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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong (Left) Side of the Road
On 2015-10-15 03:51:02 +0000, sms said:
The freeways were fine, but we went on some very narrow mountainous roads, some too narrow for two vehicles to pass each other. Agreed that manual is easy to get used to, but instinct for the left side of the hard is the hard part. And second the narrow roads -- get the more narrow car you can get. Fortunately the single lanes has slow, infrequent traffic, and one driver or the other pulls over somehow to allow the other car to pass -- usually the call closest to a pull-over spot. I'd like to suggest in particular, the penninsulas on the western coast are spectacular for driving. Beara and the Healy Pass were the best. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong(Left) Side of the Road
On 10/17/2015 6:55 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2015-10-15 03:51:02 +0000, sms said: The freeways were fine, but we went on some very narrow mountainous roads, some too narrow for two vehicles to pass each other. Agreed that manual is easy to get used to, but instinct for the left side of the hard is the hard part. And second the narrow roads -- get the more narrow car you can get. Fortunately the single lanes has slow, infrequent traffic, and one driver or the other pulls over somehow to allow the other car to pass -- usually the call closest to a pull-over spot. I'd like to suggest in particular, the penninsulas on the western coast are spectacular for driving. Beara and the Healy Pass were the best. The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong(Left) Side of the Road
On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 7:41:59 PM UTC-4, sms wrote:
On 10/17/2015 6:55 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2015-10-15 03:51:02 +0000, sms said: The freeways were fine, but we went on some very narrow mountainous roads, some too narrow for two vehicles to pass each other. Agreed that manual is easy to get used to, but instinct for the left side of the hard is the hard part. And second the narrow roads -- get the more narrow car you can get. Fortunately the single lanes has slow, infrequent traffic, and one driver or the other pulls over somehow to allow the other car to pass -- usually the call closest to a pull-over spot. I'd like to suggest in particular, the penninsulas on the western coast are spectacular for driving. Beara and the Healy Pass were the best. The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. Thanks for that website .. found that a road we drove in Norway (with a manual tranny) happened to be listed on it: http://www.dangerousroads.org/index.php/europe/norway/1054-stalheimskleiva-norway ....subsequently, it made Maui's 'Road to Hana' a piece of cake! -hh |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong (Left) Side of the Road
"sms" wrote in message ... On 10/17/2015 6:55 PM, Dan Stephenson wrote: On 2015-10-15 03:51:02 +0000, sms said: The freeways were fine, but we went on some very narrow mountainous roads, some too narrow for two vehicles to pass each other. Agreed that manual is easy to get used to, but instinct for the left side of the hard is the hard part. And second the narrow roads -- get the more narrow car you can get. Fortunately the single lanes has slow, infrequent traffic, and one driver or the other pulls over somehow to allow the other car to pass -- usually the call closest to a pull-over spot. I'd like to suggest in particular, the penninsulas on the western coast are spectacular for driving. Beara and the Healy Pass were the best. The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. ISTM that this road is only going to be dangerous if you act the complete idiot tim |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong (Left) Side of the Road
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, "tim....." wrote:
sms wrote in message The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. ISTM that this road is only going to be dangerous if you act the complete idiot No. I drove over the Conor Pass in June 2006 (starting from Dingle). It was truly scary. It was all fog. On the south side the pavement was new, so there are no road markings. Fortunately the rain gutter was white concrete and I followed that. Then coming down the other side it was single track, and a very tight squeeze for the cars to get by. We crept by each other, in the selected places that were a little wider. Don. www.donwiss.com/travel/ (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong (Left) Side of the Road
"Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, "tim....." wrote: sms wrote in message The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. ISTM that this road is only going to be dangerous if you act the complete idiot No. I drove over the Conor Pass in June 2006 (starting from Dingle). It was truly scary. It was all fog. well how does that make the road scary in good weather? I drove down the (almost) perfectly flat A2 in the fog yesterday it too was scary tim |
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Manual or Automatic Rental in Countries that Drive on the Wrong (Left) Side of the Road
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, "tim....." wrote:
"Don Wiss" wrote in message On Wed, 21 Oct 2015, "tim....." wrote: sms wrote in message The most exciting trip was when we ended up going over Conor Pass rather than taking the road I had planned to take. I later learned more about Conor Pass at http://www.dangerousroads.org/europe/ireland/1891-conor-pass.html. ISTM that this road is only going to be dangerous if you act the complete idiot No. I drove over the Conor Pass in June 2006 (starting from Dingle). It was truly scary. It was all fog. well how does that make the road scary in good weather? It was good weather down below. The pass is so high up it is in the clouds. So by fog I meant all cloud. I would think that the pass is often in the clouds. Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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