Living with Left Hand Drive

[redchina]

I have recently spied a lovely car - and shock-horror its reasonably priced.
obviously the reason is that its a left hooker..

so, if anyone has experience of a LHD car in Perth, can you answer some of these questions?

are there any extra hoops to jump through when it goes over the pits?
insurance, is this more?
I dont expect other drivers will be more considerate - so I wont go there..

and do you know? suddenly i see very few downsides.. what am i missing?
(apart from a nervous wife on the wrong side of the road!)

thanks.

[OLDS]

I have a lifetime of LHD experience, but not in Perth.

Please clear something up for me,....i thought it was illeagal to have LHD in Austrailia? I've seen and heard all these stories of cars coming in from the States and getting chopped up, chain steering, ect..

But big picture, your sitting two feet to the left, big deal. Drive up windows are out maybe, unless you have a passenger, but again,.....big deal.

[Google [bot]]

OLDS said:

Please clear something up for me,....i thought it was illeagal to have LHD in Austrailia? I've seen and heard all these stories of cars coming in from the States and getting chopped up, chain steering, ect..

Except WA which has much more friendly rules. In all other states (I think) LHD only if the car is more than 25 years old.

OP, can't answer your legislation questions sorry, but I like the idea of LHD, I like the additional thought that goes into driving. Just remember to keep something in the passenger door pocket to get out when you try to get in the wrong side

[deviant]

redchina said:

I have recently spied a lovely car - and shock-horror its reasonably priced.
obviously the reason is that its a left hooker..

so, if anyone has experience of a LHD car in Perth, can you answer some of these questions?

are there any extra hoops to jump through when it goes over the pits?
insurance, is this more?
I dont expect other drivers will be more considerate - so I wont go there..

and do you know? suddenly i see very few downsides.. what am i missing?
(apart from a nervous wife on the wrong side of the road!)

thanks.

Wouldnt be that new Camaro that is on carsales would it?

I have noticed a shift lately in importers starting to take a little move away from Jap imports over to American stuff.

Sucks to be anywhere but WA, compliance and LHD coversion on a new Camaro or Mustang is $25K!!

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No affiliation.

[redchina]

nope, not yank metal, its italian and sitting in Sydney at the moment.

not sure what is wrong with it yet - cos it is cheap : )

[PomBstard]

Hmm, Italian and LHD, you say. Bright red, perhaps, with a picture of Dobbin on its badge? Maybe requiring the owner to have a healthy wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts, possibly a large moustache? I think I know the one.

[Mc F]

My Daily Driver in the UK is a left hand drive American Ford F150 & I love it.

No problems with visibility & with a big powerful V8 it a win win allround! ( on LPG )

Shame I cant bring it down under with me!

[redchina]

PomBstard said:

Hmm, Italian and LHD, you say. Bright red, perhaps, with a picture of Dobbin on its badge? Maybe requiring the owner to have a healthy wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts, possibly a large moustache? I think I know the one.

Ah Higgins, you've arrived!

[OLDS]

Need a few of these too.....





In my F-150 Mc F

[PomBstard]

redchina said:

Ah Higgins, you've arrived!

I've seen the ad, but not the car. I work not too far from the dealer so might engineer a need to be in that part of the city over the next few days and take a peek.

[deviant]

Mc F said:

My Daily Driver in the UK is a left hand drive American Ford F150 & I love it.

No problems with visibility & with a big powerful V8 it a win win allround! ( on LPG )

Shame I cant bring it down under with me!

I assume you are moving here permanently?

There are more options than personal import to bring it.

[Mc F]

OLDS said:

Need a few of these too.....





In my F-150 Mc F

Ha! Lovely dogs & machine.

We will be bringing our German Shephard with us too!

[Mc F]

deviant said:

Mc F said:

My Daily Driver in the UK is a left hand drive American Ford F150 & I love it.

No problems with visibility & with a big powerful V8 it a win win allround! ( on LPG )

Shame I cant bring it down under with me!

I assume you are moving here permanently?

There are more options than personal import to bring it.

Thanks Deviant.

Yes moving out on a skilled independant Visa.

Hoping to bring a Porsche & Range Rover with me which I believe uses my & wifes maximum 1 car allowance each.

The cost of converting to Right Hand Drive & agro put me off bringing the F150 Supercharged, although they seem to cost big money out there.

Quite fancy a 4x4 Ford Raptor when out there - any ideas how much they are if available there?

[motomk]

Mc F said:

Quite fancy a 4x4 Ford Raptor when out there - any ideas how much they are if available there?

Ah yes, I like the look of them too but then I like those old Land-Rover baby truck things too!
Saw a Raptor on carsales a few months back for $150k
One of the F-series truck importers had them on their website but I can't remember the website now.
Not clued up on my US Fords....Do they come in Diesel?

[MidnightXR6]

Diesel?. Is that not some form of poof juice for attracting men in the gay bar?