Jim Cathey wrote:
My wife also apparently never learned to drive on a manual steering vehicle. She scrubs the tires mercilessly. It's amazing how much easier it is to get around if you let out the clutch a bit first before starting to turn. It's so vastly easier, and so much easier on the mechanism too.
I learned this real quickly when I had a VW Bus. It came in handy later when I blew a power steering line on my Volvo 240. With a dinky little steering wheel meant for use with power assist, it was almost impossible to turn the wheels unless I crept forward or backwards slowly. Later on that same trip I drove into a heavy ice storm at night, and was actually glad of the extra road feel.
