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Date:         Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:58:53 EDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?
Comments: To: Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <2.2.32.19980425152531.00fc60cc@mail.halcyon.com>; from "Mark
              McCulley" at Apr 25, 98 8:25 am

> > PS is great for parking and tight turning situations. In other normal > driving situations, I'd say that PS doesn't offer any great advantage. I > have PS on my syncro Westy, and I like it, but can't say whether it would be > worth doing a retrofit. Depends on how much trouble it is to add it I guess. > Having driven both, I will say that first I like manual steering over power steering anyway and second, I've driven both and I don't think it would be worth the effort to add power steering. I don't have any problems turning the wheel in slow or no speed situations, and I'm a little scrawny dude.

Also note that the vans with power steering have smaller steering wheels.

-- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm


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