Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Frydae - Right-Hand drive manual transmissions
From:Ben
Date:Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:38:15 -0700

I've had numerous RHD vehicles in the US including a T25 Singlecab. Pedal arrangements are the same as LHD. That is clutch/brake/fuel left to right. Shift pattern is typically same as LHD because manufacturers do not make a different transnmission for RHD. 

Can take some getting used to.;-) 

BenT 
sent from my electronic leash

> On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:29 AM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> 
> For some reason I woke up this morning thinking about driving a manual transmission right-hand drive car.  Maybe I was dreaming about visiting my ancestor's graves in Ireland.
> 
> The question I have for the list is about the foot pedals in said right-hand drive car.  Are they reversed from a left-hand drive car, ergo L to R, throttle, brake and clutch?
> 
> Furthermore, would the shift pattern be reversed as well, ergo first gear to the right instead of to the left?
> 
> Surely someone on this list can answer this question, perhaps our brethren from OZ or the UK.
> 
> Thanks, Anthony
> ('89 Syncro GL Hidalgo - sadly recently traded to the tile man for a tile job)