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Hi how many peeps have a left hand drive moterhome,and how do you find them to drive in the uk.Have been looking at Hymers but a lot are LHD.

Hi Corrie,

We have just bought a left hand drive van and I found it ok to drive so far drove it back from London on Saturday and apart from just needing to get used to not going to far to the middle of a roundabout I had no problems.  How about test driving one first to se how you go

  Thanks there is certainly a big difference in the prices, not to sure yet about it though do they trade in ok when u want to change the van, mind if we buy one it will prob be the only one we will have we are retiring age now.

I have a LHD Hymer, no problems at all, sometimes just takes a few minutes to get used to it. 

 Hi Corrie,  we purchased a large LHD Hymer E690 in May of this year, and to be honest it did'nt take long to get used to it. You rely heavily on the offside mirror as there is a tendancy to creep over the centre line. I hardly need to use the nearside mirror.

 My first driving experience with it was negotiating the narrow hilly streets of Torquay, where we collected it from. Driving on the motorway or dual carriageway is no problem, as there should'nt be anything coming towards you. Heres a tip for you. When your front passenger gets very nervous or lets out the occassional scream ........you'll know that you are too close to that centre line. (lol)

If you are considering visiting Europe, LHD will be to your advantage.

TTFN, Jock.  

  ..Hi thanks for your replys we will have to have another "TALK" about it lol

its a big decision and a lot of money so have to get it right ...

We went for the LHD option as we would rather be on the 'wrong' side of the road in the Uk where I can read and understand most of the road signs and then be on teh corrcet side when we are abroad...where we have to think about some of the road signs and driving styles!!!

bob

No problems driving a leftie for me either.

The biggest problem is when I get back in my company van (rhd) and get a little too close to parked cars.

Definately by a German one, and I can personally recommend Hymers.

Phil