FINALLY shes here :)

I went and picked her up today. She is really dirty.. and has a few scratches (looks like she bumped into the side of the container she was shipped in - a bit of paint on the front panel ...) But I really can't complain.. the insurance should cover it.. and I FINALLY after months of waiting have her all to myself!

I took the train all by myself all the way across Germany! I missed one connection because the train I was on was late, but I managed to find another train. I got to the shippers in time, but customs was closed. I batted my eyelashes a bit and got them to see me anyways! LOL

OMG... now i freaking know what you mean about the rattles. That shifter was DRIVING ME INSAINE. Everytime its in 4th gear it just vibrates like crazy. Man if only Bob could get it going like that.

On my way back I got to meet one of the members of my Scooby Club who has a 93 turbo legacy wagon. We took some pics.. and I will post those later.

Oh happy day... the Hotness is home!

Man if only Bob could get it going like that.

Wow....that is priceless:)

about time!!!! I thought you up and left the forum, havent seen you in a while.

have fun on teh Autobahn!!!

Good thing there's no damage to the headlights or rear end....

Enjoy! :icon_bigg

That's awesome! And like Bu11dogg, I was starting to wonder if we needed to send out a search party for you!

I'm just curious: I would think it would cost a fortune to ship a car overseas. Did the military help you with that, or did you have to pay for it yourself, and if you had to pay, how much was it (if you don't mind my asking)?

Are there any good Suby tuning shops in Germany, or do you do your own wrenching? Any mod plans?

you had to pay, how much was it (if you don't mind my asking)?

 

Are there any good Suby tuning shops in Germany, or do you do your own wrenching? Any mod plans?

It was $1800. Not any tuning shops in Germany, at least none that I know about. There are some in Luxemburg. All the mods are done for now. I would like to add a BOV but not sure about needing the retune... and I am getting a few little "accessories" still for looks. Other than that.. she perfect as is with the mods I have already done.

I know.. haven't been around a lot lately.. had my class.. and then dealing with all this car stuff. Back in the groove now. Thanks for missing me LOL

I know.. haven't been around a lot lately.. had my class.. and then dealing with all this car stuff. Back in the groove now. Thanks for missing me LOL

Glad to know we didn't pee you off, or anything.

So, where's what's his name?

I would have thought it would cost more, BTW. $1,800 doesn't sound too bad.

What's his name is still you know where.. and will be for a year. He doesn't get alot of free time and I guess its difficult for him to access the boards.. the website won't load properly or somethin.

Yeah, I know he's kind of busy for a while. It's not the same without him here, but I understand that sometimes LGT.com has to wait....

Go ahead & get a BOV...No need for a custom tune;) Make sure it is set @ 50/50..Just installed the GFB unit, very simple install.

Good luck & stay safe

Feel free to PM me any autobahn ROMPS:)

I went and picked her up today. She is really dirty.. and has a few scratches (looks like she bumped into the side of the container she was shipped in - a bit of paint on the front panel ...) But I really can't complain.. the insurance should cover it.. and I FINALLY after months of waiting have her all to myself!

 

I took the train all by myself all the way across Germany! I missed one connection because the train I was on was late, but I managed to find another train. I got to the shippers in time, but customs was closed. I batted my eyelashes a bit and got them to see me anyways! LOL

 

OMG... now i freaking know what you mean about the rattles. That shifter was DRIVING ME INSAINE. Everytime its in 4th gear it just vibrates like crazy. Man if only Bob could get it going like that.

 

On my way back I got to meet one of the members of my Scooby Club who has a 93 turbo legacy wagon. We took some pics.. and I will post those later.

 

Oh happy day... the Hotness is home!

Congratulations on your new ride....

Enjoy her as much as possible...

Cheers,

Flavio Zanetti

Boston, MA

Pics are here..

http://my.prostreetonline.com/member/andersoncollectibles/

Thanks guys.. its good to be a REAL member of the club now!

Mmmmmmm black...

Mmmmmmm going on the Autobahn...

Drive safe!

woohoo!!! congrats!! drive it like ya stole it!!

Kenda:dm:

Oh man I'd love to get my GT out on the autobahn!! I've mentioned this before, but your car is HAWT...Luvin the black together with those wheels. (Someone please remind me why I got silver?) You must have been missing her BIG TIME. Happy driving!

edit- BTW do you have any pics of how your system is setup in the trunk?...would love to see how it looks. I'm thinking of doing something with my stereo setup one of these days...

