Driving a Right-Hand Drive Manual Car in the US

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[michaelcarter]

Absolutely freaking gorgeous!!
After over a decade of wanting one, i just got a 04 wrx wagon and couldn't be happier!
Well other than if it was a STI or if I had a second one to build lol

[jrdraig]

"Almost everything is mirrored" then goes on to explain that barely any of it is mirrored xD

[wesleyrichards]

In New Zealand the steering wheel is on the right. On Japanese cars the indicators are on the right and European cars have them on the left.

[deannefarmakis]

You’re actually driving on the correct side

[tris_]

I noticed that on certain rhd cars the blinkers and wipers commands are mirrored and others are the same as left hand drive, really depends on the manufacturer

[LibertyEver]

The turn signals and wipers are the only part that messes with me. I find it helps to think of the turn signals on the door/window side. It also helps to drive with my left hand on the shifter to my right hand uses the turn signal. The real trick is the one day a week I'm back to driving my left hand drive 4Runner.

[agcacustoms]

I read somewhere, correct me if I’m wrong that the stalk being reversed is mostly a Japanese car thing and that most right hand drive cars in other countries have a regular “American” style column with the turn signal and wipers on the normal side.

[Yes-lsfv]

Forgot that when turning right the support pillar blocks the view a bit
Parallel parking is easier for me since I can see the curb much closer so I don’t hit the curb

[forgottenknowledge]

I drive a German car in Australia. I'm still not used to the blinkers

[DavidGarcia-oint]

It feels absolutely golden to be on the right side in my jdm first gen turbski Forester

[winstonmiu]

For my first time driving RHD in Ireland, I found lane discipline to be the hardest. I’m so used to hugging the left line in the car that I almost drove on the curb.

[davidsmale]

I think the wiper stalk being on the left and indicator stalk on the right is a Subaru thing (maybe a few other manufactures). I live in England and every car I’ve owned it’s wiper on the right indicator on the left. Stunning car by the way.

[tomoneill]

I live in the UK, never had a problem driving a lhd car, that's why it's better to learn in a rhd.

[samyeomans]

Get over it mate. Here in Australia we also have to drive upside down. That’s a good start

[hebneh]

I went through the reversed wipers / turn signals when I drove in Australia and NZ on a vacation in 1991, and when I came home I immediately did it unwittingly when I had returned to my normal LHD position.

[robschaffer]

The hardest part is overtaking on divided highways. Always a prayer until you can see past the truck in front of you to check for oncoming traffic.

[NOMACD]

I lived in Japan and now that I’m back in the states I still hit my wipers trying to use the turn signal at least once a a week

[redlight]

You can probably switch the steering column from a usdm one and get turn the signals swapped back over

[lukeshaw]

The annoying thing about cars here in England is that wiper issue, its different in most cars, my cars indicater is on the left and wipers on the right 😂

[chrisjakarta]

blinkers are mostly on the other side of the gear shifter so you always have control over both at the same time. nowadays the radio volume button is on the steering wheel but in the older cars the volume button on the radio unit is also on the right side.