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| Posted: Thu Dec 28th, 2017 11:17 am |
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CBB9M 23 year Ranger veteran  Joined: Sun Oct 22nd, 2017
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My observation and experience has been that vintage, one finger power steering that provided virtually no road feel at all fell from favor with all but the eldest of drivers back in the 80's (even the 70's on some cars). The replacement power steering designs are more of a compromise that deliver much improved road feel, tighter ratio and thus the quicker response that people like, yet still make parallel parking something that the most petite of people can do without breaking a sweat and/or blocking rush hour, downtown traffic. Gotta remember that a lot of the old people that kept that one finger power steering around for so long were also people who remembered what life was like when cars weren't available with the feature, so being able to twiddle the steering wheel with one finger when a car was stopped was quite a big deal back in the day. Last edited on Thu Dec 28th, 2017 11:19 am by CBB9M ____________________ -Bill 04 Ranger FX4 Level II, several mods |
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