Quote Originally Posted by coreying View Post
As I've said numerous times before, the fact that the indicator stalk is on the left side on VW's is a huge positive for me. No more "hand shuffles" are required when going around round-a-bouts (especially in manual cars). I mean when you think about it, all the car controls used frequently are on the left side. The only controls on the right side are what you don't need to interact with during your car trip (wipers, which are auto on all but the more basis cars, headlights which are again auto, mirrors which are mostly set and forget).

So this means you can always keep your right hand on the wheel and use your left hand for operating the gear shifter (manual) and indicator and all other controls (aircon, stereo, nav etc).
Which is a negative in a manual car as I found on the only car I've owned with left hand indicator - my '77 Golf. I never ever came to terms with the fact you can't indicate and change gears at the same time and I had to choose what I'd do first when coming up to a surburban corner - indicate first or change back to 3rd. I notice European cars in Europe don't have the indicators on the right hand side, which to me says it all about the ergonomics. For us, lights switch and indicators on the right and wiper/washers on the left make more sense and the Japanese and Australian manufacturers seem to agree. And so do the American and European manufacturers in their own markets. Keep the indicators away from the gearchange.