Not any tuning shops in Germany, at least none that I know about.

Are cars left hand drive in Germany?

The only right hand drive countries in the world are ex British colonies (except US) and Japan. Every where else is France based - left handed.

History and origin About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. This strange quirk perplexes the rest of the world; but there is a perfectly good reason.

In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent and their scabbard further from him. Moreover, it reduced the chance of the scabbard (worn on the left) hitting other people.

Furthermore, a right-handed person finds it easier to mount a horse from the left side of the horse, and it would be very difficult to do otherwise if wearing a sword (which would be worn on the left). It is safer to mount and dismount towards the side of the road, rather than in the middle of traffic, so if one mounts on the left, then the horse should be ridden on the left side of the road.

In the late 1700s, however, teamsters in France and the other parts of the world began hauling farm products in big wagons pulled by several pairs of horses. These wagons had no driver's seat; instead the driver sat on the left rear horse, so he could keep his right arm free to lash the team. Since he was sitting on the left, he naturally wanted everybody to pass on the left so he could look down and make sure he kept clear of the oncoming wagon’s wheels. Therefore he kept to the right side of the road.

In addition, the French Revolution of 1789 gave a huge impetus to right-hand travel in Europe. The fact is, before the Revolution, the aristocracy travelled on the left of the road, forcing the peasantry over to the right, but after the storming of the Bastille and the subsequent events, aristocrats preferred to keep a low profile and joined the peasants on the right. An official keep-right rule was introduced in Paris in 1794, more or less parallel to Denmark, where driving on the right had been made compulsory in 1793.

Later, Napoleon's conquests spread the new rightism to the Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia and many parts of Spain and Italy. The states that had resisted Napoleon kept left – Britain, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Portugal. This European division, between the left- and right-hand nations would remain fixed for more than 100 years, until after the First World War.

Although left-driving Sweden ceded Finland to right-driving Russia after the Russo-Swedish War (1808-1809), Swedish law – including traffic regulations – remained valid in Finland for another 50 years. It wasn’t until 1858 that an Imperial Russian decree made Finland swap sides.

The trend among nations over the years has been toward driving on the right, but Britain has done its best to stave off global homogenisation. With the expansion of travel and road building in the 1800s, traffic regulations were made in every country. Left-hand driving was made mandatory in Britain in 1835. Countries which were part of the British Empire followed suit. This is why to this very day, India, Australasia and the former British colonies in Africa go left. An exception to the rule, however, is Egypt, which had been conquered by Napoleon before becoming a British colony.

Although Japan was never part of the British Empire, its traffic also goes to the left. Although the origin of this habit goes back to the Edo period (1603-1867) when Samurai ruled the country, it wasn’t until 1872 that this unwritten rule became more or less official. That was the year when Japan’s first railway was introduced, built with technical aid from the British. Gradually, a massive network of railways and tram tracks was built, and of course all trains and trams drove on the left-hand side. Still, it took another half century till in 1924 left-side driving was clearly written in a law.

When the Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1596, they brought along their habit of driving on the left. It wasn't until Napoleon conquered the Netherlands that the Dutch started driving on the right. Most of their colonies, however, remained on the left as did Indonesia and Suriname.

In the early years of English colonisation of North America, English driving customs were followed and the colonies drove on the left. After gaining independence from England, however, they were anxious to cast off all remaining links with their British colonial past and gradually changed to right-hand driving. (Incidentally, the influence of other European countries’ nationals should not be underestimated.) The first law requiring drivers to keep right was passed in Pennsylvania in 1792, and similar laws were passed in New York in 1804 and New Jersey in 1813.

Despite the developments in the US, some parts of Canada continued to drive on the left until shortly after the Second World War. The territory controlled by the French (from Quebec to Louisiana) drove on the right, but the territory occupied by the English (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland) kept left. British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces switched to the right in the 1920s in order to conform with the rest of Canada and the USA. Newfoundland drove on the left until 1947, and joined Canada in 1949.

In Europe, the remaining left-driving countries switched one by one to driving on the right. Portugal changed in 1920s. The change took place on the same day in the whole country, including the colonies. Territories, however, which bordered other left-driving countries were exempted. That is why Macau, Goa (now part of India) and Portuguese East Africa kept the old system. East Timor, which borders left-driving Indonesia, did change to the right though, but left-hand traffic was reintroduced by the Indonesians in 1975.

