Originally Posted by hpmotors
I'm certain you thought of this, but on the slight chance it was overlooked - did you test with the traction control off? Not at all certain what the "ESP" or the "BAS" does (besides more acronyms to keep track of) but presume they could get antsy if only one set of wheels were going. I'm guessing the BAS may not come into play, but the ESP probably would. All of this presumes the UK version has the same traction control stuff as the ones here do - besides having the brakes and steering on the wrong side, 
what other differences are there in the models that you know of?
Henry - who drove a car with the steering on the right side for over a year - course I was in Japan at the time. 
Cheers
Yep, we tried TC on/off, fuses and ABS pulled, and various combinations of these. The TC button only actually disables the TC part of the system i.e. maintaining traction when under power, not the ESP which is controlled by lateral accelerometers. BAS only comes into play if a rapid rate of rise in brake pressure is detected. whereupon the further increases brake pressure with an electric pump - whatever happened to just allowing the driver to 'drive' the car.
Apart from obvious things like lighting and control positioning like you mention, I don't believe there are that many differences between the US/UK version.
Strangely I've actually been driving left hand drive cars for the last 10 years or so, as my other two cars are US imports; a Fiat Spider and 1970 911.
