On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, D&A Hennessy wrote: > Only in NA. The rest of the world (mostly) have power steering on their > CRX's. And before you all say you don't need it, welli if you have not > driven a CRX without it you don't know. Consider this....Ricky, have you > ever removed power steering off a car that came fitted with it??
Nope -- not even on my Miata, which is a light little go-kart. The power steering rack on the Miata is a MUCH closer ratio than the manual racks in Miatas, making it easy to be able to flick the wheel back and forth to wherever I want it to go. Our CRXs, with manual steering, are pretty light. The only difference is that it isn't as consistant as a car with power steering. It depends on the surface you are on, the speed you're going, etc, as to how the steering feels. On a car with power steering, it pretty much feels the same all the time. The only significant disadvantage that I see to power steering is that there are some instances where it just can't keep up and the car can actually become harder to steer than a car WITHOUT power steering. Fast side-to-side transitions that go from nearly one wheel lock back to the other cause it to lose power assist (I've only experienced this in a parking lot going from one lock to another to turn around and then make a subsequent turn, and when racing at a really tight autocross course), but otherwise it's okay. The only way around this is to do what Honda is doing with their new cars -- electric-assist power steering, instead of hydraulic. No matter how fast you go from lock-to-lock and back on my S2000, the power steering has no problems keeping up. Ricky