In Italy the practice of driving on the right first began in the late 1890s. The first Italian Highway Code, issued on the 30th of June 1912, stated that all vehicles had to drive on the right. Cities with a tram network, however, could retain left-hand driving if they placed warning signs at their city borders. The 1923 decree is a bit stricter, but Rome and the northern cities of Milan, Turin and Genoa could still keep left until further orders from the Ministry of Public Works. By the mid-1920s, right-hand driving became finally standard throughout the country. Rome made the change on the 1 of March 1925 and Milan on the 3rd of August 1926.

Up till the 1930s Spain lacked national traffic regulations. Some parts of the country drove on the right (e.g. Barcelona) and other parts drove on the left (e.g. Madrid). On the 1st of October 1924 Madrid switched to driving on the right.

The break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire caused no change: Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Hungary continued to drive on the left. Austria itself was something of a curiosity. Half the country drove on the left and half on the right. The dividing line was precisely the area affected by Napoleon's conquests in 1805.

When Germany annexed Austria in 1938, Hitler ordered that the traffic should change from the left to the right side of the road, overnight. The change threw the driving public into turmoil, because motorists were unable to see most road signs. In Vienna it proved impossible to change the trams overnight, so while all other traffic took to the right-hand side of the road, the trams continued to run on the left for several weeks. Czechoslovakia and Hungary, one of the last states on the mainland of Europe to keep left, changed to the right after being invaded by Germany in 1939.

Meanwhile, the power of the right kept growing steadily. American cars were designed to be driven on the right by locating the drivers' controls on the vehicle's left side. With the mass production of reliable and economical cars in the United States, initial exports used the same design, and out of necessity many countries changed their rule of the road.

Gibraltar changed to right-hand traffic in 1929 and China in 1946. Korea now drives right, but only because it passed directly from Japanese colonial rule to American and Russian influence at the end of the Second World War. Pakistan also considered changing to the right in the 1960s, but ultimately decided not to do it. The main argument against the shift was that camel trains often drove through the night while their drivers were dozing. The difficulty in teaching old camels new tricks was decisive in forcing Pakistan to reject the change. Nigeria, a former British colony, had traditionally been driving on the left with British imported right-hand-drive cars, but when it gained independence, it tried to throw off its colonial past as quick as possible and shifted to driving on the right.

After the Second World War, left-driving Sweden, the odd one out in mainland Europe, felt increasing pressure to change sides in order to conform with the rest of the continent. The problem was that all their neighbours already drove on the right side and since there are a lot of small roads without border guards leading into Norway and Finland, one had to remember in which country one was.

In 1955, the Swedish government held a referendum on the introduction of right-hand driving. Although no less than 82.9% voted “no” to the plebiscite, the Swedish parliament passed a law on the conversion to right-hand driving in 1963. Finally, the change took place on Sunday, the 3rd of September 1967, at 5 o’clock in the morning.

All traffic with private motor-driven vehicles was prohibited four hours before and one hour after the conversion, in order to be able to rearrange all traffic signs. Even the army was called in to help. Also a very low speed limit was applied, which was raised in a number of steps. The whole process took about a month. After Sweden's successful changeover, Iceland changed the following year, in 1968.

In the 1960s, Great Britain also considered changing, but the country’s conservative powers did everything they could to nip the proposal in the bud. Furthermore, the fact that it would cost billions of pounds to change everything round wasn’t much of an incentive… Eventually, Britain dropped the idea. Today, only four European countries still drive on the left: the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta.

List of left-driving countries

The following is a list of countries of the world whose inhabitants drive on the left-hand side of the road. Most of the drivers of these countries use right-hand-drive vehicles.

1. Anguilla

2. Antigua and Barbuda

3. Australia

4. Bahamas

5. Bangladesh

6. Barbados

7. Bermuda

8. Bhutan

9. Botswana

10. Brunei

11. Cayman Islands

12. Christmas Island (Australia)

13. Cook Islands

14. Cyprus

15. Dominica

16. East Timor

17. Falkland Islands

18. Fiji

19. Grenada

20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)

21. Guyana

22. Hong Kong

23. India

24. Indonesia

25. Ireland

26. Isle of Man

27. Jamaica

28. Japan

29. Jersey (Channel Islands)

30. Kenya

31. Kiribati

32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)

