Alan wrote:
> "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
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>
>>"Markku Grönroos" kirjoitti
>>viestissä:v8CSi.240634$vF2.29574@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi...
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>>>"Brian" kirjoitti
>>>viestissä:I7SdnUjS1r3zgIfanZ2dnUVZ_o-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>>>I will be traveling in UK and Germany and am trying to figure out if I
>>>>should rent a car in Germany or UK. I will be driving more in Germany and
>>>>was thinking I would rent in Germany. But will that pose any problems in
>>>>UK (i.e. steering wheel on left side)? I know some rental agreements also
>>>>have restrictions on taking cars across borders.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I would rent a car in Germany and stick on that. Crossing borders hardly
>>>will be an issue if the company is any good.
>>
>>Perhaps, I generalized a bit too much. On the other hand you should
>>provide a bit more parameters in order to make it possible to give
>>reasonable answers. If you are arriving in and departing from the same
>>country then in most cases the reasonable choice is to rent a car in that
>>country. If you arrive in one of the two countries and depart from the
>>other country, then one lease in both countries probably becomes more
>>economical because oneway contracts can be punitively expensive.
>>
>>Driver should rent a car with an automatic transmission if
>>
>>1. he isn't accustomed to manual ones
>>2. he should change gears by the hand he doesn't
>> use doing so at home
>
>
> so if he rents a car in germany (left hand drive) then another when he
> arrives in UK (right hand drive) and you sugest using the hand he does not
> normally use at home to change gear i assume he has 3 hands >>>>>>>>> anyway
> what is the big deal about left or right hand drive "a car is a car" either
> you are a competant driver or your not if not use public transport for all
> our sakes
>
>
Having driven in the UK and Europe with both lefthand and righthand
drive cars for many years, I can only say that managing the switch from
one steering position to the other is mentally much harder than
switching from one road side to the other. |