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Originally posted by jgerge222:
How is it getting familiar with the right hand drive?

I had a RHD Civic hatchback for a few days in college.
Took almost no adjustment. But, I live in Houston. On the highway, the reduced left side visibility is less of an issue.

I actually had a harder time going back to my LHD Civic. Kept hitting the door with my left hand reaching for the stick, hit the wipers instead of the blinker.
And, the clutch on mine was much heavier than the peppier JDM model.

What about the shift pattern? Is it mirrored as well?

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Originally posted by Rawny:
What about the shift pattern? Is it mirrored as well?

Typically the pattern is the same be it left or right hand driver position.

Very cool! Did a double take when I drove past one for sale a couple months ago.

I didn't know they existed until then. Was tempted to buy it just for the wow factor
and zoom around in the winter.

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Street legal here in NC, your state may vary.

Maine says these are "off road farm equipment" and as such can only be driven on roads marked 35mph or less.

We actually had a big deal where they de-registered a bunch of the JDM mini trucks and micro vans due to reclassification as off road vehicles (aka ATVs).

Such a crock, they are too big for trails, too small/unsafe for roads in the eyes of the State.

Very popular in Europe and used by a lot of tradesmen (plumbers, electricians, and such) as they carry enough material or equipment for small jobs, and they are easy to park and pretty nippy around congested city streets.

There's a lot of variants and different manufacturers

Here's just one: Suzuki Carry

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Maine says these are "off road farm equipment" and as such can only be driven on roads marked 35mph or less.

We actually had a big deal where they de-registered a bunch of the JDM mini trucks and micro vans due to reclassification as off road vehicles (aka ATVs).

Such a crock, they are too big for trails, too small/unsafe for roads in the eyes of the State.

That sucks. Maine is where I first saw these things. A guy by our camp had a Honda Van version all decked out for ice fishing.

As far as being too big for trails, single track sure, these are way smaller than the four door Polaris and the like.

I love that the bed sides fold down and you have a true flat bed. They even have little rubber pads on the body so that the side rails don't bang around. The more I tool around in this thing the more I like it.

I'm curious of the pricing compared to UTVs. I loved driving the tiny trucks in Qatar. Something like this would be perfect for my acreage.

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I'm curious of the pricing compared to UTVs. I loved driving the tiny trucks in Qatar. Something like this would be perfect for my acreage.

6 to 9k seems to be the going rate. All in with shipping to my door I paid $8200.

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Rules of the road state by state for mini trucks



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^^^^^ If your mailman can drive a right hand delivery truck, you should have no problem at all learning how to drive the same.
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Back in the ‘80’s, the golf course I worked at had a Daihatsu. I think it had a mechanical speed/throttle limiter. With it defeated, the little truck would cook right along, even loaded up with irrigation tools and parts.

And, For fun, Google engine swaps for these things. There are some really cool ones.