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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by pmontra on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @01:56AM (#39600204)
Turning my car at low speed with the engine off feels much harder than 1.5 times the turning of an old times car of similar weight. I could hardly make it turn at all when it happened. I don't think I'd be able to make it through a real turn on a road. And I have a small car of about 1000 kg.
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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by consp on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @02:05AM (#39600246)
You also have to overcome the little but non zero friction of the power steering and your steering wheel is considerably smaller than they used to be.
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Re:European crash tester says carmakers must bring back phys... by dchest on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:11AM (#39601917)
Yup, cars designed for power steering don't work as well without it as cars specifically designed to operate without power steering. Not just the steering wheel size, the whole steering geometry is probably different.
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