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Free Workout - Drive Without Power Steering

This might be for auto only, but

1. go to a hill.

2. turn off your car

3. force it into neutral

4. try steering

I'm just bored.
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[hr]Originally posted by: kenji4861
This might be for auto only, but

1. go to a hill.

2. turn off your car

3. force it into neutral

4. try steering

I'm just bored. [hr]
For Lower body workout!
1. Get out of car

2. make sure its in neutral

3. PUSH it back up the hill!
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Well my 90 hacth back does not have power steering at all. You panzies [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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my friend has a 95 civic with an engine swap in it. he lost his power steering when that happened, its so hard tryin to make tight corners at slow speeds.
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Believe it or not, you can still get cars in Mexico without power steering. My last car without power steering was a 94 VW Beetle. You do get used after a couple of days.

The cheapest cars (Opel Corsas, Hyundai Atos, Beetles, Ford Ka) offer power steering as an option.

But to be honest the hardest steering I´ve seen was in an old 80-85 datsun that belong to my Grandmother. It was amazing she drove that cracker.
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your grandma must have been a body builder.

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My 97 coupe has nada on the power steering - by the time I get rid of this car, my arms are going to be ripped lol

You power steering people think ya have it good...I like no power steering! Yeah that's right! I mean, you won't catch me parallel parking on a hill in traffic, but I like it!
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Phil I hear ya! My grandfathers 98 Civic Hatch (5 speed too!) doesn't have it. Obviously though because the hatches were all DXs. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG]
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the only things i'd give up my power steering for would be either a k20 swap, which i can't afford, or a massive turbo, which i can't afford. so i'll be sticking with my power steering.
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Typically cars that are made without power stearing have a different gearing the wheel itself to make it not as hard to steer, it's especially this way with trucks, older suburbans had like 4 or 5 revolutions of the wheel before it would stop turning, while now they have much less because of power steering. Anyway, so if you have a car that does have power steering and then it goes out, it will be harder to turn then a car that is ment to be without power stearing.
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I actually like the way my car handles w/o power steering. Control is more precise and there is absolutely no wasted left and right motion in getting the wheels pointed where i want them. Sure - parallel parking can sometimes be a pain, but oh well.

My company's Christmas party was at this nice club where they have mandatory valet parking (I try to never valet my car unless I have to). When my date and I came back to pick up my car, the valet was like, "Hey man your car is pretty nice - but PLEASE FIX THE POWER STEERING!" [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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I have a friend that drives a tacoma pickup that doesn't have power steering. It's not bad really. It's only a pain when not in motion. It does give nice feel and control of da road.

I always made fun of him backing up when leaving the gym because his arms would be fatigued and he'd whine like a baby backing out.
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