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Left Hook Cars
BlueVette:
Here's a short clip that shows the way a Corvette should be driven, overtaking lane..........swiftly with steering on left!;54
110kph?.........;wtf;59;47:an
http://de.rofl.to/achtung-corvette-ueberholt
coradict72:
Havent been on for a while.That Dotars document is so hard to understand.Made in 1989 now 2006 i believe even c3's had to be nutered then, only 21 yrs old.Ok there have been updates ,seeing this is an australian governemnt document please explain why WA can drive 15 year old cars LHD and we cant..this was mentioned already in this post........
69VETTE:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by coradict72
Havent been on for a while.That Dotars document is so hard to understand.Made in 1989 now 2006 i believe even c3's had to be nutered then, only 21 yrs old.Ok there have been updates ,seeing this is an australian governemnt document please explain why WA can drive 15 year old cars LHD and we cant..this was mentioned already in this post........
--- End quote ---
Exactly, all the above links go to the Australian Governments, Department of Infrastructure Transport, Regional Development and Local Government... So why is WA exempt? ;27 Isnt this applicable to all in australia
This is the question on everyones minds.... we really need to look into this! :mmm
M;36
69VETTE:
Hey Guys,
Someone asked me the other night at the car club meeting about the registration and conversion of Left Hook cars.
Some time ago i mentioned that in WA, the car (lets say the corvette, cause we really dont care for any other brand. - right?) only had to be 15 years of age, and not 30 likes it is in our glorious state for it to remain as a left hook car. :grr
This would mean that you could bring in some really nice C4's into the country... hmmm.. Grandsports! :{
I have looked a bit futher into this and found that in WA, the RTA, only really administers the road and maintanance and not the registration of the vehicles.
In Western Australia, the registration of vehicles is managed and regulated by the Dept of Planning.;wtf
Well, at least the Dept of Planning has got something right over there, ;42 cause the one in our state, has totally stuffed the building legislations truely! and for those who dont know, or havent heard... they have introduce new planning laws which could mean a person can get an approval technically in 10 days to build a two storey house next door without your say in the matter.
Yes thats right, but thats another topic!!
Here is the link for those interested.
http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/yourvehicle/1381.asp
Cheers
M;36
budskis:
75 countries Drive on the LEFT hand side.
Today, only four European countries continue to drive on the left: Cyprus (500,000), Ireland (4.5 Mil), Malta (400,000) and the United Kingdom (60 mil). All are island nations, and as such none shares a physical border with a country that drives on the right; all were once part of the British Empire. Some Commonwealth countries and other former British colonies, such as Hong Kong (7 mil), New Zealand (4 mil), Australia (23 mil), India (1 bil), Pakistan (173 mil), Malaysia (23 mil) and South Africa (50 mil) continue to drive on the left, but others such as Canada, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the United States drive on the right. Other countries and territories which drive on the left are Thailand (65 mil), Indonesia (450 mil) and East Timor (1 mil) in Southeast Asia (593 mil), Suriname (500,000, Japan (110 mil), the U.S. Virgin Islands (120,000) and Macau (84 mil). Most Pacific countries (14 mil) drive on the LEFT.
Approximately 2 Billion people are not serviced by GM. I KNOW that the majority of these 2 billion are not in the market for a Vette but I have to ask one question….WHY IS GM NOT BUILDING A RIGHT HAND DRIVE VETTE TO SERVICE SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES? My answer is as follows: Apart from the time and expense required (like all businesses in the world) I believe that GM is an insular company. They are old and Grey and have not moved with the times therefore they have been “LEFT” behind. Toyota sells it’s products in every one of the countries mentioned above (including most right hand drive countries as well such as the USA). If GM and the US Government were serious about being world competitive with it’s products then surely they would consider a left hand drive Corvette and other models?
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