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11 Jul 2007, 17:59 (Ref:1960878)
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Left hand drive tips
I raced a Peugeot 205 in the ASWMC championship before moving to France to live. Unfortunately the 205 was too modified to pass the french hillclimb regs so I bought a new Renault clio cup ready to race from Renault.
OK, French hills are fantastic, averaging 3-5 kms, however I have never raced a left hooker before, although the sequential box makes things easier. Onboard videos of some of my runs show me scarily close to the edge of the track, culminating in a sump smashing excursion into a ditch on my last outing. Question: have you guys any tips that helped when you had your first experience of left hookers in race mode, not on your hols  and i'll state the obvious reply ....drive further away from the right edge!Andy |
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12 Jul 2007, 10:01 (Ref:1961402)
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My weekend road car is left hand drive. Drove it up Prescott a few times at the Garden Party a few years ago.
Having raced up Prescott innumerable times it all felt rather odd. Normally, in the rhd hillclimber, when the car rolls for a left hander I would go down and up for a right hander. Of course it's the opposite in a lhd car and feels counter intuitive to begin with.... |
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12 Jul 2007, 11:10 (Ref:1961471)
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Drive it backwards up the hill that way you will be sat on the correct side!!!
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12 Jul 2007, 11:58 (Ref:1961510)
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Hey!!
What about reversing down the hill in a lhd? Could be the start of a new (and very expensive) motorsport disclipline... Another thing that feels odd with lhd is that when you're changing gear your left hand remains on the wheel rather than your right. An obvious point to make but being right handed my left arm is weaker and every time I changed gear to start with the car twitched very slightly. |
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12 Jul 2007, 12:57 (Ref:1961554)
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12 Jul 2007, 17:20 (Ref:1961769)
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1 Aug 2007, 09:29 (Ref:1978006)
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I've just bought a LHD Radical and starting out for my first event, so I know how you feel about the car feeling odd.
Good luck with it. |
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