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Stephan, We just got back from two weeks of fun--four days in London (where we had sense enough not to bother renting a car--and ten days of touring Ireland in right-side-steering, shift-with-your-left-hand car. We had a ball! Yes, we had our fair share of wing mirror mishaps (thanking heaven they bend and spring back), but that's part of the fun. Having lived in England for 2.5 years quite some time ago, I learned to adjust my driving to accommodate their roads (though both our Hillman and our Yanktank Dodge station wagon had left-hand drive). We even braved those roads in northern Scotland with the cozy laybyes--and those fearsome tour buses--but the scenery and camping experience were worth it (Brian, we dreamed of having a little caravan like yours some day but at the time used a large tent for us and the then just five kids, 5-11). This time around, I declined to drive--my left hand isn't strong enough to handle that shifting--but that meant I communed with lots of hedges re-e-e-a-l close up. Ireland's roads are even twistier than Britain's IMO but, to them, driving on the left is right. When in Rome....or rather Inverness, Bury St. Edmunds or Kerry...think LEFT and vive le difference! And aren't they in the ECM already?. I sort of hope they don't change too much or why travel? I suspect you were speaking tongue-in-cheek but I thought I'd add a different view. Driving on the left wasn't as hard as riding herd on the five in the back seats! Kathy Kunz <[log in to unmask]>