curious about Audi power steering.....

[Lawrence C Leung]

IMHO, the Cougar (I'm assuming that a T-Bird Turbo Coupe has a similar
feel) PS has very low effort, and absolutely (alright, very little, my
Grandma's ex-V-8 Dart had absolutely no) feel. Very hard to tell of rate
of turn in, slip angles and front end grip (tho the T-Bird had PLENTY of
that!) throught the wheel, instead, it was like piloting a giant video
game. Funny, but the same year's Mustang LX and GT V-8 was much better.
So, IMHO, the type 44 is much better on feel, though the effort seems
sometimes artificially high, and the 4KQ is nearly perfect (and better
than the type 44). 

LL - NY

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:26:58 -0500 "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org>
writes:
>Hey all,
>
>Was driving to work this morning and idly thinking about the power 
>steering
>and comparing it to the last car I drove, a 1986 Mercury Cougar.  The
>Cougar's power steering seemed to be much more responsive and required 
>much
>less effort to turn the wheel.  I could go from lock to lock with a 
>pinky.
>The 5k tq I have is much stiffer.  Is this something that allows for 
>more
>feel or better control? Or is it just how it was designed?  
>
>Anyways... i was just curious :)
>
>Have a good New Year and enjoy that snow if your in the Northeast like 
>me!!!
>
>Rob