There is a legion of jokes there but I'm not going in.

>But changing gear takes no more dexterity than holding your plonker! :-)
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>>Exactly my thought but the other way round. I waste my 'good' hand holding the steering wheel while my left hand has to do the job requiring most dexterity (changing gear).
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>>>Well this is where my theory falls to the ground!
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>>>I guess it's a case of whichever you get used to first and/or most frequently is easier in the long run. I assume you did most of your first driving in Spain? To me it always seems strange, in a LH drive, "wasting" my good arm on the mundane task of finding an H-shaped gate when changing gear.
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