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Old 06-05-2013, 05:49 PM   #24
skorpioskorpio
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Re: Aussie right hand drive

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Originally Posted by Russ.W. View Post
The Left-hand indicator on RHD vehicles is a European thing. I had a BMW approx 10 years back. It was a 93 model, and the indicator was on the left. It was a manual vehicle, but by this time column shift vehicles may have been a thing of the past.

Every Australian vehicle I've had, regardless of transmission or floor or column shift has had the Indicator on the right.

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The story of my truck is: special ordered by a Connecticut gentlemen that owned property in the UK and took the truck with him. He sold the UK property some 10 years later, then returned with the truck to Connecticut, where he sold it to a fella whom used it as a mail truck for a few years.
Meaning RHD Holdens have the indicator on the right, RHD Vauxhalls have the indicator on the left, and LHD Chevys have the indicator on the left, even though you can buy the same car from all three? Ah, nothing like a common language to standardize things.

Makes the Kilo speedo even more perplexing being specially built for use in a country that *still* uses Mph.
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