33. Lesotho

34. Macau

35. Malawi

36. Malaysia

37. Maldives

38. Malta

39. Mauritius

40. Montserrat

41. Mozambique

42. Namibia

43. Nauru

44. Nepal

45. New Zealand

46. Niue

47. Norfolk Island (Australia)

48. Pakistan

49. Papua New Guinea

50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)

51. Saint Helena

52. Saint Kitts and Nevis

53. Saint Lucia

54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

55. Seychelles

56. Singapore

57. Solomon Islands

58. South Africa

59. Sri Lanka

60 . Suriname

61 . Swaziland

62. Tanzania

63. Thailand

64. Tokelau (New Zealand)

65. Tonga

66. Trinidad and Tobago

67. Turks and Caicos Islands

68. Tuvalu

69. Uganda

70. United Kingdom

71. Virgin Islands (British)

72. Virgin Islands (US)

73. Zambia

74. Zimbabwe

List of right-driving countries

The following is a list of countries of the world whose inhabitants drive on the right-hand side of the road. Most of the drivers of these countries use left-hand-drive vehicles.

1. Afghanistan

2. Albania

3. Algeria

4. American Samoa

5. Andorra

6. Angola

7. Argentina

8. Armenia

9. Aruba

10. Austria

11. Azerbaijan

12. Bahrain

13. Belarus

14. Belgium

15. Belize

16. Benin

17. Bolivia

18. Bosnia and Herzegovina

19. Brazil

20. British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego García)

21. Bulgaria

22. Burkina Faso

23. Burundi

24. Cambodia

25. Cameroon

26. Canada

27. Cape Verde

28. Central African Republic

29. Chad

30. Chile

31. China, People's Republic of (Mainland China)

32. Colombia

33. Comoros

34. Congo

35. Congo (former Republic of Zaire)

36. Costa Rica

37. Croatia

38. Cuba

39. Czech Republic

40. Denmark

41. Djibouti

42. Dominican Republic

43. Ecuador

44. Egypt

45. El Salvador

46. Equatorial Guinea

47. Eritrea

48. Estonia

49. Ethiopia

50. Faroe Islands (Denmark)

51. Finland

52. France

53. French Guiana

54. French Polynesia

55. Gabon

56. Gambia, The

57. Gaza Strip

58. Georgia

59. Germany

60. Ghana

61. Gibraltar

62. Greece

63. Greenland

64. Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

65. Guam

66. Guatemala

67. Guinea

68. Guinea-Bissau

69. Haiti

70. Honduras

71. Hungary

72. Iceland

73. Iran

74. Iraq

75. Israel

76. Italy

77. Ivory Coast

78. Jordan

79. Kazakhstan

80. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)

81. Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

82. Kuwait

83. Kyrgyzstan

84. Laos

85. Latvia

86. Lebanon

87. Liberia

88. Libya

89. Liechtenstein

90. Lithuania

91. Luxembourg

92. Macedonia

93. Madagascar

94. Mali

95. Marshall Islands

96. Martinique (French West Indies)

97. Mauritania

98. Mayotte (France)

99. Mexico

100. Micronesia, Federated States of

101. Midway Islands (USA)

102. Moldova

103. Monaco

104. Mongolia

105. Morocco

106. Myanmar (formerly Burma)

107. Netherlands

108. Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Saba)

109. New Caledonia

110. Nicaragua

111. Niger

112. Nigeria

113. Northern Mariana Islands

114. Norway

115. Oman

116. Palau

117. Panama

118. Paraguay

119. Peru

120. Philippines

121. Poland

122. Portugal

123. Puerto Rico

124. Qatar

125. Réunion

126. Romania

127. Russia

128. Rwanda

129. Saint Barthélemy (French West Indies)

130. Saint Martin (French West Indies)

131. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)

132. Samoa

133. San Marino

134. Sao Tome e Principe

135. Saudi Arabia

136. Senegal

137. Serbia and Montenegro

138. Sierra Leone

139. Slovakia

140. Slovenia

141. Somalia

142. Spain

143. Sudan

144. Svalbard (Norway)

145. Sweden

146. Switzerland

147. Syria

148. Taiwan

149. Tajikistan

150. Togo

151. Tunisia

152. Turkey

153. Turkmenistan

154. Ukraine

155. United Arab Emirates

156. United States

157. Uruguay

158. Uzbekistan

159. Vanuatu

160. Venezuela

161. Vietnam

162. Wake Island (USA)

163. Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)

164. West Bank

165. Western Sahara

166. Yemen