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Hi all, my name is Mel, I live in South Lanarkshire and I am new to the forum. I own a LHD 1998 Mondeo 1.8i Zetec estate. The car was an emergency buy when I was in Germany to visit family as my previous car died on the way home. Hope to get some good info and inspiration on the forum.

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    Hi welcome :)
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    Welcome to the family Mel!

    So if it was an emergency buy, what prompted you to keep the car after you got back? I would have probably bought a cheapo scrapper to get me back to the coast and swapped later, so did you have this as your plan or did you just look to buy a full replacement owhilst you were out there?

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    Welcome to the forum :)

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    Welcome to the family Mel!

    So if it was an emergency buy, what prompted you to keep the car after you got back? I would have probably bought a cheapo scrapper to get me back to the coast and swapped later, so did you have this as your plan or did you just look to buy a full replacement owhilst you were out there?

    Well, I had to get a car to get home but I also needed to look further ahead. I could not afford to get a cheap scrapper, register it to my name (well, mum's name really), tax it etc. just to scrap it at home and having to buy another car. So it was really a full replacement that was sourced within a few days.

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    Welcome!

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    Very good Mel! a good choice of car! so how are you finding driving a left hander on the roads over here?

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    Very good Mel! a good choice of car! so how are you finding driving a left hander on the roads over here?

    We used to drive a right hooker over in Germany so it is basically the same, just on the other side..lol..

    The road position is a little different but that's all really, although overtaking is a bit of an issue if I am alone in the car as I can't see that well on the right obviously. But all in all it's ok,

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    its just an adjustment period I guess!

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