are left hookers o.k.
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Helen Goff
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i know a lot of people who are quite happy with their left hookers, and if i travelled into europe a lot then i would be tempted too.
but, i live in the midlands,do most of my driving on country roads and am unlikely to ever drive abroad so I would stick with a RHD. i've been offered great cars to buy but haven't as they turned out to be LHD.
but, i live in the midlands,do most of my driving on country roads and am unlikely to ever drive abroad so I would stick with a RHD. i've been offered great cars to buy but haven't as they turned out to be LHD.
I was originally seducted into the Porsche world by a left hooker 993. All the time I owned it I would have said it was not really any different to driving a RHD car, once you had got used to the change in perspective. When I came to px it against a new RHD 996, my local OPC accepted the car no problem and resold it through the independant network (I saw it for sale a week or two later)
However, it does affect the resale value, and I have to say once I drove the RHD car, I realised that it was slightly easier to drive in the UK than the LHD
However, it does affect the resale value, and I have to say once I drove the RHD car, I realised that it was slightly easier to drive in the UK than the LHD
Helen Goff
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never driven an X5 so can't compare. but,the Cayenne S is awsome. none of the usual 4x4 wollow at all.
PGAdamopoulos
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Hey Edmund
I have always been importing & driving LHD, but I am used to them and I drive a lot in EU.
Nevertheless, I do prefer them from a purist's point of view, because that is how they were originally designed and balanced and sometimes they come better equipped than UK cars.
Besides, I always find them at not "Ripp Off" UK prices, assuming that you know exactly what you want and you buy cash.
From the resale point of view, taking into account the huge savings you have potentially made on the purchase, I would say the whole "experience" is more profitable than a RHD equivalent.
Cheers
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I have always been importing & driving LHD, but I am used to them and I drive a lot in EU.
Nevertheless, I do prefer them from a purist's point of view, because that is how they were originally designed and balanced and sometimes they come better equipped than UK cars.
Besides, I always find them at not "Ripp Off" UK prices, assuming that you know exactly what you want and you buy cash.
From the resale point of view, taking into account the huge savings you have potentially made on the purchase, I would say the whole "experience" is more profitable than a RHD equivalent.
Cheers
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If you are on a UK motorway LHD is not an issue.
What is an issue is being on a narrow single-lane in each direction road in France, behind a HGV, with the local populace queued up 6mm from your rear bumper. THEN you really wish you had a LHD so that you could see if it is safe to overtake...[:'(]
What is an issue is being on a narrow single-lane in each direction road in France, behind a HGV, with the local populace queued up 6mm from your rear bumper. THEN you really wish you had a LHD so that you could see if it is safe to overtake...[:'(]
steve lyden brown
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Mark, Having long since perfected a RHD overtaking method for French roads, a passenger helps, but holding back about 50 meters from what you want to overtake, and then when clear flooring the loud pedal, is the best method. I have to say that IMHO the greatest problem on French roads is the car in front of you that is behind the lorry. French car drivers rarely seem to expect to be overtaken, especially when they want to overtake, so the best approach here is to come up slowly with lights blazing** and your hand poised above the horn button ( I have all my cars fitted with an auxiliary horn and button in the passenger footwell, so I concentrate on overtaking, having told the passenger to blast the car in front if he so much as twitches towards the centre line !! This is pretty foolproof, even Frenchfoolproof !
Cheers,
Steve. ** A German friend of mine has fitted a relay to his big Healey so at the press of a button his head lamps, foglights and driving lamps are sequentially switched on/off a spilt second apart and continue to look like Piccadilly Circus until he has overtaken. I want one of those relays !!!!
Cheers,
Steve. ** A German friend of mine has fitted a relay to his big Healey so at the press of a button his head lamps, foglights and driving lamps are sequentially switched on/off a spilt second apart and continue to look like Piccadilly Circus until he has overtaken. I want one of those relays !!!!
Supplementary point with LHD 911's is that the pedal cluster in the LHD is much easier to use. This is because with the RHD cars the internal wheel arch is on the RH side of the pedals. With the LHD the centre tunnel is on the RH side, so the legs are not offset when driving a LHD - Does that make sense?
