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Someone once told me that Mercedes often cannot be driven from France to Italy. Anyone who knows if this is actually true?
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Originally Posted by Jo.T
(Post 29054110)
Someone once told me that Mercedes often cannot be driven from France to Italy. Anyone who knows if this is actually true?
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US Canada Aruba UK Germany Moped Bermuda Looking at some of the other lists, though, I feel so ... untraveled :( |
Originally Posted by Aventine
(Post 29052888)
Koreans do the 'no headlamps on at night' thing too but they believe it saves battery and fuel.
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Originally Posted by Aventine
(Post 29052888)
Koreans do the 'no headlamps on at night' thing too but they believe it saves battery and fuel.
What was really annoying was in any city they would flash their lights at you so you would turn off your headlights. In those days, cities were not as bright as today but instead every block had a 60 watt bulb lighting the way.:D Standardization within the EU has gotten rid of much of this. |
Interesting concept...
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Originally Posted by sethweinstein
(Post 29052702)
Apart from my home in the USA, just Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Iceland, and South Africa for me.
When I entered Iceland, I hadn't driven a manual in a few years, and I wanted to spend some time in the parking lot getting used to it again. But the company brought me the car along with an exit ticket and said I had to leave within ten minutes. Oh, well! Seth My first 5-speed in awhile (10 years I think) was out of Porto airport. For a minute or two it was a little embarassing as I was trying to get the car properly in gear without running over one of the many people around who were waiting for their cars or hitting another car. The roads in Northern Portugal are lightly traveled (I checked the terrain on Streetview before deciding to go with a 5-speed) ...so I got comfy with the 5-speed again (A cheap SEAT car). By the time I rented a 5-speed in Faro, I was alot better. Though I did stall for a minute at a traffic light after I left the airport. The Renault Megane had a very complicated all electronic dashboard and misinterpreted one of the messages. |
Originally Posted by BRITINJAPAN3
(Post 29054503)
150 times in Korea and I never saw this ever !
Originally Posted by wxman22
(Post 29054709)
Didn't see that so much in Korea, but did so in Italy in the 70's & 80's, as Italians believed the same.
What was really annoying was in any city they would flash their lights at you so you would turn off your headlights. In those days, cities were not as bright as today but instead every block had a 60 watt bulb lighting the way.:D Standardization within the EU has gotten rid of much of this. |
European Driving
Drove in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Iceland back in 2014. In 2015 we drove from the US to Canada. Our most recent rental was in Ireland (2017) where they drive on the opposite side of the road. It took me a couple of hours to get used to driving on the opposite side. It was fun driving in Ireland but you need to be careful when you drive on the smaller roads because of the many rock walls.
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Left side:
Australia New Zealand Got used to driving on the left quickly, but backing out of a parking space seemed to be a challenge. Right side: U.S. (home) Canada Mexico Austria Slovakia Poland Croatia Romania Hungary My own cars in the U.S. have always been standard shift, so borrowed/rental cars in other countries were not of a problem. I have been to several countries where I did not drive, but based on what I saw when observing the traffic, especially how people drive, I would not attempt to. |
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