2018-19 GS Owners: Need Your Input

[1500cc]

This is the most interesting thing I have learned today. I have driven a car in the UK/Ireland but not Australia. I would not have guessed this.

I'm the opposite, I have driven a lot in Oz and was constantly turning on the wipers at every intersection for the first few days. Haven't driven in the UK even though I've been there a few times. I wouldn't have guessed this tidbit either!

 

[Stray_Kiwi]

Wait, what?
Could have sworn that the turn signal stalk is on the right side of the steering wheel in Japan and Hong Kong where both are RHD.
Well, it is not like that is a part that is readily broken down anyway. 🤔

It is definitely on the right in Japan.

Personally speaking I prefer the turn signal on the right so I can flick it with my dominant hand, but I guess it is just what you get used to doing. I drove in the UK and I only used the turn signal once when it rained. 😳

 

[GermyShoe]

It is definitely on the right in Japan.

Personally speaking I prefer the turn signal on the right so I can flick it with my dominant hand, but I guess it is just what you get used to doing. I drove in the UK and I only used the turn signal once when it rained. 😳

Well, we all appreciate being able to shift with our dominant hands. Took me a while to get used to the shift patterns. Are NZ/Aussie shift patterns backwards too? Because in UK, I had to get used to shifting towards my body.

 

[D2R]

Well, we all appreciate being able to shift with our dominant hands. Took me a while to get used to the shift patterns. Are NZ/Aussie shift patterns backwards too? Because in UK, I had to get used to shifting towards my body.

I can only speak for Japan, the shift pattern is the same as LHD with 1st gear to the left side of the vehicle and higher gears on the right side.

 

[1500cc]

I can only speak for Japan, the shift pattern is the same as LHD with 1st gear to the left side of the vehicle and higher gears on the right side.

Aussie is that way too, same pattern as NA.

A real mind fvck would be if they switched the order of the pedals and put the gas on the left. Thankfully no one does that.

 

[D2R]

Aussie is that way too, same pattern as NA.

A real mind fvck would be if they switched the order of the pedals and put the gas on the left. Thankfully no one does that.

Still can't get used to clutching and shifting with left foot and left hand at the same time.

 

[GermyShoe]

Still can't get used to clutching and shifting with left foot and left hand at the same time.

I had gotten the hang of it by my second trip over there. The one I kept screwing up on was being on the wrong side of the street 😳. Not major streets, but side streets where there were no other cars. I'd be driving along and then realize it.

 

[Wlepse]

My wife's grandmother lives on Little Cayman, they drive on the other side there since they are a British colony but to make driving super difficult the cars they had came from the US. Thankfully they had like 5 full time residents when we were there so we never saw another car so if I was on the wrong side...no big deal.

 

[GermyShoe]

USVI is like that. I think they switched to Left side of the road in the early 2000s. I didn't drive there but was scared to death by the cabbie being on the wrong (left) side of the road but the right (left) side of the car.

 

[RTF]

Has anyone noticed a slight “shudder” with the GS 9 speed transmission? It happens rarely, but seems to be when the transmission is in a high gear, going slowly with slight load on it. Anyone else?