I agreee entirely. But you know how you get trapped - and holding back 50M is not understood by our French cousins, so when you are at 50M, the 6mm gap between the car behind and yourself becomes 2mm - with the car behind weaving back and forth so YOUR safe manouver has to be made at the point when they are not at the "out" part of their cycle - when they may have just decided to go too!
(I always leave a big gap - I'm just pointing out the situation)
steve lyden brown
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Mark, If I understand you aright, what you are saying is that the leaving of a 50 metre gap between you and the vehichle to be overtaken is just going to get the car behind you press you all the more to overtake ? I wouldn't argue with that, other than to say that whatever their shortcomings, most French drivers know well enough not to seriously try to overtake a Porsche, especially if, by means of signalling indicators, the Porker is indicating a desire to overtake the front vehicle. Of course, my 50 metre gap idea is crap in Italy, since if you do that you will get the butcher,baker and bloody candlestick maker ( all in their Fiat delivery vans) attempting to overtake you and cram themselves into that gap ! Mind you, I have even been able to stop them doing that, since at the time of my firstborn I had some stickers made up showing crossed Italian and British flags and prominently marked with the words " Bambino a Bordo ! "
Steve.
Steve.
I bought my first Porsche 2 years ago, it is LHD, it came available, the price was right etc etc - we decided to go for it. On motorways, it is great. Take care joining if you are driving on your own though. We also enjoy touring around Europe.
I have just agreed to part ex (NB: I was not able to sell it myself for what I was told by a dealer was a fair figure) against a LHD 996.
The 996 is fully loaded (and I mean fully!), tiptronic, PCM, PSM, BOSE etc. 16k miles, 09/2003. I am paying £37,500.
The RHD equivalent (well almost, I cannot find anywhere near the same spec) is going for 33% more at £50k.
You pays your money and makes your choice.
I would rather have a 16k mile, LHD 09/2003 car than a RHD 06/1999 version with 37k miles on it (OPC Bristol) for the same money.
Over time, my belief is that this price differential will narrow and that I will suffer less depreciation. Time will tell.
You should try www.LHDPorsche.com
That said, I found my 996 myself, but LHDP got it cheaper than I could.
We are here, but once. Go for it.
I have just agreed to part ex (NB: I was not able to sell it myself for what I was told by a dealer was a fair figure) against a LHD 996.
The 996 is fully loaded (and I mean fully!), tiptronic, PCM, PSM, BOSE etc. 16k miles, 09/2003. I am paying £37,500.
The RHD equivalent (well almost, I cannot find anywhere near the same spec) is going for 33% more at £50k.
You pays your money and makes your choice.
I would rather have a 16k mile, LHD 09/2003 car than a RHD 06/1999 version with 37k miles on it (OPC Bristol) for the same money.
Over time, my belief is that this price differential will narrow and that I will suffer less depreciation. Time will tell.
You should try www.LHDPorsche.com
That said, I found my 996 myself, but LHDP got it cheaper than I could.
We are here, but once. Go for it.
PGAdamopoulos
New member
Edmund
see http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=118155&mpage=1&key=𝤛
David
Has yours arrived? I thought it was coming in August?
see http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=118155&mpage=1&key=𝤛
David
Has yours arrived? I thought it was coming in August?
PGA - see above !!
porkersrule - correct.
I paid the deposit (10.8%) direct to his contacts in Germany - an OPC set up.
LHDP pay the balance, ship it over, then I pay the other 89.2% on collection, to LHDP.
Have a look yourself on porsche.de, find the car you want then tell LHDP where it is and ask what the price will be.
You should have a smile on your face at this point !
porkersrule - correct.
I paid the deposit (10.8%) direct to his contacts in Germany - an OPC set up.
LHDP pay the balance, ship it over, then I pay the other 89.2% on collection, to LHDP.
Have a look yourself on porsche.de, find the car you want then tell LHDP where it is and ask what the price will be.
You should have a smile on your face at this point !
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