "Navarrette, Vance"
> <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
> >Reply-To: "Navarrette, Vance"
> <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
> >To: "Todd Bermudez" <red_tr250@yahoo.com>, "oliver"
> ><sumton@sbcglobal.net>, "John Armstrong"
> <siberian@gmail.com>,
> ><6pack@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: 1971 TR6 w/hardtop project for sale
> (possible repost -
> >sorry)
> >Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:16:30 -0800
> >
> > Todd:
> >
> > Nothing too remarkable. The TR6 is done, and while
> it is a hoot
> >to drive I need something that requires wrenching,
> otherwise I don't
> >know what to do with myself on weekends.
> > I purchased a 1978 Austin Mini from a fellow in
> England, and had
> >it shipped over to Tacoma, WA. Drove it down to
> Portland last week on a
> >dolly, and I am starting to spin up the projects on
> it. The body is in
> >terrific shape, but lots of wiring issues (go
> figure) and I want to get
> >it up to about 110HP so I can race some rice boys
> for pink slips next
> >summer. Woo-hoo!
> > It is RHD, so one of the first projects is to
> convert it to LHD.
> >
> > Vance
> > 1974 TR6, 1978 Mini
>
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