And you're much better off. You have right hand drive. So what's the problem with left hand drive??
Here is a letter I just wrote to @hard top in a PM message that all of you might read anyway:
He asked me how I was doing. My reply:
We've had a dry spell now for a few days. I took the cover off the Z and drove it to work yesterday. It's always a fright to drive the car. I'm wearing 12 inch sneakers. There were no carpets in the car when I bought it. So there is the carpet that lines the floor with a plastic, I guess, pad under the pedals that sewn into the floor carpet. When I push the clutch pedal down the heel of my foot catches on the pad below and stops my foot from releasing the clutch. This is quite a problem when you're trying to come to a stop. Your one foot is on the brake but the other foot can't disengage the clutch so the engine is still propelling the car forward as you're trying to stop. OK ..no problem ...I'll fix that. I'll just raise my foot on the pedal so it's higher on the pedal and the heel won't catch on the floor. It works, My heel doesn't catch on the pad. The only problem now is that the toe of the sneaker not catches on some cover plates above the pedal causing the same effect of preventing your foot from releasing the clutch because it's being held in place from above. Now you may say to yourself, well look Frankie, if you've got the clutch down, then it's disengaged and you can stop the car. NOT EXACTLY. You see, there is a foot rest between the clutch pedal and the left wall. This rest is right next to the frigging pedal. So when you're trying to press the clutch pedal all the way down, the left side of your sneaker contacts the rest preventing you from completely depressing the pedal and the clutch is still engaged. Now's when things get really interesting. You're trying to come to a stop, you're breaking but the engine is still driving the car forward. You've got your foot on the clutch to try to disengage the engine and you're foot is hitting the rest stopping you from pushing the pedal all the way down and you try to release your foot off the pedal so you can reposition it but you can't pick up your foot off the pedal because it's locked in and you're about to hit the car in front you. You're last panic option is to turn off the engine taking it out of the equation leaving just the brake left and you can hopefully stop the car. What good is the car, no matter how great it is to drive down the road if you almost poop yourself every time you try to come to a stop?????................Frankie
Here is a letter I just wrote to @hard top in a PM message that all of you might read anyway:
He asked me how I was doing. My reply:
We've had a dry spell now for a few days. I took the cover off the Z and drove it to work yesterday. It's always a fright to drive the car. I'm wearing 12 inch sneakers. There were no carpets in the car when I bought it. So there is the carpet that lines the floor with a plastic, I guess, pad under the pedals that sewn into the floor carpet. When I push the clutch pedal down the heel of my foot catches on the pad below and stops my foot from releasing the clutch. This is quite a problem when you're trying to come to a stop. Your one foot is on the brake but the other foot can't disengage the clutch so the engine is still propelling the car forward as you're trying to stop. OK ..no problem ...I'll fix that. I'll just raise my foot on the pedal so it's higher on the pedal and the heel won't catch on the floor. It works, My heel doesn't catch on the pad. The only problem now is that the toe of the sneaker not catches on some cover plates above the pedal causing the same effect of preventing your foot from releasing the clutch because it's being held in place from above. Now you may say to yourself, well look Frankie, if you've got the clutch down, then it's disengaged and you can stop the car. NOT EXACTLY. You see, there is a foot rest between the clutch pedal and the left wall. This rest is right next to the frigging pedal. So when you're trying to press the clutch pedal all the way down, the left side of your sneaker contacts the rest preventing you from completely depressing the pedal and the clutch is still engaged. Now's when things get really interesting. You're trying to come to a stop, you're breaking but the engine is still driving the car forward. You've got your foot on the clutch to try to disengage the engine and you're foot is hitting the rest stopping you from pushing the pedal all the way down and you try to release your foot off the pedal so you can reposition it but you can't pick up your foot off the pedal because it's locked in and you're about to hit the car in front you. You're last panic option is to turn off the engine taking it out of the equation leaving just the brake left and you can hopefully stop the car. What good is the car, no matter how great it is to drive down the road if you almost poop yourself every time you try to come to a stop?????................Frankie
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