Re: 87 rocco 16V PS on 83 GTI?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Huh well that's odd. My car's lowered an inch and a half and has 195/50/15's on
it and I think it's easy to turn, even when sitting still. Odd. I guess it's
just a matter of taste and opinion.
    -Josiah (try driving a Volvo with no power steering... or a Toyota truck!
Then you'll know what high steering effort is all about)

Shawn C Meze wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:02:02 -0800 the mad bastard <stoopid@idirect.com>
> writes:
>
> >well, my girlfriend is of similar stature and sometime has trouble
> >parallel parking the car.
>
> Yeah, shes no butch by any means and she's no dainty flower neither. She
> holds her own just fine and if she says she has a hard time parking the
> car, then its very likely that any other dude would have the same
> experience in the car.
> <props>
>
> >BTW, the car has been lowered about 2.5" or
> >so and has 195-45-15s on it.  as you may know, the fatter the tire is,
> >the harder it is to turn (tho i don't know if ride affects it)
>
> This is exactly the point I was gonna make in another post. Im glad I
> read on before replying.
> My car is only lowered 2" and its hard, at times, to navigate when
> stopped or below 2 MPH. Some movement fore or aft does help to turn the
> wheel. With the autox shoes on the car, turing the wheel in the pits
> while stopped is nearly impossible. So, those of you with 175/70R13 tires
> wont -even- know what im talking about.
>
> >> I think VW started adding this in the early to mid 80's to cater to
> >>lazy Americans - (just a theory)
> >
> >       phew!  thank god i'm not a yank! ;)
>
> Yes you are a Yank, you just live in Canada.
>
> >> Another slightly twisted viewpoint *)
> >
> >       hey, i got a million of them...
>
> Yeah, I took a good look into your eyes, your definately got something.
> :)
>
>               Shawn Meze
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