"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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I once sat in a English/Right hand drive car with stick shift and just
couldn't get the hang of shifting with the left hand without missing
gears...

Maybe it has something to do with the angle of your arm/hand when it's off
to the side??

It's nothing to do with hand dominance; it's just a matter of practice. And
the motor skills stay; I'm equally comfortable with a stick shift of either
polarity, although for the first few hours you start reaching down with the
wrong hand.

Yes, the pedals are fortunately in the same order.

-- David Brooks